A Snow Weekend.

Forgive me for being quiet for the last week. There really isn't much to say when each day is basically the same! Weekends have the potential to be much more exciting... although the snow (Yes SNOW!) has made this a stay inside and stay warm weekend. I had hoped to do a day trip to Siena, but it's cold. I had hoped to get some good pictures of the market, but it snowed.

So basically it has been a "Snow weekend". Equivalent to Canada's "Snow Day", in which students don't have to go to school. Everything shuts down. The market was minimal, although I did manage to find the necessary ingredients to make hashbrowns. Perfect comfort food for a cold day. The ironic part? We are Canadians. Therefore we should (theoretically) be able to power through any kind of weather. So rain or shine, we have school - classes, field trips, and everything. Good thing there is an abundant supply of hot chocolate and cappuccino's! On that note, I would like to comment on hot chocolate...

Canadian hot chocolate = usually a powdered mix that creates a delicious beverage that is still the consistency of a liquid.

Italian hot chocolate (version 1) = Consistency and flavour of heated chocolate pudding so that it is liquid enough to drink. Except better.

Italian hot chocolate (version 2) = Consistency and flavour of homemade chocolate heated to a liquid form. Pretty much a party in your mouth.

This past week it has also been determined that the food is SO AMAZING that it needs to be documented on film. Luke was in charge of this past week, and I'm in charge of this next week - so I'll show you next weekend. However, since we are responsible for our own meals on weekends, a few other students went out and bought ingredients to make supper for everyone. (Costs divided between everyone fed - about 5euros a plate). This past weekend they made Fuscilli with a Truffle Cream Sauce & Chicken Caesar Salad. Homemade everything - even the croutons. My job in this escapade was to document every step in the process.

Adding the Truffles ^^