Kyra Over Seas

We were in Italy for a week, and I probably could've spent triple that in Florence alone.


We started Florence off with a really cool leather making demo, and learned how to tell real leather from fake. Leather is literally everywhere in Florence, so it was awesome to know what to spend your money on. Mike and I both picked up really cool rings from the jewelry section of the leather shop; mikes has three parts to it and the center ring spins, which definitely keeps him entertained. And mine is what is called a puzzle ring, so its four bands entwined to make one ring. The only problem is if you let them fall out of their hold on each other, its a fricken puzzle to get back together. It took us nearly an hour the first time I accidently dropped it!

After our demonstration we went on a walking tour of Florence and got to see all of Michaelangelo's sculptures, which are incredible. The entire tour we were starving, so a few of us asked our tour guide where to get the most authentic Italian pasta to which she directed us on our little maps to a hole in the wall restaurant down an alleyway with no other tourists. We stuck out like sore thumbs- the waiter took one look at us, said "English menu", and came back with dust-covered never been looked at menus. So basically, you know we found the right place. It did not disappoint.