tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71331174900550252932024-02-18T20:54:55.122-08:00My Life, My Love, My AdventureAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-61041646484862834932013-12-01T09:13:00.001-08:002013-12-01T09:13:23.427-08:00463 Stairs to my Heart<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my second to last post, and probably my last post while I'm here in Italy. This past week and weekend have flown by faster than I thought they would and hoped they would. Not gonna lie, I've been hoping these days would past by fast, but after the last two days I don't want this journey to end. I've been hanging out with the girls in my apartment and I love it. They remind me of my friends back in the 802. This past Friday and Saturday compete with some of my best days abroad and would be considered my tourist days. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
Last weekend I had a super relaxing weekend, didn't get outta bed until 12 or 1 everyday. Pretty much all I did was sleep and relax and walk around Florence taking pictures. On Sunday I woke up and went for a 4 mile run, nothing compared to the people that were taking part in the Florence marathon. However, I ran where I typically don't and saw a different and beautiful part of Florence. I swear each time I go out, I see something new and different. There are times where I can't wait to go back home and other times I wanna stay here. I guess this is pretty common for those who study abroad. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5PCWAJuxDuFC729SNvrVtM0sCMC_Pv3zgBvxNPswNoUB3lgfLKxQItzkdTw3FUSNNpk7gu9J2Kd_l_9YE_FCq3_zBSMYtjzgfH703btf1oF7DYOcoLh0EiQR_L-T09p3apteteGoIjVf/s1600/IMG_7636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5PCWAJuxDuFC729SNvrVtM0sCMC_Pv3zgBvxNPswNoUB3lgfLKxQItzkdTw3FUSNNpk7gu9J2Kd_l_9YE_FCq3_zBSMYtjzgfH703btf1oF7DYOcoLh0EiQR_L-T09p3apteteGoIjVf/s400/IMG_7636.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The view of the Arno River on my run</span></div>
<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
This past week I got two written finals done with, that leaves 2 more written finals and one photography final which I finished tonight.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last weekend we celebrated one of my friend's 21st birthdays and it was one for the record books. I ended up meeting up with the girls at Kikuya after our pizza making class ended and we came home and got changed. It was a fun night at Kikuya filled with dragoons, wine, fish bowls and alot more alcohol. Basically majority of our program took over the bar's back room, everywhere you looked you saw Richmond students.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wednesday night I went out around dusk/sunset to take some pictures for my last photo project. I decided to do Florence at night and it was my best decision. I love seeing Florence lit up at night, especially if I'm near the Arno river because the lights reflecting on the river are beautiful. It's almost like an illusion, it's kinda like being able to flip the picture 180 degrees and never knowing that you flipped the picture. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXoZHjZM1QSat2Gf2uLaFXng6m0tISOhQLilmVsLKqMFPnMaCgt538EYBG1xrW7EaBPSu31OBC-qX8CdoLdDRWnPn124-lqbiaHYleStNUd4VYeoAuqZUJwCx2EW9BPC12wPaWSDluppLM/s1600/IMG_8941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXoZHjZM1QSat2Gf2uLaFXng6m0tISOhQLilmVsLKqMFPnMaCgt538EYBG1xrW7EaBPSu31OBC-qX8CdoLdDRWnPn124-lqbiaHYleStNUd4VYeoAuqZUJwCx2EW9BPC12wPaWSDluppLM/s640/IMG_8941.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahWC78wDNxMSqLq_QtJLUulDnDvHSG_hUo_XoWizSCugzuOzAKA7qxk6rSSDnmwsepQ2G4_unEIOeqAGcwW2iLNmTuEw2Xpr2VKLJE4OBmj0HAaUAoxTZGjqrTvXJyZ8NJ3SBISKFJHDm/s1600/IMG_8964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahWC78wDNxMSqLq_QtJLUulDnDvHSG_hUo_XoWizSCugzuOzAKA7qxk6rSSDnmwsepQ2G4_unEIOeqAGcwW2iLNmTuEw2Xpr2VKLJE4OBmj0HAaUAoxTZGjqrTvXJyZ8NJ3SBISKFJHDm/s640/IMG_8964.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtkuA5pQRwLGhMHyaZATg2VBwJbmKEAneSQJLoBSLROLjvCH_q5n62qxma1dBNsIca3IQF1cUWymVL_J0gPpgv_-3X4FtOxQEru0Jb0I6xGpy0Qg4mynDGk58Gi3BVZRvJRMie88m5c_6/s1600/IMG_8988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtkuA5pQRwLGhMHyaZATg2VBwJbmKEAneSQJLoBSLROLjvCH_q5n62qxma1dBNsIca3IQF1cUWymVL_J0gPpgv_-3X4FtOxQEru0Jb0I6xGpy0Qg4mynDGk58Gi3BVZRvJRMie88m5c_6/s640/IMG_8988.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The carousel at Piazza Repubblica </span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thursday night we celebrated Thanksgiving here Italian style with some American flair. Our program put on a beautiful spread for us at Palazzo Borghese, I truly can't even describe the place. It was gorgeous, people use this type of building to get married in or have their reception. It was hugeee and had so many rooms. We started off with pumpkin risotto served out of a pumpkin. I'm not big on pumpkin flavored food but this was so good. After that we had spinach and ricotta cheese raviolis. Then it came time for the bird, we had turkey with chestnut stuffing and gravy, mashed potatoes and carrots. We ended the night with pumpkin pie, apple pie, and brownies. Honestly it was all soooo delicious. It wasn't like Thanksgiving at home but it is definitely a Thanksgiving I will always remember. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrkjntA2RlcSBC9AXwzC_POlcwlZtIhhOpYAHTehldflUGX_ngVm4SsAT-OoE7bsI4RFi5RUPv4LClRUTekuObzIqNMl7F9xr2C0AEmPB49IVmpoRDor500cGf9mbrheg2WcrMncqqSnV/s1600/IMG_7707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrkjntA2RlcSBC9AXwzC_POlcwlZtIhhOpYAHTehldflUGX_ngVm4SsAT-OoE7bsI4RFi5RUPv4LClRUTekuObzIqNMl7F9xr2C0AEmPB49IVmpoRDor500cGf9mbrheg2WcrMncqqSnV/s640/IMG_7707.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The beautiful room we were in</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf-MbS5erWIEKSNin2fOi5J7kg6RuT6JiRST1202z09z9r_KsHmDlNAKxKiilz7d7oTsu3lC1DtVESFfu-DgdZLu4Y4E5BrWAQSl-LmTVJ7_ZpOPZHp3ygQs3cpOtIT2MTfq-CwurALTr/s1600/IMG_7724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf-MbS5erWIEKSNin2fOi5J7kg6RuT6JiRST1202z09z9r_KsHmDlNAKxKiilz7d7oTsu3lC1DtVESFfu-DgdZLu4Y4E5BrWAQSl-LmTVJ7_ZpOPZHp3ygQs3cpOtIT2MTfq-CwurALTr/s640/IMG_7724.jpg" width="604" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The girls at dinner</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-jYJzPueaIJJNe9BH14A4Y4WXe0c2vaMV3bq4s0gwi9mE_Sh6CEd_DVKaDQD-nDs8hq00gpZcge4WuyvuCh3e8p_-EE8QCDbi1UVCClyQVt0mGyxx-MLzMxETEVZdSU0UXxdZEszHG7W/s1600/IMG_9052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-jYJzPueaIJJNe9BH14A4Y4WXe0c2vaMV3bq4s0gwi9mE_Sh6CEd_DVKaDQD-nDs8hq00gpZcge4WuyvuCh3e8p_-EE8QCDbi1UVCClyQVt0mGyxx-MLzMxETEVZdSU0UXxdZEszHG7W/s640/IMG_9052.