italy

I apologize I have been away from Blogger for a while. I was sans computer due to a slight humid accident. Anyways, here are some more photos from my europe trip - 2 months later.

So the first night we got into italy, we stayed in Bologna where we got in kind of late. We asked our concierge at the hostel/hotel we were staying at where to eat. He recommended going to this pizzeria which was called "thnoopy pitheria two". ha ha. Anyways, inside joke. So we ended up going to this random place and we started with a salad that had mozarella, roasted red peppers and some other stuff.










For the second course we had proscuitto stuffed with cheese.



Followed by the third course - the pasta. It was spaghetti with meat sauce - or spaghetti bolognese, which is what Bologna is known for. It was okay...

The next day we went to Venice. Where we walked around the city and just snacked on little things in stands along the way. Here are some pictures of things we snacked on.
Canoli










Fried Shrimp, Fried Squid, Fried Anchovie (Which venice is known for)













and of course pizza (here with goat cheese and spinach)



The following day we went to Florence. We didn't get to see a lot because it was the Italian holiday and everything was closed. Anyways, we grazed throughout the day at the different stands. But after a lot of walking and sightseeing we got some coffee and dessert (tiramisu).













For dinner we decided to have a real meal. Here is a picture of the house ravioli. It was sooooo good!







In Cinque Terra (off the west coast of Italy) we had some seafood.
Here is a seafood appetizer plate with salmon, octopus, anchovies (which were so good).









Then we had seafood risotto. It was pretty good, kinda salty.



And this balsalmic vinegar was really good, proably the best I've ever had.




And of course no trip to Italy is complete without Gelatto!! This was the best one I had and it was in Cinque Terra. I got mint chip and watermelon. YUM!!! And eating it by the water only made it that much better.



That it for italy! It's off to Switzerland next!