Food for thought...

I never thought I'd say this, but I miss fast food. Yet, the more and more I think about it, it's not the fast food that I miss, but rather the diversity of places one can grab a meal. It seems that everywhere I go around here the same things are being offered. Don't get me wrong, I think the food over here is spectacular, but the variety of different foods is definetly very limited. There's only so many times I can go to a place and order pizza or spaghetti. So last night, in an effort to get some food variety in my life, I ordered mussles. The mussles were excellent and the changeup in my food life was satisfying as well. Since only being over here for three weeks I decided that I wouldn't buy groceriers but instead indulge in all the different restaurants. I think it was a good idea, but I don't know how good of an idea my parents will think it was when they get the credit card bill (sorry ma, i'll work overtime). Anyways, to wrap things up I thought I'd throw a picture up showing what the typical restaurant in Florence looks like. Also, something else i've realized over here that varies from the states is that when you exchance money, instead of putting it in eachother's hands like one does in the state's, there is a little plate where the money is placed. Just thought that'd be a cool little "did you know" that I throw out there. Oh yea, another thing I forgot to mention that I wanted to point out, water is not free over here. You pay by the bottle and they usually run you 2.50 euro per bottle.