Thanksgiving a Firenze…
There couldn’t have been a more perfect Thanksgiving. Derrick @jetsetterderrick arrived and Thanksgiving is his birthday. What do you want to do for your birthday I asked? Let’s go on an adventure. Would you like an adventure now, or would you like to have your tea first? I asked. Oh definitely now he said. Definitely now. This conversation over spritz on Tuesday night.
By Wednesday morning 2 rooms are booked at the @oltrarnosplendid in Florence and had hopped in a rental car to drive south to Florence. A last minute trip with 2 of my favorite boys. Leaving was a whirlwind. Cancel the dinner plans I’d made with friends for Thursday. (I felt guilty to miss:(. Drop off the chairs and cranberrjes. Go to the pharmacy to schedule covid tests for the boys flight home. A quick coffee with a friend near the garage. Cazzo! I forgot to cancel my trainer. Have I mentioned my #bunsofsteel - it’s the 2nd thing after my eyes Derrick commented on upon arrival. For the first year of my life I’ve gone to the gym every week for 1 year. And wait - I was supposed to… forget it, I’ll do it Sat. Let’s go to Florence!
We throw clothes in a suitcase and the cats are chagrined to discover they are not coming with - don’t worry I’ll bring you to Turin next week - And then we packed my foldable Longchamp travel bag inside my case and fled Venice. This will be thrice in one month. Why the extra travel bag? D asked. The shopping. You’ll die. As he’s having a jacket custom made he concurred. Best shopping ever. And dinner. Florentine beef. I kiss my fingers (then lick them ). And truffles. Mamma Mia. The truffles. I ask the waiter to Marry Me. The neighbors at the table next to us listen openly to our conversation. I turn and chat and before we know it phone numbers are exchanged. Then a long conversation in Italian ensues. Jacob and Derrick turn to me in surprise. You’re fluent they say. I laugh - far far from it. But yes. I’ve made progress. I love going abroad. A trip to the mainland is “abroad” for a Venetian. I get to practice my Italian on strangers who are patient enough to listen to my accent and gender flexible nouns.
Thanksgiving in Florence. Best thanksgiving ever. Sono contenta.
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