Stupendous Sunday!

It was great to be able to sleep in today!
We all got up late and enjoyed an unbelievable brunch at this restaurant called Caffe Duomo. Oh, and it was American style- 2 eggs over easy with toast and home fries- I loved my life completely at the moment I ate it! haha. Some other girls got chocolate chip pancakes and a greek omlet. Let's just say that we are going to be making that a Sunday tradition.
After that we went to an open air market to do a little shopping. The market is there everyday and they sell mostly jewlery, scarves, and leather items. I got a really cool glass ring- it is certainly one of a kind and was only 4 euro!
The next purchase was completely unexpected. I have been on the lookout for a knock off LV bag, but was informed today that both the buying and selling of these is highly illegal in Italy and can be grounds for arrest- so this is clearly not something I will be doing here.
After I was informed of this, I was now on the lookout for a fabulous Italian leather bag. Good thing I found exactly what I was looking for within the next 5 minutes. I stumbled upon this beautiful, geniune Italian dark brown leather mini duffle bag- which was originally 115 euro- and I got it for 70 euro! It was the one splurge I decided to allow myself and it is seriously one of the most beautiful posessions I own. I can't stop smelling the real leather!
After that, we went to the chocolate festival. It was a little festival that has been held for the past week in a small piazza and today was the last day. It was so amazing! There were little stands everywhere that sold a wide variety of chocolate items- chocolate liquore, hot chocolate, chocolate fondue, bars of chocolate, fruits dipped in chocolate, cake, moose, truffles- it was delicious! I went for the healthiest route and got a dark chocolate bar with hazelnuts (which are the most popular nut here oddly enough)- oh and I had to get one little chocolately nutty ball of goodness. There was a little marching banding playing and it was very crowded and so exciting!
It was the end to a wonderful weekend- classes tomorrow!
xoxo
Amanda
p.s. found a place called a yogurteria- gelato made out of yogurt aka a healthier solution- so excited! It's like an Italain Pinkberry!!