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SMC takes on turkey day via Firenze </span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FSlDPY3CH7q2ELIXV8Xu0ixjXm1NL8yAH7ucQ5fTx-H9lJ3iYpwWOVvKWTz93IGtVZUWr8HcNSbXUpoEEHtGjPYGgR3C9ZcrUF4cssZl9BK3qU-WHT8o9xdpG6Hlkrywp_yYrOjvgzsi/s1600/IMG_9069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FSlDPY3CH7q2ELIXV8Xu0ixjXm1NL8yAH7ucQ5fTx-H9lJ3iYpwWOVvKWTz93IGtVZUWr8HcNSbXUpoEEHtGjPYGgR3C9ZcrUF4cssZl9BK3qU-WHT8o9xdpG6Hlkrywp_yYrOjvgzsi/s400/IMG_9069.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bird</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This past week the Christmas markets opened up in Santa Croce, they are unbelievable The whole piazza is filled with different booth selling sweets, to German pretzels, hot dogs, cheese, meats, jewelry, pretty much you can find anyting at the market. We made it to the market on Friday after we climbed the dome of the duomo in the center of Florence. There are about 463 stairs to the top of the dome, and they aren't your typical stairs. They are straight up, spiral etc. The climb is easily worth it because the view is AMAZING. It looks all over Florence and we went up on a clear day so we could see the mountains in the distance. It was such a great way to spend part of the day, seeing the city that holds my heart. After climbing the duomo we made our way to San Lorenzo where all the leather vendors and scarf vendors. This is always such a hard place for me to be because it's so tempting to buy something. All I'll say is I came out with one purchase that I LOVE. After San Lorenzo we finally made our way to the Christmas markets where I was on the hunt for a German pretzel. We found a booth that had at least 10 different kinds of pretzels, I opted for an asiago cheese pretzel, it was sooo good. Germans definitely do make the best pretzels, and the Czechs. After our day spent out wandering the city, we made it back to our apartment for naps, shows and in my case editing my pictures. For dinner me and Nicole did Gusta Pizza, which was amazing. We both got the pesto pizza, and I don't think I've had a better pizza minus the one we make when we make our own. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjriU8t2leQdEEbCLnG-s1KB8S17Qzx4ak0E1cgvz9JnB3xTz52pzkX4cGBFODkfSRqovafck9XY9447-Vrq0DMzsATlmR5azsgvz0luS-_fHEOcgkH-5VuqmZyNCb_Au1XVXuo654hXXw/s1600/IMG_9168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjriU8t2leQdEEbCLnG-s1KB8S17Qzx4ak0E1cgvz9JnB3xTz52pzkX4cGBFODkfSRqovafck9XY9447-Vrq0DMzsATlmR5azsgvz0luS-_fHEOcgkH-5VuqmZyNCb_Au1XVXuo654hXXw/s640/IMG_9168.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Candy on candy on more candy at the Christmas market</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgej2wL4MMw1rxjaXcLmP_Zx1XfncjTztrxQq-D8fYWEo92oZ-EbKjR0tV3jx7T4xUmWCB8TA4NFID-qHNNdU5T54bCdTBtNyXaRo5YJwucWdy4K9pBMwh4-MSlGd7xDKsd_uEkb-20OQIz/s1600/IMG_9098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgej2wL4MMw1rxjaXcLmP_Zx1XfncjTztrxQq-D8fYWEo92oZ-EbKjR0tV3jx7T4xUmWCB8TA4NFID-qHNNdU5T54bCdTBtNyXaRo5YJwucWdy4K9pBMwh4-MSlGd7xDKsd_uEkb-20OQIz/s640/IMG_9098.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The view from the top looking at the bell tower</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhQ8eaaYPzZlbKMkyLTqjlNRmKDxvRS3589pvuTV3JNwGsALYu8aRpMUkwv3tIv7rM5B6CV10BSI5khi7S7SHargfaVLjpa_VV231ufnI7l6kyKc_tjvTiOUSQF26wp2CsLn5KKta12VQ/s1600/IMG_9112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhQ8eaaYPzZlbKMkyLTqjlNRmKDxvRS3589pvuTV3JNwGsALYu8aRpMUkwv3tIv7rM5B6CV10BSI5khi7S7SHargfaVLjpa_VV231ufnI7l6kyKc_tjvTiOUSQF26wp2CsLn5KKta12VQ/s640/IMG_9112.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvG_22rBj9Iq0ozfEprADkmJW3TxssdYjZQFjQOpNBphczV80NijXq2P5CDjQZWh4r_eZA1QJo5LQN9jqv7Y2rCaqzkSK0AYr7tkRtpFb_sNbFH0ilHB2TsXJAFjDTXfIkPJ9wR-23xwk/s1600/IMG_9121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvG_22rBj9Iq0ozfEprADkmJW3TxssdYjZQFjQOpNBphczV80NijXq2P5CDjQZWh4r_eZA1QJo5LQN9jqv7Y2rCaqzkSK0AYr7tkRtpFb_sNbFH0ilHB2TsXJAFjDTXfIkPJ9wR-23xwk/s640/IMG_9121.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Roomies</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KJAmsQi-cg8ZSJrYk2J8XclRqUGfBiRSR9IuTAsoXKy1JvsOXmHgWcbDzfp6OdDtM7V_zE-EJR-4Ti2OLFjBBr53Zv4Y9-B1wSTiUPeQlex_L0B_YeIJ15WthjwhcwWjsDJMa5My7kaR/s1600/IMG_9140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KJAmsQi-cg8ZSJrYk2J8XclRqUGfBiRSR9IuTAsoXKy1JvsOXmHgWcbDzfp6OdDtM7V_zE-EJR-4Ti2OLFjBBr53Zv4Y9-B1wSTiUPeQlex_L0B_YeIJ15WthjwhcwWjsDJMa5My7kaR/s640/IMG_9140.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1rPl-AvuQzdlLsYOXb42993CaYw1KBUMhszR2Hut0mTJQ7myKOdwri0U0RDcLClWX-0HhZubLzBjwN3voWaJy5ZwnRu_3qFOOfFu9Hsec9YxuDrR-xxDJtBnqz-YP8jsgz1cklNgSZnG/s1600/IMG_9147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1rPl-AvuQzdlLsYOXb42993CaYw1KBUMhszR2Hut0mTJQ7myKOdwri0U0RDcLClWX-0HhZubLzBjwN3voWaJy5ZwnRu_3qFOOfFu9Hsec9YxuDrR-xxDJtBnqz-YP8jsgz1cklNgSZnG/s640/IMG_9147.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A view through one of the peep holes making our way up to the top</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LZ_c5ZzBjAeSVjhZq6ByGL5xNJGdFVzcWg8kvcN9VxE_VHaScC7b1merBGDKpGTQ3zXhRQlJ-OC7E3rfJSZymMQU7xaPQ2qGQvHCb6h8PfSjyyBXL7LkNZw9BBrKryoXl0UualCYuIYn/s1600/photo-4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LZ_c5ZzBjAeSVjhZq6ByGL5xNJGdFVzcWg8kvcN9VxE_VHaScC7b1merBGDKpGTQ3zXhRQlJ-OC7E3rfJSZymMQU7xaPQ2qGQvHCb6h8PfSjyyBXL7LkNZw9BBrKryoXl0UualCYuIYn/s400/photo-4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pesto Gusta Pizza</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72zr0Lm3lTGLMWDrg-yfOwiR4Mi2nINpMik7fQRHa68zlMwYuDwbhgIOXdtAFJ5h9Xi0iZIfKqQQ5NSBYrbA-PIGJ8TRjHbDp1XE_PuB1xBhr9gf3_rw57A6a8RyEniSR1DwrsIu7HybR/s1600/photo-5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72zr0Lm3lTGLMWDrg-yfOwiR4Mi2nINpMik7fQRHa68zlMwYuDwbhgIOXdtAFJ5h9Xi0iZIfKqQQ5NSBYrbA-PIGJ8TRjHbDp1XE_PuB1xBhr9gf3_rw57A6a8RyEniSR1DwrsIu7HybR/s640/photo-5.