Arezzo

I just got back from the most incredible field trip in Tuscany! Though I was very sick the few days prior and still pretty sick when we left, I couldn't pass this trip up. We left early saturday morning on a bus with a few friends from the last one and it was already off to a great start!

We arrived in Arezzo around 9:30 am and starting a walking tour of the city. My friends and I like to refer to this trip as the church tour because we literally saw so many churches in this town. They were all so beautiful though! The architecture and the artwork in each church was stunning. I felt so priveleged to be able to see it all. It was also a beautiful sunny day so the light shining through the windows was stunning. A few of the churches were very offended by some of us "americans" because we kept trying to take pictures but it wasn't allowed. One of the priests in one of the churches who was in the middle of a confession came out of the booth to yell at one of the guys in our group who kept trying to sneak pictures. It was pretty funny.

One of the churches we saw was in the middle of set-up for a wedding. As we were looking around, a violinist and pianist started practicing and wow wow wow was the music beautiful in that place. The acoustics were incredible and I felt like I was in a dream!

We then went and ate lunch at the market that was going on in town. They had all sorts of great food. We saw a table with lots of great bread and another with just all types of cheese, one with salami. Britni and I chose to eat the sausage and potatoes and cheesy potatoes. They were so good! It was almost like eating something from home so I loved it. Kaitlyn and I also went and bought some bread that had chocolate baked into it. So so good! After a nice lunch break we then went off for Cortona.