Galileo and the 6 euro waffle

Wednesday June 24

Went to Florence with Arlene (rc at santa chiara). She is a sweet girl and figured it was good to hang out together in case I do stay as an rc as well. We would be roomies and around each other ALL the time. I think she would be easy to get along with. If the rcs don’t get along it is really a strain. You are around each other so much…no breaks….eat dinner together every night. I don’t think I would have trouble getting along with Anthony and Arlene.

So we went the Galileo exhibit. Really interesting but made me feel just a little insignificant or maybe just dumb. It is amazing what they were figuring out hundreds…even thousands of years ago….and so much was just over my head. The exhibit showed everything that lead up to or formed the basis of Galileo’s discoveries. So it went back to Egyptians etc… very interesting.

Mainly we wondered…and ate. Got gelato from “Grom” (another rec of V) and also had waffles.

So these tourist waffles of Florence are quite tasty but make sure you ask how much FIRST!!!! We ordered and went in to pay. 6 EURO!!!! Holy crap! We thought he was charging us for both together. Oh but no. Atleast the price was for two but still INSANE. They are a little bigger than the palm of your hand! So we made sure we took a seat and enjoyed our waffles that cost more than lunch.

From now on everything will be priced relative to these waffles. A tank of gas for the scooter….2 euro less than Florence waffles….gelato from mondo….3 trips equal one Florence waffle.

Also stopped in the food market and bought dried fruit. Delicious. So I not only enjoy my fruit in gelato form but in dried/sugared form as well. If only I liked the ACTUAL fruit. Baby steps.

Galileo probably would have been smart enough not to spend 6 euro on tourist trap waffles