Friday, October 17, 2008

We didn't order any wine!

I came to check out Annie’s place today and to use her internet (I don’t have a connection yet which is beyond frustrating). Anyway, we decided to eat lunch at a ristorante directly across the street from her house. Oh my God is all I can say. This may be the best meal we’ve had yet. We sit down and our waiter rambles off today’s menu options. We politely sit there and pretend to understand everything. We then ask for gnocchi pesto. Absolutely the best gnocchi I’ve ever had in my life. As we’re waiting for our meals, our waiter brings over a small pitcher of red wine…..which we did not order. The wine is wonderful though, and I don’t usually like red wine. We talk to the waiter some and Annie tells him that she’s living across the street with a girl named Francesca. Two minutes later, there is another small pitcher of red wine coming our way and he says “for friends of Francesca.” The next thing we know, there is dessert on our table and of course, it’s yummy too. About 30 minutes later, the wine and dessert are mostly gone and we are about to ask for the check. Instead bringing us the check though, our waiter puts down two double shots of jagermeister. Annie is quick to say, “It’s not even 2!” Geez! I have to go to work in a couple of hours! Yet, we drink anyway. I mean, we can’t be rude. To sum it all up, we ordered pasta and water and now we’re stuffed and quite tipsy. Our entire bill came to 15 Euro, or $20.11. Time for a siesta. Viva Italia!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I need your addresses, ladies!

Unknown said...

How fun!! I can already tell I am going to love living in Italy vicariously through you