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Last night Christine Chelsea and I decided that we would try a restaurant that people have been raving about since before coming to Florence and while being here. Its called Acqua al 2, and it is most famous for their steaks. Being on a college student’s budget, we decided that in order to afford the food we would get a sampler of the pasta and a sampler of the steaks to split between the three of us. All the pasta’s were amazing ranging from a rice dish to a vegetarian option to a take on mac and cheese. There were about 5 different dishes we got to sample…and by sample there was probably about two bits for each of us haha…but it was fun to get to see what we would want if we came back again and got a single dish. Next the steak sampler came out….OMG this was a “show stopper”!! I cannot put into words how amazing this was. We got one balsamic steak, one blueberry and one rosemary. Each one was unique and different form the others. The blueberry was sweet but not over powering in taste. The rosemary was more salty and of the three probably my least favorite and the balsamic…too good to out into words! Note to anyone who comes to Florence and orders steak they cook it one way rare but it is amazing if you don’t look at the blood hahaha. Although the portions were small it was fun to get to try something different and would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone who came to Florence to visit!
After dinner we said our goodbyes to Chelsea and headed back to our house to get some much needed rest before our day trip to Lucca in the morning. As we walked our usually path home….past the Duomo, Piazza Vecchio, Uffizi and the fake David (yes this is true life we walk past all these amazing historically monuments to get home) we were stopped by a crowd of people who were sitting in the Piazza (plaza) listening to a local artist sing! Beans and I decided to stop and enjoy the music along with the locals. It was such a beautiful night not too cold and we sat and watched the man sing. It was fun to be in immersed with the locals and doing as they do! On any given night you can find them stopping to truly enjoy the beauty of the city. We are SO lucky!!