Gelato Dreams.
Reader, let me tell you, there is perhaps only one other thing better than studying abroad in Italy. It is studying abroad in Italy during a gelato festival. It took every bit of my self-control to keep calm as one of my flat mates, who'd been living in Italy for a year by that point, informed the rest of us during breakfast that there was an annual gelato festival happening that weekend. It was only our first weekend in Florence and I was smitten. The Gelato festival is an 'on-the-road' event; it starts off in Florence at the beginning of the summer, and then tours different parts of Italy picking and choosing the best 'gelatician' and his unique gelato flavor, made specifically for the festival. The tour culminates back in Florence, where, during a three day event held at Piazzale Michelangelo, locals and tourists along with the judges get to sample gelato from each vendor and vote for their favorite. The winner is then honored with the title of 'Be...