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THIS PANINO</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saturday a few of us girls got our act together for 1:30 and headed to the Uffizi, a must see museum which I saw the last weekend of my trip, but at least I'm getting there…It was cool to see some of the paintings I had talk about in some of my classes and actually knew some stuff about it. But the museum is HUGE, so of course more or less I knew nothing about what I was looking at. After walking around the entire gallery, which took us some time. We headed to this place that my photo teacher showed up for lunch. This place I struggled to find since the first time I had it probably the first or second week I was in Florence. But 2 weeks ago when we had lunch at a restaurant 2 doors down I was in heaven, I could finally find my way back to this tiny little shop that is always filled with super nice older Italians. I got a rosetta bread with what we think is goat cheese soaked in hot olive oil with peppers, and prosciutto. It's so good. We followed up the paninis with mouth watering gelato from Vivoli's which is right across the street, yet another place my photo professor showed me. He went there when we was a kid and still goes there. I got tiramisu, I've never had such amazing gelato before. After feeding ourselves full we headed back to the apartment and chilled before we headed to dinner around 7:30. We went to Tarocchi, which was so good. I got the penne with spicy tomato sauce, so good and eggplant parm. After dinner we came back and some of the girls got ready to go out so we all hung out in the living room drinking some vino, prosecco, and birra. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVGK7uQirGUTTqO8afrnMNnx5HhF8NDogZLkdM9a0QpsL3y3OiqUu2uXH0lDlQdQI0zkxVVhSg9r5Uji-DXiWga2TpqffQlKon1pTE4nmqUPPgJ3HZ8HCxdth4tKLNxpZokDQPiyXxDrf/s1600/photo-5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVGK7uQirGUTTqO8afrnMNnx5HhF8NDogZLkdM9a0QpsL3y3OiqUu2uXH0lDlQdQI0zkxVVhSg9r5Uji-DXiWga2TpqffQlKon1pTE4nmqUPPgJ3HZ8HCxdth4tKLNxpZokDQPiyXxDrf/s640/photo-5.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tiramisu gelato</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday we didn't do much because it was so cold. We postponed seeing the David until Tuesday, I didn't mind. All I wanted was my bed and to spend the day watching movies. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-36128207712883377722013-11-18T15:49:00.000-08:002013-11-18T15:49:18.451-08:00CzechInn the lyfe: Castles, Lennon and Starbucks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCslPj3UEHrBzMP96ReN5yvxdMi497IZA3Cvhp_wnhH3Qov0IZ8SG5u4hCaHho1Fj8EGvlDLbHvNxr_t3pOaWjI29dwQFayM-H_q8ojwBuFmazvmSbK4whOAMBy-ERu5_UbUe5lufjMz3/s1600/IMG_8804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCslPj3UEHrBzMP96ReN5yvxdMi497IZA3Cvhp_wnhH3Qov0IZ8SG5u4hCaHho1Fj8EGvlDLbHvNxr_t3pOaWjI29dwQFayM-H_q8ojwBuFmazvmSbK4whOAMBy-ERu5_UbUe5lufjMz3/s640/IMG_8804.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Old Town Square</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right now I'm sitting on a coach bus on my way to Prague, I'm only two<br />hours deep into the trip, and the ride is 12+ hours....This is a bittersweet trip for me, it's my last one while here in Europe. I leave in about 2 and half weeks. I can't believe it. Recently I've been dying to go home. Being abroad makes you realize how much you value the relationships and friends you have at home. Honestly if someone doesn't wanna go home anytime soon then they don't have the kinds of people like I do in my life. Don't get me wrong I've made amazing friends over here but it gets to a point where all you want are the people you love. I've meet great people and have made memories I'll always have. I've seen places I never thought I would and have had the time of my life the past 3 months. But I miss SMC so much and the community there. To anyone who doesn't go to SMC and is reading this and considering, come. Choosing SMC was one of the best decisions in my life and I would do it over and over again. Vermont is a place like no other, people are so laid back and open, coming from Massachusetts it's a nice change.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HB8koOr0FqRt-6iZWTzmAMT3uHk9BpaRL7bW4DQicgs3IYMdYbf2kQ-6KuBy6eu-DHSBTc6GRIaXOZiPBhPX-3Rb_M89QXAWSYw85AExRhIfHn-RxJ-fmeSxjXcGbwS077g3kYMaEEp5/s1600/IMG_8828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1HB8koOr0FqRt-6iZWTzmAMT3uHk9BpaRL7bW4DQicgs3IYMdYbf2kQ-6KuBy6eu-DHSBTc6GRIaXOZiPBhPX-3Rb_M89QXAWSYw85AExRhIfHn-RxJ-fmeSxjXcGbwS077g3kYMaEEp5/s400/IMG_8828.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking out into the Old Jewish Cemmetary</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssQNrMz7wvf6YU6PuVO7z1Cp4IwQhDQUOmL_ZqwQ7AvC4H_aprpYmy0WJKDcno5tHWIaKlCMDykN6hzBjxGH0JJPDOdYmTlGrSaXyVLN_5VaZpGUAKd4sAklany581zuHANrOlpLbfVPW/s1600/IMG_8842.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgssQNrMz7wvf6YU6PuVO7z1Cp4IwQhDQUOmL_ZqwQ7AvC4H_aprpYmy0WJKDcno5tHWIaKlCMDykN6hzBjxGH0JJPDOdYmTlGrSaXyVLN_5VaZpGUAKd4sAklany581zuHANrOlpLbfVPW/s640/IMG_8842.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View of the Prague Castle</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Where to start with this weekend, it's been one hell of a trip that's for sure. For starters I came on this trip alone and ended up meeting up with 3 other girls here in Prague that I go to school with. My bus arrived to my hostel the CzechInn around 9:15 am on Friday morning which wasn't bad timing. After getting some food I headed out to meet up with Liv in the Old Town Square to do some adventuring and grab some Starbucks. Prague was a lot colder than I thought it was going to be but it was nice considering this is like the weather at home which I miss. So on Friday we went to the Jewish quarter of Prague and saw the cemetery where over 12,000 tombstones are but over 100,000 people arr buried. Apparently the graves go about 10 people deep because they ran out of space. It's crazy to think about. We also visited one of the oldest synagogues in the world which was cool but we didn't make it in too far. After that we headed to a huge mall so I could look for