Here's what's been going on:
My roommate Audrey is from Quebec. Audrey is adorable and is a chef in two Italian restaurants in Canada and she's here to practice her Italian. She makes the most glorious food and it's always incredible to be coming home and smell the food while on the stairs and then walk in to find an amazing and delicious meal waiting for me. We have a really nice system going on where we all sort of share groceries and cook for each other. I've been experimenting with my cooking and although I have no idea what I'm doing (my method is just throw a bunch of stuff into a pan and see how it works out) I've been making some pretty yummy meals. But I've got nothing on Audrey...
Daniela came to visit me! She came on Wednesday and got lost on the way to my apartment from the train station and Steve and I were mildly worried. We chilled and explored and ate and yesterday Dani and I got up at the ungodly hour of 7:15 to get to the Accademia by 7:45 to get in by 8:30. We were lucky/smart because by 8:30 when it opened, the line was around the block. The main attraction of the Accademia is definitely the David. I thought I knew what to expect, but pictures just cannot do him justice. The David is huge! And it is definitely the most exceptionally lifelike sculpture I've seen. I am absolutely blown away by the details of the veins in his arm and the beauty of his chest muscles. I was just in awe. But I forgot my eraser at home! So when I sat down to draw him, I could only do really rough sketches because I couldn't erase... Such a bummer. There's quite a bit of 14th century paintings, which aren't really my thing. The people are disproportional and children are just miniature people and faces are all blank and similar. It feels like painters just hadn't really gotten into the groove in the 1300's.
In class on Monday and Wednesday I drew models, which I feel so spoiled doing, because it is rare and heavenly to just be able to draw an unmoving person for two hours straight.
Yesterday I finished my oil painting, which I like alright, but it's tough to paint with oils.
The other night we went to a free concert at Santa Croce and it was absolutely packed. Everyone was saying that Lady Gaga and Eminem were going to be there, but we left sort of early because the entire piazza was standing room only and it was all Italian artists we didn't know. Perhaps by leaving early I missed a free Eminem show, but I really hope not.
Audrey just made us an incredible meal. Chicken stuffed with mozzarella and basil, mashed potatoes and fresh salad... mmmm. I am way too lucky having a chef as a roomie. Tomorrow is Easter and we're supposed to go check out a parade that goes from Santa Croce to the Duomo and at noon there is supposedly going to be a fireworks show. We don't know what to expect from Florence on Easter... maybe it will be a ghost town.
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