Stuffing my face in Italy

Mmm....

Mozzarella Caprese

Tartufo (a combo of two ice creams.... this one was white chocolate on the outside, coffee on the inside)

Ravioli with meat sauce

Pappardelle

Gelato

One of my favorite things.... ribollita. A bread and veggie stew thing.

New favorite Italian dessert: Cantuccini (biscotti) with sweet dessert wine

My favorite guy noshing on gelato.

One of many wine tastings.

Matt's a professional.

They had a nice wine-tasting flight here, complete with snacks.

Pici pasta (nice thick spaghetti) with cheese and garlic sauce.

Angel and Demon dessert: panna cotta and chocolate lava cake :-)

I have been looking all over Italy for these since Matt and I first found them in 2012 in Rome. Yum.

Is that MORE pappardelle? Uh huh.

 UH HUH.

Grilled veggies...

 ...to go with the famed Steak Florentine. That's over a kilo of meat that they brought out to him before slapping it on the grill. Love the presentation here, bringing it out like this all sizzling.

After that steak we finished the evening off with a tiramisu that had a fresh shot of espresso at the bottom.

One of my car snacks was this cheese stick. Parmesan cheese stick? Oh yes, oh yes I say - one bite here, one bite of ham. Good stuff.

Fettuccine with tomato sauce.

Mmm... penne arrabiata.

Goulash with dumplings at the top of a mountain pass. Pretty freaking delicious.

Are you hungry yet?