an iPhone charger because mine broke a few hours before I was to leave. After spending 900 Czech about 47 American dollars on a new charger I was back in business. We then went and got lunch at an amazing bar. I got a steak and it was mouthwatering, I haven't had a steak since I left the states. Yeah, that's a veryyy long time. After lunch we continued to walk around and headed to the Charles bridge and made our way to the Lennon wall. I wish I had brought some markers with me to leave my own touch. We then went our separate ways to get ready to go out. I faced a little issue when I went to go meet up with Liv that night, I found out that my Italian phone didn't actually have international minutes, yeah that created some chaos for me. I was at the right building but on the other side, I ended up going into a restaurant getting a coke and using the wifi to find Liv. That night we met up with Abby and Allycia and their friend who is studying in Prague to go out. Prague nightlife is apparently crazy, we went to a 5 story club where they played 80's and 90's music, it was awesome. I had a great time minus losing the girls I was with at one point and had to find my way back. Oh and I think I sprained or dislocated my thumb, super awesome….</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjQYHD_EHLM-GzfTaIUX-L0ZgmEZLj3ApNNe9bhtuBboCZ-GLe0zI0ck6BjH1LET2NtYo09GnuVwJiflSmGXVO8DiSB0AmhW_bEtohehAqS5vB_fKo3iS9Jp7hsRWAvgwoaFt2c3BlhD2/s1600/IMG_8864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMjQYHD_EHLM-GzfTaIUX-L0ZgmEZLj3ApNNe9bhtuBboCZ-GLe0zI0ck6BjH1LET2NtYo09GnuVwJiflSmGXVO8DiSB0AmhW_bEtohehAqS5vB_fKo3iS9Jp7hsRWAvgwoaFt2c3BlhD2/s640/IMG_8864.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a nice view….</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmcpceGZlsa7BVm-N2LKTkgiLFpwuHuWQ8Ey_lx8o6M8YJqPjpsBTa-EDBCQ9pHlJT7I1HEqcNttZKPT-PQ8Hq8AClwDqirKooLuDVUXbywoL1DAoSmGU9BSEmHJ4KmF2Fif26PGv7yNV/s1600/IMG_8878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGmcpceGZlsa7BVm-N2LKTkgiLFpwuHuWQ8Ey_lx8o6M8YJqPjpsBTa-EDBCQ9pHlJT7I1HEqcNttZKPT-PQ8Hq8AClwDqirKooLuDVUXbywoL1DAoSmGU9BSEmHJ4KmF2Fif26PGv7yNV/s640/IMG_8878.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lennon Wall</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tAedBq_Kxj4IvG7qZWjf-CQuD8yv4Z7Lslnb8uaamfY-u4lJlMwPPULMOwwbhdfo-wpBezdb2LTNdjGOZlVtfJK3-TGt70QVBslH1IP8xTfllX-Y72DDdSp4mvqolX5odZqBgEps2hQs/s1600/IMG_8885.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0tAedBq_Kxj4IvG7qZWjf-CQuD8yv4Z7Lslnb8uaamfY-u4lJlMwPPULMOwwbhdfo-wpBezdb2LTNdjGOZlVtfJK3-TGt70QVBslH1IP8xTfllX-Y72DDdSp4mvqolX5odZqBgEps2hQs/s640/IMG_8885.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Support all the way in Prague #BOSTONSTRONG</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />On Saturday I didn't wake up till late and wasn't feeling it. To say the least Saturday was a struggle. I met up with Liv around 1:45 and we headed over to see the Prague castle which holds the best view of the city. We got to see a beautiful sunset and take our typical tourist pictures. After we went out to lunch/dinner at a cute Czech place. I got this sautéed chicken in some type of sauce with potatoe pancakes, it was soo good but I struggled to get the food down which sucked. After getting food I headed back to the hostel for the night, yea grandma didn't go out last night. I wouldn't have made it and plus I have a 12 hour bus ride ahead of me. There was no way I was going out. I got back to the hostel showered and got into bed and later on that night I went down to the bar to grab some food, I was finally hungry. After dinner I went to bed and woke up with morning feeling refreshed and ready to go back to Firenze.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTw8Dv3-U6A3NfWFy2Z6hAYPJ2sk85kKGBf1t__fD0piG2rmLy7uVo3PK7tEbm-bDW6NHrQWij-AoC0NIy958_b3iCxxNs-IGBBV0hcLV2CSrKmyW_QtjBE2mDc_4O75lIZP11pC2pdI37/s1600/IMG_8897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTw8Dv3-U6A3NfWFy2Z6hAYPJ2sk85kKGBf1t__fD0piG2rmLy7uVo3PK7tEbm-bDW6NHrQWij-AoC0NIy958_b3iCxxNs-IGBBV0hcLV2CSrKmyW_QtjBE2mDc_4O75lIZP11pC2pdI37/s640/IMG_8897.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prague Castle</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4h3pcyyg77E8YgM_4OWFK3UPOohKmC3smulMbEbRT3jKSrSthybISJrPQxBIg2TRKAenyckwXJ_ZFm2Hklgzfb9hHU_Jm8M28p3nOKIJ62kK6vJ5-POm9V4QkvdgipRr7mldt5J7z_XCR/s1600/IMG_8903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4h3pcyyg77E8YgM_4OWFK3UPOohKmC3smulMbEbRT3jKSrSthybISJrPQxBIg2TRKAenyckwXJ_ZFm2Hklgzfb9hHU_Jm8M28p3nOKIJ62kK6vJ5-POm9V4QkvdgipRr7mldt5J7z_XCR/s640/IMG_8903.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prague Castle</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvsHI1ornL9LbY1WbV_Z31-mnXkl347RC4x286RjANIsv-6pjspBXZVP-LN5EbPSdD8SyojzlQbbNsDpzbs22E7L19Fz3aICQ6ADS0qN1ciRZmplSVt3pzAirtzZsHe4qLOZj4z4WvXRd/s1600/IMG_8911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvsHI1ornL9LbY1WbV_Z31-mnXkl347RC4x286RjANIsv-6pjspBXZVP-LN5EbPSdD8SyojzlQbbNsDpzbs22E7L19Fz3aICQ6ADS0qN1ciRZmplSVt3pzAirtzZsHe4qLOZj4z4WvXRd/s640/IMG_8911.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View from the top</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzlqTKg75M-XU2x26X0Q6MCLVQJCJx9PC3h9Ew9sne78lGdyQMKC2f82DJbs7pmB-fZXwH9JwQJJYh26zlK_tz4Kg8DQUR4PzdAkV_9DKJMMYfsyi_ISB3CD9v1Bc-05j4bRyqCfzMQCS/s1600/IMG_8892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzlqTKg75M-XU2x26X0Q6MCLVQJCJx9PC3h9Ew9sne78lGdyQMKC2f82DJbs7pmB-fZXwH9JwQJJYh26zlK_tz4Kg8DQUR4PzdAkV_9DKJMMYfsyi_ISB3CD9v1Bc-05j4bRyqCfzMQCS/s400/IMG_8892.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hands down the greatest pretzel of my life</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Prague was an amazing visit, had some down times but it was a trip well worth all the bullshit. Oh and I forgot to mention my 800 Czech fine I got for losing my train ticket on Saturday with liv. The officers was an asshole and super rude.