Nasty!!!

I don’t know what it is, but I get really disgusted by toenails and fingernails! Especially if they aren’t well kept! Its one of the first things I notice. Ironically, I also can’t stand the sound of clippers! Whenever Maurizio has to clip his nails he has to warn me and I have to turn the TV up loud and he runs water in the sink so I don’t hear it. Yes, I realize I am strange but if I hear it I cringe. It doesn’t really bother me when I do it myself but I can’t stand filing my nails. It makes me crazy!

Anyhow, I guess you can understand how I must feel when while walking to the gym one day I barely missed somebody’s nail clippings as they threw them out the window. I literally saw them falling in front of my eyes! GROSS!!! They could have fallen on my head if I had been any faster. Or another time as I was returning home and I turned my corner and almost tripped over a gypsy lady cutting hers off with a knife! It makes me want to puke!!

This afternoon, I had just called my sister when I heard click click click! I knew what it was immediately and I told my sister “Someone is cutting their nails I can hear it!!!” Since I knew it was coming from my window, I ran to the window and YES across the street there was a guy cutting his nails and letting them fall to the ground below him. Keep in mind, we live on a pedestrian street and it is always filled with people so, these poor people taking their Saturday afternoon stroll were greeted by his nasty nails on their head!!!! Seriously people do this inside and put them in the garbage or flush them down the toilet. I really don’t want to watch you groom yourself and I definitely don’t want to wear it if I just happen to be passing below your window!!!!

Gelato Festival

Sunday afternoon I woke up pretty late. I have been so anxious about moving that I haven’t been sleeping at all. So by the time I woke up and had my ritual caffe latte it was already close to 11:30. The weather outside was hot and sunny but I didn’t have much to do all day so I decided to go ahead and do my run. I knew it was going to be hot at 1:30pm but it looked a bit overcast so I wasn’t worried. Boy was I wrong, those 5 miles were BRUTAL! While I was stopped at a cross walk at the end a 65+-year-old Italian man ran up beside me and we discussed how hot the weather was and both continued jogging across the road. WOW he was a trooper, at his age; I hope I will be doing the same when I am older.

After some running I took a quick shower and headed out wet hair and all to the Festival of Gelato. Most Italians believe that you get sick if you leave the house with wet hair and Italians have also asked me about it, why we “Americans” do this. You always see college students running around the city with damp hair and most don’t understand this and give you concerning looks. To me its quite funny and I usually tell them that us “Americans” just aren’t as delicate as Italians! ☺ So, after receiving my many concerning looks I arrived at Piazza della Santissima Annunziata.

The festival was basically a setup throughout the major piazzas throughout Firenze with local gelato from shops around the city and Italy. You could purchase an assaggio (taste) for 1 euro or purchase a card, which allowed for more tastes. There were many different flavors and many people enjoying the cold delights in such hot weather.

This festival was exactly what we all needed in the city during such a hot week.
See a few pictures below: