What a weekend. Just like the biscotti di marmalata (jam cookies) that a friend and I attempted to bake in a toaster oven Saturday afternoon/evening while watching L'Amore, Davvero/Love Actually, in the sunniness of the weekend, all of the details have baked together into one lumpy torta (cake) in my head.

Starting with Friday, international party followed by Caffe Morlacchi, followed by Saturday: lots of adventuring, Perugian outdoor market, jam cookie making, pizzeria, and finally Sunday: day trip to see the Basilica of San Francesco/Saint Francis in Assisi.

The international party Friday night was really cool. Each person was supposed to bring/make qualcosa (something) from their native country. Consequently there was food from all over the world: crepes with pear, sushi, fruit cake, spinach pie, rice, chocolate cake, wine, etc. My plate was as diverse as the people who made up the party.

The TexMex guacomole and tortilla chips my Mexican roomate and I made were a hit and were gone by the end of the evening (the tortillas fried in olive oil turned out well by the way; cripsy and bubbled up a bit. I cut them into triangles). We were very pleased with ourselves and our diplomatic efforts.. I got to practice Italian alot that night and only had to answer a question about an American celebrity once. Success!

The next day I went to the Saturday market with Francesca and Candice and got a Italia shirt, leather skirt, and sparkly dress for 3 euro. Yea! Saturday night Francesca and I made biscotti and then split a veggie pizza at local pizzeria. (3 euro each, yea!). We left a paper oragami bird on the table as a tip.

Today I went to Assisi and visited beautiful churches, oh the churches. When I saw one by the train station that was a church within a church, I felt like I had seen everything that there was to see as far as religious buildings go. So, so beautiful, all of them, but maybe this goes without saying.

Beautiful weather, beautiful weekend, grazie a Dio.
A presto,
Kaitlyn