<br /><br />I'm in the middle of Austria right now and we passing a ski mountain, all I wanna do is go boarding. I'm jealous of you kids back in the states specially all my friends who send me pictures/videos of them boarding but then I just remember that I spent 3 months in Europe traveling causally...ohhh yeah that's right</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicuACacBJgmyRYoI_8HHbgqwOoR6Xow2uPQZdliyaoO5cYYdL_Keu94mvZw3GqUDV8Eh7YFN9TRTGe55QaSYunhpZAUBGhLJONrQ0-u-1hr8O6TcXJ0paLpDOaHl8qSsRgTPHYgmHRuwrj/s1600/IMG_8928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicuACacBJgmyRYoI_8HHbgqwOoR6Xow2uPQZdliyaoO5cYYdL_Keu94mvZw3GqUDV8Eh7YFN9TRTGe55QaSYunhpZAUBGhLJONrQ0-u-1hr8O6TcXJ0paLpDOaHl8qSsRgTPHYgmHRuwrj/s640/IMG_8928.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Goodnight Prague</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-8909678203323401162013-11-11T15:21:00.004-08:002013-11-12T03:48:05.620-08:00Chillan with Papa Francis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ4PP4veZIrr5B_yKx1X_yYz4S8jlaiiDIhJmLaXAJV9y0U17cpJYrDlMFZKylX9WoVnec3F_I_ujdnV2ZgBwvSwJzzg5tCL46STcsdnnCsSH9Q3wH2_z6orshJts-KDkfF3MhCfrlOA5/s1600/IMG_8478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ4PP4veZIrr5B_yKx1X_yYz4S8jlaiiDIhJmLaXAJV9y0U17cpJYrDlMFZKylX9WoVnec3F_I_ujdnV2ZgBwvSwJzzg5tCL46STcsdnnCsSH9Q3wH2_z6orshJts-KDkfF3MhCfrlOA5/s640/IMG_8478.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trevi Fountain</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDPvFAFa9Jh15UmJ9MJ33mpbBs8k92gL4Mm552Te3-vHKcJCQKtHa_1oz20BFT224y7SzRbVo_4ZXzdx_UleEl7GEO7D2Ss7ajU_90O4oCLdX432WJ8PxAJbKKQ-fZqDyVpenYvpfDBl5/s1600/IMG_7380.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDPvFAFa9Jh15UmJ9MJ33mpbBs8k92gL4Mm552Te3-vHKcJCQKtHa_1oz20BFT224y7SzRbVo_4ZXzdx_UleEl7GEO7D2Ss7ajU_90O4oCLdX432WJ8PxAJbKKQ-fZqDyVpenYvpfDBl5/s640/IMG_7380.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pantheon at night with some random lady!</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kbguQ9CFweIr0Apxt-xm9QrEBySghFiBwNEdF-mcD13tc6L0HDMi8nuj1cJQU5QUvqgl9gWxntAqlN9EWhWBt-7261XMlltoG6Iw5fMbxbzyiU5oLM0ifqbLeJoHHJIEs4h7XXh-C1jJ/s1600/IMG_7390.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9kbguQ9CFweIr0Apxt-xm9QrEBySghFiBwNEdF-mcD13tc6L0HDMi8nuj1cJQU5QUvqgl9gWxntAqlN9EWhWBt-7261XMlltoG6Iw5fMbxbzyiU5oLM0ifqbLeJoHHJIEs4h7XXh-C1jJ/s400/IMG_7390.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CHEESE PLATE :)</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So Thursday morning we left for Rome at 8:30 in the morning a faced about a 4 and a hour a little longer bus ride. Effing miserable, I'm so over buses and traveling at this point. But when we arrived in Rome we checked in got food and headed off to see some sights. We saw the Spanish steps which were cool, but really am not sure why they're are so significant. Maybe because the road in front of them is the most expensive road in Rome, it's like the 5th ave of New York. But along with the Spanish steps we saw the Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon. All of the sights were really pretty. We saw the Pantheon at night so it was all lit up. After we finished doing the tour about 4 hours later some of the girls and me got apertivo in front of the Pantheon before heading to dinner. It was amazingggg, we got champagne when we arrived there and I got some tasty white wine to accompany a cheese plate followed by a pasta with red sauce and bacon. It was so flavorful and delicious. After dinner we took a taxi back to the hotel because we stayed no where near the center on Rome. I went to bed super early ready for 6+ hours of tours and field trips the next day.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirgHHj2CeP84iYkmxm0kGHEtOavjHvQovlZmFkgRR2X47uFu-MkPFVqBqLKuk4wIm_ZMzJ8OCN5E5YryO2PvcGYescqVu-MxhMhSnu9Do-mG9NC514JYjZRmu6ln5Yqr4icUiuYODsc7N/s1600/IMG_8700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirgHHj2CeP84iYkmxm0kGHEtOavjHvQovlZmFkgRR2X47uFu-MkPFVqBqLKuk4wIm_ZMzJ8OCN5E5YryO2PvcGYescqVu-MxhMhSnu9Do-mG9NC514JYjZRmu6ln5Yqr4icUiuYODsc7N/s400/IMG_8700.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The outside of Saint Peter's Basilica </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhkedjdPuq8_EY7_XcVWBzJaXdYZ38PShPWcDo0ckHWNpPc5bQ8oWNsY-p0YcKTxi2N9nxzXr_gWuU3Zq63sAcDFL3pafz0y153yBSjoZStpZed7CxpeNnbkT5sXFkEON7OLaPkY87b1J/s1600/IMG_8625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhkedjdPuq8_EY7_XcVWBzJaXdYZ38PShPWcDo0ckHWNpPc5bQ8oWNsY-p0YcKTxi2N9nxzXr_gWuU3Zq63sAcDFL3pafz0y153yBSjoZStpZed7CxpeNnbkT5sXFkEON7OLaPkY87b1J/s400/IMG_8625.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUI4N1dFD8nRZsTvbqTDp0vwInjWC4G2aIS3dnd12WB0i54fPHlqzQZ50tc5ngBtvt4oprDmJt8MuD0QboElcUB-QeMvsuWnezrwliLI6KoGcHo2Y38Hw9HBDZHGzTzcdzmMjMYtPkYCm/s1600/IMG_7412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUI4N1dFD8nRZsTvbqTDp0vwInjWC4G2aIS3dnd12WB0i54fPHlqzQZ50tc5ngBtvt4oprDmJt8MuD0QboElcUB-QeMvsuWnezrwliLI6KoGcHo2Y38Hw9HBDZHGzTzcdzmMjMYtPkYCm/s640/IMG_7412.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJN9I9x9l2ynXFTxE921FyPUhKX-disrnzjVPQHeZ-EA6_c3I3riLdJidXCNdMJkjlzG01Wh3ybbEwN5-AVBGkCmT2ETWNnMgLP9S-4R2e6WzGl7VvRkKF7ZSg16Oo9_pGqYfUoBi3Z47F/s1600/IMG_7417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJN9I9x9l2ynXFTxE921FyPUhKX-disrnzjVPQHeZ-EA6_c3I3riLdJidXCNdMJkjlzG01Wh3ybbEwN5-AVBGkCmT2ETWNnMgLP9S-4R2e6WzGl7VvRkKF7ZSg16Oo9_pGqYfUoBi3Z47F/s640/IMG_7417.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because a selfie thats totally illegal is of course what I wanted to do </span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday we woke up at 7:30 to leave for 8:30 to head to see the Vatican, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basicilla. It was all amazing, every time I enter churches and buildings so old my mind is blown. The Sistine chapel was beautiful and of course I didn't follow the no picture rule and was snapping away. I even got a selfie with Michelangelo's painting on the ceiling and specifically the part of the painting when God is giving man "will" aka the fingers touching, no big deal. And I'm not sorry for taking all those pictures. After that we had a field trip that lasted "only" three hours according to my fashion teacher, it was miserable and all the girls in the class wanted to kill themselves. It was at Annamoda which is a costume house that provides the costumes(dresses) for all the movies. It was neat to see some dress from Marie Antoinette and many other movies. We met with a famous costume designer there as well. And if I understood correctly, Annamoda is one of the leading costumes houses there is. After we finally got back to the hotel at 6, we went out to dinner and came back. I didn't go out because I didn't want to and there was no way I would be function the next morning.