FIRENZE!!

So finally some (okay, one) pictures of Firenze!  The city is beautiful - the weather has been amazing and there is always something going on in the centro.  It was supposed to rain all week but apparently that really just means it will rain really hard one day and then be nice and warm again.  Although I did just see some awesome lightning in the sky!  We just got back from our trip to the supermarket and it was pretty crazy!  The stores are HUGE and apparently Saturday night is the most popular time ever because half the town was shopping tonight!  I'm still really busy with school but I did pretty great on my last lesson so at least my week ended on a good note..

Pics from what seems like forever ago now...the Festa della Rificolona on September 7th.  The kids all have fancy lanterns they light and carry along the streets to the Piazza Santissima Annunziata.  From there it's just a big party that lasts long after dark.. It was great - lots of people, food, vendors, singing - a real festival!

These kids were highly entertaining to watch.  The little boys all have these pipes that they put something into to shoot at the lanterns -  because what little boy doesn't like shooting at things?

These are my type of kids!  Playing with fire! But don't worry - the firefighter is looking on and he'll tell them Basta! pretty soon..

There were all sorts of candy, candied nuts, cookies that tasted just like fortune cookies, cotton candy, etc..

The cotton candy vendor.

The Duomo on my way home - lit by the full moon..