2024-10-15
(Day 11 of #100DaysToOffload)
I've, by virtue (or vice) of not setting an an alarm, gotten up very late today. When I woke up it was already gone half nine, and after I've (quite lazily, or laxly) showered and dressed myself, as well as transferred photos from my camera to my phone for my family to see, it is now approaching eleven, and I feel as if I've sort of squandered the day if I want to go to Florence. Thinking for instance, that it will take me half an hour to walk, forty minutes on the train... So I won't be in Florence until around one or later say, and then I haven't got much time. I'll do Florence tomorrow as a result, and go to the station for about nine (wake up at seven or so).
I just walked about a bit, still feeling a bit tender... then I went back to a place I've already been once for lunch. I just had a pizza marinara and sorbetto for the dolce (dessert). I ventured out with what little Italian I tried and said 'pago venti' (I pay twenty) which is almost certainly unfluent but did the job to give a tip. Things are so cheap here... Well, some things are at least.
When I got back to the hotel, there was a new person behind the desk and I asked for my keys: I have been meaning to say it in Italian for a while but have stuck with English, but will try from now on to say Italian. She was struggling to find the keys, and I wanted to say 'to the right' but didn't have the words. It would just be 'a destro' and I probably should have known that... (dexter in Latin).
I didn't do much for the rest of the day, and then searched about for dinner. In the end, I went to the Chinese down (I think) Via de Giudei. I ate spaghetti with vegetables (con verdure). It actually had egg in it, which I could have expected given it was a Chinese, but it didn't mention it anywhere. Oh well. I also had a cocktail whilst there; the food, cocktail, and water altogether still only came to EUR18. Food is quite cheap, here, isn't it? In fact, EUR6 for a cocktail is really good as well. In London they are about £10 generally.