Man, I Suck at Keeping Up With This

Sorry for the long wait between this post and the last. I know you were all anxiously awaiting the further descriptions of my Italian adventures.

What have I been doing to entertain myself for the last week? Thursday I treated myself to a massive AMERICAN brunch. I deserved it. Small stack of strawberry buttermilk pancakes ((which comes with strawberry and blackberry jam for dipping)), fresh fruit salad, a big bottle of water and hot chocolate. Mm-mm-mm-mm good. And then, fat and happy, I went to take a nap. And when I woke up, I had the apartment to myself, since all my roommates had left for their overnight train to Munich for the weekend. Now this would have been lovely, except my only other friend in this city was also gone for the weekend. So I was alone until Sunday. Mwahahahahaha.

Friday I got up and decided it had just walked past the Duomo long enough. It was time to climb that monstrosity. Show it who's boss. There are 436 steps up, I know this because there are at least 10 signs in the 3 foot hallways saying "THERE ARE 436 STEPS. NO LIFT." You'd think the message got across the first time. Ah well. I was definitely a sweaty mess by the time I reached the top but o, was the view worth it.
((My photos are acting weird, I'll post picture when they decide to behave))

Saturday I decided to head out to one of my favorite places in the whole world: Assisi. This tiny hillside town managed to be the home of two saints: St. Francis and St. Clare. Guess why I love this town ;). It was exactly like I wanted it to be. I still want to retire there. I had a really great conversation with God while I was there. I am so supposed to be here right now.

The train ride to Assisi is about 2/2.5 hours long. In my total 5 hours on the train that day, I managed to read the whole new Dan Brown book. All 506 pages of it. Crazy. Insanity. AWESOME.

Somewhere in Assisi, I threw my back out of whack and have been dealing with that for the last couple of days. Today, it's all but gone, thank God, since we're going to the opera tomorrow night!

And tonight? I'm cooking an octopus with Cara :)