Day 4- Truffle Shuffle.

Jet lag and constant going have started to get to me there was no nice cup of coffee or a nice crissoiant or even a shower. 

Today in class we made ricotta gnocchi with fresh peas and pancetta garnished with a good bit of summer truffle (black truffle). (learned about the different types of truffles, and also the various truffle products and their uses)We also deboned a rabbit and made stuffing to go inside which we will cook off in the morning. 

After class, we went to the Ufizzi museum, the worlds oldest museum. It was pretty cool, particularly seeing the evolution of art leading up to the renaissance and how styles begin to change from an idealistic to an realistic that focussed on form and also how art went from sacred to secular along with davinici and michalengo works. However, we were a bit rushed because half of everyone had to go to Ganzo for dinner service. They are restoring the lower floor of the museum and it opens next tuesday. There are a couple of us thinking about going back to see the galleries we missed as well as the newly restored gallery.

Afterwards, I came back to the apartment to take a nap, a nice much needed nap. 

Then we set out for dinner, originally we were going to go to Ganzo but we decided to go to a pizzeria instead. Perhaps the most incredible pizza and calzone I have ever had. The dough was so fresh you could smell the yeast as it approached the table. The crust was nice and thin with the perfect amount of char on it from a pizza oven that was more than likely over 300 years old. For dessert we ordered panna cotta nutella and tiramisu. The panna cotta was perfectly jiggly and nice and airy, the tiramisu had a faint hint of coffee flavor unlike the crap that americans produce that is bitter and soggy. 

After dinner we continued to explore the city walking past various shops, which we plan on retuning to (most of them were closed because of the time (8pm)) and just soaked in the city. It still strikes me the beauty of the city and how relaxed it is. Unlike american cities that are all about the hussle and bussle, here a nice stroll is almost required to take in the beauty of everything. 

As for now, it is my bedtime. We finally got the hot water fixed in our apartment as well as the AC. 

pictures from today will be posted to my facebook in the next few days. Also, please message me your address if you would like a postcard or something, I will be going to the mail over the weekend most likely

until-

Matt