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saturday we got up and went to the Colosseum, state house, and a church that held Michelangelo's Moses. The Colosseum was unbelievable, I wish I got to watch the gladiators fight back then. Now that would be sick. After seeing those sights I decided not to do the second part of the day seeing more churches but we ended up walking around Rome and eventually came back to the hotel and I took a solid 2 hour nap, followed by dinner and wine and bed.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Sunday I was able to "sleep in" till 9 and we left to go see the Pope talk. Not gonna lie, it was a blessing experience, and amazing to be able to see the Pope talk especially since I'm Catholic. There were so many people freaking out and crying though, it was great for my photo project I'm working on. Whoopsss. After that we headed back to our hotel area and ate at a Japanese place which was bomb. It was so nice to eat food other than Italian, it's getting so old. Now here I am on the bus back to Florence. Where I have to get my butt into gear working on a paper due on Wednesday and I leave for Prague on Thursday night. I have so much that needs to be done. </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskJxmD7Sk50fI2aJ6X8Af0slHAhON7bNO3xABa24Ocd5BwKR29JvSGW9F8045IVGQ9BGjBUFMHII4A7I5svqDxVRW7xqcaNzWWyqENY04iaoQbRWh_UgFrBymz_mzsimpz8RjeA6niI-O/s1600/IMG_8679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskJxmD7Sk50fI2aJ6X8Af0slHAhON7bNO3xABa24Ocd5BwKR29JvSGW9F8045IVGQ9BGjBUFMHII4A7I5svqDxVRW7xqcaNzWWyqENY04iaoQbRWh_UgFrBymz_mzsimpz8RjeA6niI-O/s400/IMG_8679.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The "State house"</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QZi8KzvZTcYDRXnKtbptyji6VzXIDDNbJ6qCfAoGIU5CimaE6AIMiwsxZsZc1ov1oRLzar9U-nFB-J1VcHnmEIpMuf8OnnDeXKhRYkmhA5tkAl_BC0jC3yPPSiz2Vim4Dm15m_jCLDke/s1600/IMG_8640.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QZi8KzvZTcYDRXnKtbptyji6VzXIDDNbJ6qCfAoGIU5CimaE6AIMiwsxZsZc1ov1oRLzar9U-nFB-J1VcHnmEIpMuf8OnnDeXKhRYkmhA5tkAl_BC0jC3yPPSiz2Vim4Dm15m_jCLDke/s400/IMG_8640.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Roman Forum with the cutest man ever, Peter <3</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_fOHpwKfaAdObkDTshyphenhyphendpPoMVGDQ2pEkykX6fXitHACbiyYzjLTSyh544NVc62sJeKFq5WboQmCbR66BMLh9iwqbtTG8alnHe2o4dsEk7jfg06p_zhBoX3zqXu-Sc8FKCn_iGB-6DIOa/s1600/IMG_7437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_fOHpwKfaAdObkDTshyphenhyphendpPoMVGDQ2pEkykX6fXitHACbiyYzjLTSyh544NVc62sJeKFq5WboQmCbR66BMLh9iwqbtTG8alnHe2o4dsEk7jfg06p_zhBoX3zqXu-Sc8FKCn_iGB-6DIOa/s640/IMG_7437.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saint Peter's Basilica one of the largest churches in the world</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOzYNQDZADQQVsM_IY57gUNM4FZWpc8rclxv8r-yJE9M46LX0srlB6cqQoQnxH-LDO0vdVM661Vj0AjMS1J4BHkcMzqkZP9_eXwMDgu0NViNDJf1cM9hY9u59wvoXcCDFl8VeJHSppNb3/s1600/IMG_7466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOzYNQDZADQQVsM_IY57gUNM4FZWpc8rclxv8r-yJE9M46LX0srlB6cqQoQnxH-LDO0vdVM661Vj0AjMS1J4BHkcMzqkZP9_eXwMDgu0NViNDJf1cM9hY9u59wvoXcCDFl8VeJHSppNb3/s640/IMG_7466.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PAPA FRANCIS</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGj7o6HYxo2HU4VpKlhbeeAAe422t2IzQFewKvKf0QdkZJLyrD582Usuk-N1DGlbZKFkor51Ex7t_IKzWeOC74G5FXI1rbX7sQnM7KqbZJddpJIiufkVrcrzw4svekMzwRdj18NC0_8VOx/s1600/IMG_7395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGj7o6HYxo2HU4VpKlhbeeAAe422t2IzQFewKvKf0QdkZJLyrD582Usuk-N1DGlbZKFkor51Ex7t_IKzWeOC74G5FXI1rbX7sQnM7KqbZJddpJIiufkVrcrzw4svekMzwRdj18NC0_8VOx/s400/IMG_7395.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coliseum at night</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-23748554134778985382013-11-06T04:53:00.000-08:002013-11-06T04:53:09.851-08:00The Red Light District: A learning experience <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had written a better beginning blog while I
was sitting in the lounge the other night but I accidentally deleted it while
adding on. Whoops..but to begin to describe Amsterdam I honestly don’t think I
can do it justice. Some of this blog was written while in Amsterdam and some
when I got back, so it jumps around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But first off, I went on this trip with 3 of my
guy friends Zach, Brett and Nolan, all who are in the same program with me here
in Florence.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Thursday when we arrived in Amsterdam we hit
a little bump, Nolan lost his passport. So there was that but most importantly
I had an amazing Starbucks when we got off the plane, it was so good, and I’ve
missed big coffee over here. But after that ordeal we headed to Amsterdam by
train and continued to our hostel by foot. Being in Amsterdam is just so
different; the people are super nice and just doing them. When we finally
checked into our hostel, which is a street over from the red light district. It
was a good and central location and if I ever got lost all I had to say way
“red light district?” and everyone could point me in the right direction.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGj8NALsVfInejU_nWf0fKDwEN4Aj8nyOMnKyetLEvCIcLzrtwvEh_053sGsJgbWMFrawKQQlMPROa5hcZMwcTb32mVyFjKtucZKX4Qd0782oHF7jp5aoJgM0vPXqmjESMJnHYppZu0BUS/s1600/IMG_8321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGj8NALsVfInejU_nWf0fKDwEN4Aj8nyOMnKyetLEvCIcLzrtwvEh_053sGsJgbWMFrawKQQlMPROa5hcZMwcTb32mVyFjKtucZKX4Qd0782oHF7jp5aoJgM0vPXqmjESMJnHYppZu0BUS/s400/IMG_8321.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNusvKuODgiWEBsCoGEl2dYcdashfUv6YN1bKExpSIYmZ6ULj5JXD46K_ytBG41lXuofMv6FYLp_zRHwmRP4j79nlxj5Vobtkuk6TaEe6VAy42m3rBK1vAI37lMKR4nDGKLOgxiFTjb9Qt/s1600/IMG_8316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNusvKuODgiWEBsCoGEl2dYcdashfUv6YN1bKExpSIYmZ6ULj5JXD46K_ytBG41lXuofMv6FYLp_zRHwmRP4j79nlxj5Vobtkuk6TaEe6VAy42m3rBK1vAI37lMKR4nDGKLOgxiFTjb9Qt/s400/IMG_8316.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Something I noticed in Holland were how the men
acted. They were nothing like the Italian men and really not like American.
