The most glorious days in Italy are the one spent leisurely  wandering the city.  Today was shopping day though, and we had a mission: leather jackets. Mamma Lo had told us about this leather market that evidently had the best deals on quality Italian leather.  The first place we went I found some buttery brown leather jackets that fit like a glove, however they were 275 Euro.  Thats 400 US dollars! We had to run out of there before they pressured me into buying it one of them.  I then ran into Alexa and found out that she has already purchased a coat for 120 Euro! So of course we go back to that store and Stephano ran to get me several different options. While he was gone I found this black fitted jacket that I ended up buying. Chin Chin for leather!

Next order of business was lunch. However, it was then 3:30 P.M. and most restaurants close from 3 till 5 or 6.  This practice boggles us American because we are used to having food service available to us all day long.  Eventually as we hungrily wandered the streets we found a restaurant called "Il porcospino": The Porcupine! Our waiter was very friendly and even encouraged us to order in Italian and nicely corrected our vocabulary.  We all agreed it had been a successful day in Italy and rushed home to take a nap and get some work done, which is what I must do now.  A domani!