Last Friday I joined my friend's class to go to the 2010 European Chocolate Festival in Perugia. It was AWESOME! The bus ride was a little long, about 2 hours I think each way, but it was definitely worth it. We paid 30 Euros and that paid for the transportation and a chocolate card that allowed you to have free samples at a few of the places!
The best thing I had were these chocolate raviolis that were made of 40% chocolate pasta and filled with a chocolate cream. The ones I had were almost the texture of a croissant and then they were sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with strawberries. It was simply amazing. I also bought a hunk of dark chocolate with almonds inside which was quite tasty.
One of the stands for free samples was hot cocoa, except it is NOTHING like the hot chocolate in the states. Here it is basically melted chocolate, they served it to us with a spoon! The brand is Ciobar and they were filming commercials for Italian MTV at the festival. My friends and I volunteered and they had us put on silly costumes and gave us silly props, then had us dance around to their theme song. It was really fun, AND we got another free hot chocolate out of the deal :P
On Saturday morning the program I came here with (Wells College out of NY) had a trip to Venice. I was really excited to see the blown glass and have a gondola ride, but my spirits were quickly dampened. The weather was not pretty at all and the tide was really high, so we were unable to get to Murano, the island with the blown glass, and we also didn't get a gondola ride. However, I had a really good time hanging out with the girls from my program who I don't get to see very often at school because of different schedules. That was probably the best part, just having a relaxing weekend. We went on a couple of tours of a church and some historical buildings, but other than that we didn't do much. The main highlight of the trip was the dinner we had paid for. I had the BEST vegetarian lasagna I have ever had in my life. It was delicious.
You will all be happy to know that I have completed my 5 midterms! This week I had 2 on Tuesday, 2 on Wednesday (and a paper due!), and 1 today (Thursday). It was definitely stressful, but now I am done and get to go on VACATION!
I will post pictures from the chocolate festival and from Venice when I get back. I will also try to post my pictures from this break soon after my return! I love you all and miss you!
A Presto!
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