un altro giorno a Firenze

After waking up, studying, taking my midterm, finishing a presentation, and getting course scheduling out of the way, I got a call from a friend asking me to go to Gusta Pizza, the infamous pizza place across the river. The owner himself pulled up a chair and had dinner with us. Looking for something sweet, we roamed the streets and ended up next to my friend's apartment. After dropping in for a hello, my friend and I were in search of something sweet. We landed on banana and peanut butter gelato. Yum. Walking back to our apartments, we would have to cut through Santa Croce. Usually, the square is empty, but today is the day before the 150 year anniversary of Italy being united. There was a big screen with old pictures of what the square used to look like years ago. There were flags floating around in small children's hands. Right in the center, there was a hot air balloon. The man inside let out some fire blasts, and he was right off the ground. The top and sides of the hot air balloon were tied down, and he only went up a few stories in the air. He then let out a long banner then three big nets of green, white, and red balloons. What a nice day. It was just another day in Florence.