Day 57
I went to Boboli Gardens with my friend and not to sound like a brat, but it was kind of disappointing. I didn't even take pictures. Everything was dead because it's still kind of winter-ish, and the sun was all wrong to get a good pic, especially in the grotto... and also maybe I'm a little spoiled by Longwood Gardens. Anyway, at least the weather was nice and we just strolled and talked and took pictures until we hit the gate. We found the Grotta del Buontalenti and it was so unexpectedly cool!! 
I really want to come back and see if we can go inside, since today it was closed. We could see how cool it was inside, but unfortunately, my phone and camera couldn't since the sun was really bright. Sadly, part of the picture was always either over or underexposed.
She had arranged to meet up with a conversation partner to practice her Italian after our walk, and hadn't met him before, so I went with her to the Duomo to meet him. We first walked past Orsanmichele and of course I took a picture. I love that place. 
When the conversation partner spoke in Italian, it was so fast and he slurred so many sounds together that it didn't even sound like Italian to me. I had no idea what he was saying, I couldn't even pick out words like usual! One time, I'm sure he said "qualcosa", which means "something." But it took me awhile to decode it because he never said the q or the c- he just said "hualhosa!" We chatted for a little bit and he walked with us to a park on the river bank. Then we walked back to the Duomo and he told us about a good spot he used to take pictures but we couldn't get in anymore. My friend probably won't meet with him again.
Both of us had been talking about our current mission to find shoes earlier, and on the way home we saw a shoe store advertising 10€ deals so of course we went in. It was called Porsantamaria35, which was also it's address. She ended up finding the perfect pair of combat boots and they came in under budget!
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