Can we go to our favorite restaurant?

Now that I have been back in the states for almost a week, I have to say I miss Italy. I mean I knew that I would, but it is really hitting me now. I do miss one thing more than everything else though, the food. Seriously, the food in Florence was some of the best food I have ever had. Now eating pasta everyday did get a little boring, but they had so many different kinds of pasta to choose from. Now missing the food leads to missing one more thing, our favorite restaurant. With so many different restaurants to choose from in Florence, one might think it impossible to have a favorite, but we did.

We found this restaurant our first night in Italy. We just put our stuff in our apartment and went out in search of sustenance. We stopped at the first place we saw, little did we know how important it would come to be for us. The place was called Accadi. It is safe to say that we all enjoyed our meal that night and ever since we compared ever other meal we had in Italy to that restaurant and nothing could match how good it was. So we went back, and back some more, and then some more. Now out of everyone, I went there the most, with a total of eight times... I know a little excessive, but I was in love. I even got the recipe of my favorite dish, so I will be perfecting it.

Not only was the food good, but the people were amazing. We met the cooks and got to know our waiters. Now one waitress in particular was there almost ever time we went, and I think a few of us ended up thinking of her as a surrogate aunt. She would always talk to us while we were there, she tried to teach us a little Italian, and she definitely became our favorite Florentine.

Now seeing that we went there so much, they started to give us little things after we would eat. The first time we got shots of white Sambuca, which I have to say I am not fond of, but in Italian culture it would be rude to turn down a gift so a few of us got our first experience with this black licorice flavored alcohol. Then the next time we were offered Limoncello, which is significantly better, but still a little strong for some of us. And the last night all of the cooks and both our servers came out and sipped Limoncello with us. That had to have been one of my favorite memories of Florence.

So now that I am back and missing Italy, I thought I would write my final blog post about why. The sights of Florence are amazing, the priceless artwork we saw was great, but the food and the people is what I will hopefully go back for someday.

If you want to look up Accadi they have a website! http://www.trattoriaaccadi.com

This is us on our last night in Florence with our servers!