Florence Trip: Day Four

Still written by Laura.

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Tuesday in Florence was much like Monday.

But that night when Matt came home from his meetings we decided to try a self service cafeteria recommended by our guide book. The place was a "no frills" establishment with decent food and cheap prices and we were able to pull Samuel's stroller right up to our booth. We had eggplant parmesan, a plate of veggies, lasagna and some pasta with clams all for about 10 euros. My biggest complaint about the place was that is was so cold inside you had to keep wearing your coat while you ate.

After dinner we walked a bit and decided that we needed to treat ourselves to dessert. I had spent Samuel's naptime reading through our guidebook and felt that we should have hot chocolate. Rivoire opposite the Palazzo Vecchio was recommended for hot chocolate and desserts and their fancy window displays of easter candy had caught my eye. We headed there and once inside ordered 2 cups of hot chocolate and a slice of chocolate cake.

I like chocolate but I've never been terribly fond of hot chocolate. Somehow after a few sips of it, my stomach feels funny and unless I've mixed in lots of whipped cream or melting marshmallows I really never finish a whole mug of that. Come to find out its because I haven't been drinking real hot chocolate. Real hot chocolate is more bitter than sweet, has the consistency of melted chocolate and is served in tiny little cups. The hot chocolate went perfectly with the chocolate cake which was sweeter. Matt and I enjoyed our treat, Samuel enjoyed the bits of chocolate cake we fed him and somehow it wasn't too shocking that we had spent almost twice as much on dessert as we had on dinner.

Continue on to days five and six. 

Posted by Matt on 3/16/2005 01:58:00 PM