Amazing weekend!!!

Ciao ciao ciao!! So I have had a amazing weekend! On thursday Michele took me out to dinner for seafood, since I was craving something other than pasta. I had fish with artichokes. It was Yum-O!

On Friday I went to an Italian home dinner at Flowers house. A friend of Michele's. There was four other Italians and three South American girls. There was a mixture of Italian, Spanish, and English the whole night. I felt like I was at a movie. For some odd reason I did not feel left out or uncomfortable, with even 95% of the night was in conversation of Italian! Flower, the host from Naples, cooked a WONDERFUL meal! We first had noodles with clams, and then the second course we had salad with oil and stuffed salmon. There was vino, after vino, after vino (wine). It was like how you would always imagine a Italian dinner would be! Afterwards we all went to Shocking, a club. We got in for VIP and had a fun time dancing the calories away. This was by far my most amazing experience in Italy and life!!!! I smile everyday just looking back and thinking about the night!

Saturday weekend I went to Lake Como. Lake Como is only a hour and half away from Milan. It's where George Clooney has a house. It was such a lovely day, the sun was shinning and there was a light breeze. I went with a bunch of Americans, there was 6 of us. We spent the day hiking to the top of the bluff and overlooked the bella view of Lake Como!! We had lunch by the lake side, and for dinner had pizza off in a little street. 

On Sunday I went to Bergamo. A city outside of Milano in Lombardy, about a hour. I went with Michele, because it was his home town and he wanted to show me around. When we got there by train, Michele sister picked us up and we went to their parents home for lunch. I got to experience a real Italian family dinner! I had a nice pasta dish with cheese, then had RABBIT!!! Ahhhh, never had rabbit before...it was not bad. Had artichokes as well. Then for dessert we had some kind of pastry and gelato. And finished with prosseco (an sparkling white wine/ champaign) and a shot of lemmon chello. His parent spoke English pretty well, the father had a little hard time with certain words... there would be times that I would hear them speak Italian, but after all I am in ITALY!!! Afterwards before we left, Michele's father gave me some treats to take back with me! It was so sweet!!! After lunch, Michele showed me around Bergamo. It was so beautiful!!! There was cobble streets, amazing views, beautiful grande (huge) churches, and many stairs!!  I had absolutely a wonderful time and will never forget such a day!!!