I always heard from people about how good Italy's fish was; today I believe them.
This morning we took the bus from the center of Urbino to the nearby port town of Pesaro. Pesaro is a mere 45 minute ride away and a neccesary stop if you want to travel anywhere else in Italy in Europe. From their you can catch a bus, or train, to any of the bigger cities in Italy.
The city itself, however, has more value than just a waystation. For starters, it has a beautiful beach along the Adriatic sea. Today Pesaro was covered with snow and ice and the contrast was stark between where the snow ended and the sand began (the highest point of the tide). Despite the inhumanly cold temperatures, we witnessed several shirtless locales engage in a furious snowball fight on the beach.
The highlight of the day however was the food. We went to this little place down one of the backstreets. You know its good and cheep, because all the local construction workers were their. We ordered the special for ten people and they brought out two huge platters of the special- Crab and Eggplant over penne and spaghetti. I ate so much it was unhealthy, unhealthily incredible. And than I realized, we had more coming! They brought out all these fabulous meats on kebabs and incredible fried calamari and shrimp. I don't even like octopus and I thought it was heavenly.
2 hours later we staggered out of their and headed over to a nearby bar where we all had cioccolate con panne (hot chocolate with whip cream) that was as thick as syrup. By this our leader was so inebriated that he agreed to pay for virtually everyting.
Today was a very good day. It's going to be a shock when I actually have to start class on Thursday and can't spend 6 hours a day eating!