They're super courteous, pleasant and friendly. I had no problem making friends
when I was out and they didn’t creep like the Italians do. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNLGqhZwVQod9jSWl6pZeSd70SeMbyGKxwDQS4AMAy25i_sWK8H2vxkL4o7HUdsKzYcQ1FfCk5rb8Hm2I3_4kRcqHEJg2_OQWSFP6OLuvYN3wR4f5BAWEwmHe2wNNAuZF42tLeimq8fDN/s1600/IMG_8127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNLGqhZwVQod9jSWl6pZeSd70SeMbyGKxwDQS4AMAy25i_sWK8H2vxkL4o7HUdsKzYcQ1FfCk5rb8Hm2I3_4kRcqHEJg2_OQWSFP6OLuvYN3wR4f5BAWEwmHe2wNNAuZF42tLeimq8fDN/s400/IMG_8127.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heineken Brewery</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday morning we woke up on the later side and
I had this Dutch pancake for breakfast in the lounge, it was with cheese and
bacon and it was amazing, like nothing I had ever had before. After that we
walked to the Heineken brewery to take a tour and it was actually really cool
to see how it's made. I even stomached drinking a beer and it was pretty nice
not gonna lie. But I passed on my other one. After the tour we went to an Irish
pub for dinner and it was once again really good. But after that we headed
around town to see some other places around us. I called it quits semi early
last night to get a good nights sleep. Our other roommates didn't allow that to
happy too well though. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSKfBf9IK4MwFCPGqqpnVSNgzYD0OwkIpHV7p4WadDOnG2UG71qk6cjMucLY7JS2-UOG-NZMg10S60X2ctOyxsd1lzpPqQ3B9G35FvJQVdeh__OlnPEtNS9nQk1ESE9iWhfZyk79iujKG/s1600/IMG_7275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSKfBf9IK4MwFCPGqqpnVSNgzYD0OwkIpHV7p4WadDOnG2UG71qk6cjMucLY7JS2-UOG-NZMg10S60X2ctOyxsd1lzpPqQ3B9G35FvJQVdeh__OlnPEtNS9nQk1ESE9iWhfZyk79iujKG/s400/IMG_7275.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heineken beersss</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnujke07Z8MxueVFsRH-dX6jJW8gHDKRtvDK8SOH3CTLtidTeGleTSsDYb1znS3uno4rHF1I88Sr9nw3xsmAbM54-jhiGMw4-AYy4A7H1SrTagkCNJU19aBerqJXhOp1i3TTcoUbdj84K/s1600/IMG_7256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnujke07Z8MxueVFsRH-dX6jJW8gHDKRtvDK8SOH3CTLtidTeGleTSsDYb1znS3uno4rHF1I88Sr9nw3xsmAbM54-jhiGMw4-AYy4A7H1SrTagkCNJU19aBerqJXhOp1i3TTcoUbdj84K/s400/IMG_7256.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life changing Dutch pancake</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the other things I noticed was that
there were a lot of different nationalities in Amsterdam, it wasn’t like the
other places I had been to. Most of the time when I travel locals and Americans
have surrounded me. Here there was everything, a lot of eastern and northern
Europe people. I loved meeting all the different people are seeing where they
were from. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Saturday we woke up around the same time and
I went out for bagels, which were bomb. I got an everything bagel with chive
cream cheese, it was so good. I hadn't had a bagel since I left America. We
then went back go the hotel and headed for the zoo. Now the zoo was so cool, I
haven't been to a zoo in so long. I saw so many different animals I loved it
there. After the zoo we went to this burger places near the hotel and it
was so good. I barely eat meat over here; I swear the Italians only eat pizza
and pasta. But then we went to the hash, marijuana and hemp museum, which was
after very interesting. We then came back and took some naps. I went out for a
crepe and the others headed to the bar. Now I'm back in the lounge writing this
and taking it all in. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdj7LpgOEXA8GUPtcD66-1JQTpvnxZg-mkdzMeFbbOZ-RBBfpP3kxMHLuhD5PWt1fQ8pilhVGKm4QdpXmjJMoUOqj7142Q9s1rLGOapEjc4IXZw5Hlj8B6QR90PrjL6fzX7i2HoIeKuCz0/s1600/IMG_7301.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdj7LpgOEXA8GUPtcD66-1JQTpvnxZg-mkdzMeFbbOZ-RBBfpP3kxMHLuhD5PWt1fQ8pilhVGKm4QdpXmjJMoUOqj7142Q9s1rLGOapEjc4IXZw5Hlj8B6QR90PrjL6fzX7i2HoIeKuCz0/s400/IMG_7301.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOYQuATyeXzg9wvSPchHFFnw-bGuYVQyKyan81kb-kXptEfwQsnwcIEX_DOaAQ04pC9YrEVutIR2DeM3zhrISHzXEZx6O-DWkAIdSIB5jA40UQSYLxvHXFsv3cgXBaFnx6HHG8MpbRp5k/s1600/IMG_7307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOYQuATyeXzg9wvSPchHFFnw-bGuYVQyKyan81kb-kXptEfwQsnwcIEX_DOaAQ04pC9YrEVutIR2DeM3zhrISHzXEZx6O-DWkAIdSIB5jA40UQSYLxvHXFsv3cgXBaFnx6HHG8MpbRp5k/s400/IMG_7307.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a quick selfie with a giraffe </span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nqG5ODgsIXMAcXLLg8_6sGo5huSD7w9Rnk6AbRVw4mqSeXLZRrfM6XZIwdcGBAIkk_9fDdcqjWeQ70KBCaFvS14KM4XvMytqR7jQz4OJAaZLC_7R22iMAINIiHDMIuVy12G_T_gdD7Fu/s1600/IMG_7314.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nqG5ODgsIXMAcXLLg8_6sGo5huSD7w9Rnk6AbRVw4mqSeXLZRrfM6XZIwdcGBAIkk_9fDdcqjWeQ70KBCaFvS14KM4XvMytqR7jQz4OJAaZLC_7R22iMAINIiHDMIuVy12G_T_gdD7Fu/s400/IMG_7314.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BOMB</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxqq2uAJi48eiz4EIg2mhaTfPFxhweQD49dhPUqUleNXiHeNpXzY1rbLupe3O9BtXnnMaLBPkUv0ObkBIt_vWYxw3DAA_Lz1DN1E-0oqowVPrIKx1bs6lZ5_N6fvt7sSWKv4ofBsGNMzG/s1600/IMG_8184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxqq2uAJi48eiz4EIg2mhaTfPFxhweQD49dhPUqUleNXiHeNpXzY1rbLupe3O9BtXnnMaLBPkUv0ObkBIt_vWYxw3DAA_Lz1DN1E-0oqowVPrIKx1bs6lZ5_N6fvt7sSWKv4ofBsGNMzG/s400/IMG_8184.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjy_r14kslJ4Y6REkvwiUfG8T4gX0lgT3jjSNDQWE-vAcQithA-lEhgyoD9GfgMGax9cFF9Ox3-CQt6uLKFTXtlIZHXxvHMrAj_UnbIU0IhB_ojZtSTWiBrcDLF5Y1j8_j2OO7kh78-6x/s1600/IMG_8202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjy_r14kslJ4Y6REkvwiUfG8T4gX0lgT3jjSNDQWE-vAcQithA-lEhgyoD9GfgMGax9cFF9Ox3-CQt6uLKFTXtlIZHXxvHMrAj_UnbIU0IhB_ojZtSTWiBrcDLF5Y1j8_j2OO7kh78-6x/s400/IMG_8202.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfOYe9-q2ceGpnQQj7Hew7hyphenhyphenudN2j6Be5B_16VqQajRSE2GTmZ5Ug_5Vx9cZFgcNSG1H7ALi6qghFAhYCl8cm0pKNyoW-eDBRg0Ubbe8VH1JadpcY3RyFEyHjtblWlOnDIIUXGXMEIj2s/s1600/IMG_8262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfOYe9-q2ceGpnQQj7Hew7hyphenhyphenudN2j6Be5B_16VqQajRSE2GTmZ5Ug_5Vx9cZFgcNSG1H7ALi6qghFAhYCl8cm0pKNyoW-eDBRg0Ubbe8VH1JadpcY3RyFEyHjtblWlOnDIIUXGXMEIj2s/s400/IMG_8262.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This afternoon (Sunday) I woke up and headed to
the lounge for a cappuccino before I set off for an adventure across Amsterdam
to meet up with two old camp friends Aymeric and Marissa. I hadn't seen them
since I was 14 or 15. The walk was suppose to be about half an hour and I made
