Che bello! Flowers and Food

Hello again!
After a long day of visiting the Etruscan tombs (a people that were wiped out by the Romans but were very influential), I felt like I should be more excited. But I kept getting distracted by living things: a very friendly lab who greeted us when we stepped off the bus, a field of sunflowers, the wind blown trees, a deep well that had been closed off...
So I just won't write about the Etruscans.  Enough dead people for now! :)
Here is the field that we saw on the ride there (about an hour from Rome). I was very very excited.
I didn't even know sunflowers came in fields! I have only seen them in gardens or grocery stores.

On the right- a butterfly hanging out by a tomb. There were tons of them.

On to food! Today we ate at a Pizzeria, and one of our professors ordered this pizza. It was too cute to resist taking a picture. Feeling daring, I ordered fettucine con lepre (or fettucine with hare). I couldn't distinctly taste the meat with the sauce, but it was still pretty delicious. Kim, one of my roommates, ordered pasta with boar. Since we were near, if not in the Tuscany area, these meals are more common out of the city.

I ordered this cappucino the other day for 1.10 E. This particular place required you to order in line and then stand at the bar to drink the coffee. Italians believe that you should never drink milk after noon, so I was sure to order this before 12. (They also are particular about beer, never serving it cold but room temperature. Apparently a cold beer shocks your system.)

To the left, some of the images on the wall. I especially enjoyed seeing the clock with coffee beans. 

And of course, you can't forget gelato!
Here is a picture of the store next to our apartment (which just adds to the temptation):

 

I'll end with a picture from the night we out to eat. Our class went to a fancy restaurant together (it must have already been paid for in our study abroad fee). They served us four courses- meat that melts in your mouth, peaches with brownie as the pit... everything seemed to ooze butter or cheese . Here is the first course and our wine below: