Wow, I can't believe I have been slacking on my blogging so much lately. Chalk it up to being busy and when I wasn't busy, nothing was happening worth blogging about. ;-)
On Sunday I decided to head down to the markets just to wander around. I needed to get out of the apartment and get some fresh air and the markets are always a fun place to go. Hundreds of tourists all wheeling and dealing to get a bargain on whatever item they are trying to purchase. Some of them get pretty grumpy when they can't get the price they think that item is worth and others just pay full price without even blinking an eye. Its perfect for someone like me because I'm a people watcher. I love to see the happy people with there new items and I chuckle at the grumpy ones who thought paying 5euro's for a t-shirt/hat/trinket/fill in the blank was way to much. I have witnessed tourists argue over .50cents and others walk away over it. I however have pretty much come up with a tried and true method of getting a little deal. Because I have had the time to wander through the markets day in and day out over the last few months, I know how much things are and which booths are a little cheaper than others. They all carry pretty much the same things. There are booths that have T-shirts, ones that have bags/purses, ones that have jewelry and the ones that have souvenirs. If on the off chance though I have found something at one booth that may be a euro or two more than a previous booth I first ask for a deal and if they say no, I say, "no worries, I can get it back there for Xeuros. Thank you" and I start walking away. They know that it is cheaper else wear and so they always end up giving it to me for the same deal that I would have gotten at the other booth. It's great! :)
After doing some people watching and zero spending on Sunday I hopped on a city bus and rode up to a town directly above Florence. I have heard it has very beautiful views from up there and it is very easy to get to, so I thought I should check it out. I didn't actually take my camera with me though, nor did I get off the bus. lol I just rode up, looked out the window and thought I need to come back up here with my camera and then rode back down. It took about 1.5 hours to make the whole journey but really, what was I planning on doing at home anyway? Facebook poker? FarmVille? So, I have decided that I think tomorrow or Thursday I will take the bus back up and get off the bus, check out the market up in that town and take some pics. Should be good fun.
Ok, so today I just took a quick ride to the station because I needed to pick up a box at the post office to mail home. I took the bus, as always and ended up seeing the funniest (well I think so anyway) thing. I was standing by the doors on the bus and as we were stopped at a red light a little old couple walked by with a small (I believe a Shih Tzus type) dog. I was just minding my own business and watching this cute little doggie and then all of sudden he got far enough up ahead of me so that I was looking at his back end. This poor doggie (definitely a boy) had the biggest boy parts dangling behind him I have EVER seen on a dog. This was not right! I'm sure they looked about the size of an adults hand made into a fist. Now ok, I know I shouldn't laugh because I'm sure the poor dog was in a lot of pain but COME ON! So there I was, on a public bus surrounded by a bunch of Italian strangers and I was laughing. Out right laughing. I couldn't stop. It was really very funny. Then I looked up and another man sitting close to me also noticed this poor dog in "distress" and he said something in Italian (which I can only imagine what it was) to his friend, made his hand into a fist and started laughing as well. So not only am I laughing about this poor doggie but now there are 2 other people on this bus laughing and joking in Italian. It really was quite the site. Anyway, we drove off and they continued on there walk. Thinking about it now still makes me chuckle a little. I sure hope his owners get him the help he needs. ;) lol
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