Via Ridolfi.

If these walls could talk..

they would say.
these girls spent a lot of time reading.

and cooking

Rachel cooked us fried chicken. She invited a bunch of people over and it was such a fun night.

aren't they cute?

and very little time drinking.


Via Ridolfi was a homebase for like 8 girls..although only 6 lived there (for the most part). We didn't have hot water for a few weeks, we were constantly sweeping, it was hot as hell, and our washing machine often trapped our clothes in soaking wet and wouldn't let us have it back for days...but we loved that place.

We spent a lot of time reading because we didn't have a tv nor did we have the internet. Some nights Sara would read aloud from a book (i can't remember what the name was) but it was about these young boys and their sexcapades. It was definitely a good read.

We traded books around amongst ourselves too. I think Angels and Demons by Dan Brown circulated a lot. I also read Memoirs of a Geisha and Pope Joan that summer.

thats Bekah with her mouth full of watermelon. there was a fruit stand outside our apartment that stayed open til 5am. that was awesome...

but they opened pretty late during the day too (since they were open all night). so when we wanted fresh fruit in the day, we'd go to the market.
the market was probably one of my most favorite things in florence. loved it.