We woke up feeling much happier in our new hotel and we went downstairs to a nice buffet breakfast to set us up for the day. We had intented to do a bit of shopping mixed with some more sightseeing and maybe lunch in a nice garden/park in the afternoon but once us girls get shopping there seems to be no stopping us. I think we went around the markets about 10 times looking for ourselves and some gifts before Jo found Miss Sixty and went wild. Well, not really wild but got a few things. I can't talk really as I hit Diesel in the afternoon and got an entire outfit :)
Our lunch was great, we stumbled upon this great bakery that made fresh foccacia and I had one with tomato, buffalo mozzarella and basil. Jo had one with peas (odd I know, but it was yummy). After that we thought stuff it and had a slice of cake each (the justification being it would be the same as birthday cake). I had a wonderful Chocolate Torte that Claire would die for and Jo had a vanilla custard and almond pastry type slice. Both were delicious!We weren't sure if we could stay at this great hotel we had found for the 3rd night as there is a Fashion show starting and all the hotels are booked up. We spent some of the morning looking for a back-up in case they couldn't fit us in (we found one and later cancelled it as luck would have it we can stay where we are). We also booked a day trip to Siena and San Gimignano tomorrow at a travel agency (see previous post for whinge about unhelpful Tourist Information offices). It seemed a blessing in disguise though as we were also able to book our train tickets to Rome in the comfort of the air conditioned travel agency instead of the sweat box that was the 30 minute queue at the train station. Hehehehe.
We also thought stuff it for dinner as we were wandering around the usual "Trattoria" type places, none seemed quite right and it felt like fate meant we should happen upon this great restaurant slightly out of the way of the main square. We ordered a nice bottle of Chianti (of course), shared a tomato and buffalo mozzarella salad to start (our absolute favourite and it was great). Jo had pumpkin ravioli for main and I had a saffron and summer vegetable risotto. We capped off dinner with a great espresso as cake twice in one day had me fearing I wouldn't fit into my new Diesel pants :)
After dinner we went for our usual after dinner wander into some of the piazza's to soak up the atmosphere.
1 comment:
Chocolate torte sounds fantastic - yummo.
Sounds like you're having a ball in Italy. And a bit of a splurge, which is great to hear.
Hope you had a fantastic birthday Jodie. See you both on Saturday xxx
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