Grams landed safe and sound in Florence. I am so thrilled she is coming to stay with me for another week in Italy and France! She was so excited to get out and see Firenze that she accidentally smooshed her finger in the hotel doorway. So our first stop together in Firenze was the farmacia for an ice pack. Hopefully we will be able to make it through a whole week without wiping out on the cobblestone and smashing anymore fingers.

I made sure Grams’s finger was iced and we stopped at a sidewalk cafe and grabbed some lunch (petite panini and cappuccini). YUM. Can’t wait to tour her around and show her how pretty my little city is.

After lunch, I took my final exam in Italian and said ciao to Luca, my Italian professor. He gave me a proper goodbye, a hug and a kiss on each cheek (in true Italian fashion). I must have looked surprised at such a sweet goodbye, because he reassured me that kisses on the cheeks are how Italians say farewell, and by no means was it sexual harassment. Va bene.

All that is left is to head to my ceramics studio for a final critique and to pick up my mini-masterpieces. I will miss my pottery wheel. We had some good times together: accidentally chucking some clay across the room, spraying slip all over my face, and smacking a girl in the chest with a loose piece of clay not well attached to the wheel. My professor thinks I am a total dork (and she is probably right). Needless to say I am not going to be kissing her cheeks goodbye.

Tonight I am taking Grams to my favorite pizza place: Gusta Pizza. Who knows what will happen later. But adventures await. :)