Day 14 - July 13

 Wednesday. Today is the best day in the world...the last Harry Potter comes out today in Europe!!!! I get to see it 2 days before everyone else in the US and I am so excited I can't even see straight. But before I can get to that I have to do some other things during the day. I have class at 4:15 which was the same old, same old. We took pictures, talked about our midterm which is tomorrow, and I struggled/was lost the entire time. Then after class my food class met up for a 5 course dinner. That was why we didn't
have class this morning. For our first course we had this salad with anchovie dressing...not great. It was good before the dressing, but after that it was a little bit ruined for me. Then we had huge spinach stuffed gnocchi, which was probably the best part of the meal in my opinion. We then had the main course which was chicken with some kind of orange sauce and boiled onions that were carmelized. Yes, that was delicious. Finally for dessert we had a baked pear that was served with real vanilla ice cream! I have been craving some good ole creamy ice cream for a while since all they have here is gelato, which is not bad, but it is not quite the same as real ice cream. Wine was of course served with all the courses and we
all had a blast. But as great as that dinner was...something more important was about to happen. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLLOWS PART 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was a group of
girls from the dinner that were going to see it also, so we left right after dessert and ran to the theater. When I say ran...I mean that we legit sprinted through the streets of Florence to make it to the theater. The show was at 11pm and our dinner didn't even start until 9. Italians don't believe in a short, quick meal either, so 2 hours was not really enough time for us. Either way though we did finally make it. I sat in the coolest movie theater ever and waited for the best movie in the world :) The movie was in English but had
Italian subtitles. The place was sold out and there were even a couple people dressed up. I couldn't be happier than I was for that 2 hours of my life. No previews...just Harry Potter. Needless to say it was amazing. I loved it. It did make me so sad that it is all over now though!! I have been reading these books and seeing the movies for many, many years now, but there is no more left! It is crazy to think that something that I have been so obsessed with for so many years is over with. I guess now I will just have to go to Harry Potter world in Orlando to relive the magical world of Harry Potter!!!! :)