it in about an hour and a half, needless to say I got super lost but just loved
wandering alone with a map and a camera. Just as I got to where the I Amsterdam
letters are they spotted me and if they hadn't spotted me I don't know if I
would have ever found them. But regardless the Van Gogh museum was so cool. I
love that type of painting. After the museum we went to find pancakes and got
them and then it was time to come back to the hostel. That was a lot easier to
do and I had found a Starbucks, which is like gold over here. I got back to the
hotel and met the others in the lounge before doing a little shopping... Got
all the gifts I needed to here in Amsterdam and then got a little extra,
whoops. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PAB8apIViq8r0Hf4la9Mk5wPz1Ugg_uxQJjLmJ4JrsDOzbH4JlDov6iB-9PxjLw7zWHm4HI1G4Js5fg18jjOYXy-24TpTq20k_DU4jtQO4AoEJZ7YTUA8h3Tlcv3Uqp6pHqAECutDaVA/s1600/IMG_7347.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0PAB8apIViq8r0Hf4la9Mk5wPz1Ugg_uxQJjLmJ4JrsDOzbH4JlDov6iB-9PxjLw7zWHm4HI1G4Js5fg18jjOYXy-24TpTq20k_DU4jtQO4AoEJZ7YTUA8h3Tlcv3Uqp6pHqAECutDaVA/s640/IMG_7347.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">KP reunites in Amsterdam </span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But after shopping I made my way to Baba and
just had a solid night hanging out. That's exactly what I love doing. After
staying there for a while I headed back to our lounge in the hotel to hang out
a little closer to my surroundings. I hung out in the lounge for a while making
friends with different people, everyone is so friendly. Then I headed up to my
room to put all my stuff together which is always a struggle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This morning I woke around 7:25 to leave the
hostel by 8 to make it to the airport for plenty of time. I got up got ready
and waiting downstairs till everyone else was finished. There I found out that
you can't take a taxi to central station because we are so close or it would
cost 30€ but it was pourrring out. So we had to walk in the rain for about 15
to the train. Got to the airport, flew through security found Starbucks ate and
yogurt and granola. Eating yogurt and granola made me miss home and then I
realize I only have 30 days left in this amazing country. This Vermont chick is
happy to be heading back to Florence. I had a 2 hour lay over in Germany though
and didn’t get back go Florence till 4:30ish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now here I am back in my bed on a Tuesday night
with no internet and I have a paper to write, pictures to upload and blogs to
post….</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-51549397403341113882013-11-05T09:56:00.003-08:002013-11-05T09:56:47.284-08:00Perugia: A chocolate lovers dream <span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well here I am sitting in the Florence airport waiting for my flight to Amsterdam. Im heading there with 3 of my guy friends for our "fall break". </span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvETgCMk8lW_UfRwyfKVrkpViCnSlm9_0C_gug5Ltq4O8Nszr3Es3_4hRSDWULB2ZJK8W_6HRK3vrFQJ1kn_Lqat0-qgDuMr4UtN53q-gT44MXI84KlhDuNCbgQEwubQ3nY1G1vSZce21V/s1600/IMG_7873.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvETgCMk8lW_UfRwyfKVrkpViCnSlm9_0C_gug5Ltq4O8Nszr3Es3_4hRSDWULB2ZJK8W_6HRK3vrFQJ1kn_Lqat0-qgDuMr4UtN53q-gT44MXI84KlhDuNCbgQEwubQ3nY1G1vSZce21V/s400/IMG_7873.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate wine bottle</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ1eluohJqXLPxLpoNvNiWukc3C2aSKk7Bku2LJVW0de-PbNrliraBATqJ6Wef3TFu1bb5S88kv83RaBkwkwdJJjaGIhFmLs4HzSvbZ3VxaqgkIY4WcYqfEUAvt9wthFJnp6pWHSLGcYh/s1600/IMG_7885.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ1eluohJqXLPxLpoNvNiWukc3C2aSKk7Bku2LJVW0de-PbNrliraBATqJ6Wef3TFu1bb5S88kv83RaBkwkwdJJjaGIhFmLs4HzSvbZ3VxaqgkIY4WcYqfEUAvt9wthFJnp6pWHSLGcYh/s640/IMG_7885.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Da chicas</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmujT_92hsyEq4I-Ujeg2xiP4S1X65-DcfzfqNIlcIp9tymyv5nZ5m5jYhj63q3S4G-rATf8-TLqvOLJq7qcCa-QSHkUiF-1ODwowSDeYeTxpzF1UlxPLvO8eCanvhe0hy26KL88qrg3E/s1600/IMG_7939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmujT_92hsyEq4I-Ujeg2xiP4S1X65-DcfzfqNIlcIp9tymyv5nZ5m5jYhj63q3S4G-rATf8-TLqvOLJq7qcCa-QSHkUiF-1ODwowSDeYeTxpzF1UlxPLvO8eCanvhe0hy26KL88qrg3E/s400/IMG_7939.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb99tzJuRPpGMY2214Nt2ZOkvQk93Qvmp3-_xcYBVDxs6e6QhQVlYuYjs1a7XiJ27OFeLJjQI4F5fJ6FucZSgMkZkKOY3n2C2Gu2A4JLCNrGXy_kdGr390uaYJrmEjwU6x2wg1mPSTckdi/s1600/IMG_7947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb99tzJuRPpGMY2214Nt2ZOkvQk93Qvmp3-_xcYBVDxs6e6QhQVlYuYjs1a7XiJ27OFeLJjQI4F5fJ6FucZSgMkZkKOY3n2C2Gu2A4JLCNrGXy_kdGr390uaYJrmEjwU6x2wg1mPSTckdi/s640/IMG_7947.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate Italy</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But last weekend I went to Perugia for Eurochocolate festival which is basically a huge chocolate festival in the city center. It was unreal, there was more chocolate than I could imagine. There was a huge Italy shape chocolate sculpture. For some of the major cites there were key figures like the leaning tower of Pisa where Pisa was, coliseum for Rome and it goes on. You could buy anything chocolate, there were chocolate kebabs, bars, hot chocolate and so much more. It was heaven. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxi3GaRcu2F9nLWxkumrNa227rmX8gO-xVH0eLueAYbNvlRcdTaklscRbH1oTEFKh1GM6sF745U0gjkuh-c2mvT0ej0YK0msA6Gb7JLcSu-mNZbqU3XV6FphBd-pOXGdbU_h0WLXPba2Wk/s1600/IMG_7174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxi3GaRcu2F9nLWxkumrNa227rmX8gO-xVH0eLueAYbNvlRcdTaklscRbH1oTEFKh1GM6sF745U0gjkuh-c2mvT0ej0YK0msA6Gb7JLcSu-mNZbqU3XV6FphBd-pOXGdbU_h0WLXPba2Wk/s320/IMG_7174.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chocolate Kebab</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CQhLr7ip8BiTJBFkN3fr9QAZ1_xbyzfbfOpYzhN-vhWLH5Y-07C2Nv7tR3p7563FTlPUifwtUmF76FseVSV1T2WUOwJqzHIB2uEmYqVP97E4m37WggenppKkEyDM9ucqhm_wo_to3JAe/s1600/IMG_7809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0CQhLr7ip8BiTJBFkN3fr9QAZ1_xbyzfbfOpYzhN-vhWLH5Y-07C2Nv7tR3p7563FTlPUifwtUmF76FseVSV1T2WUOwJqzHIB2uEmYqVP97E4m37WggenppKkEyDM9ucqhm_wo_to3JAe/s320/IMG_7809.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9zpZNI42Uen1ZpU5a1yi18LTmZtDypEfH1WiXCtme4JehrLRI-Zp3ixQcWZwlGl-kGvBqZlAU8S3h1dp9_hG8dBtIeM4-PqXQuSZjQr2UdytHMKjPGagWdZ9NxuB45KMPhuldU1VsT6D/s1600/IMG_7825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9zpZNI42Uen1ZpU5a1yi18LTmZtDypEfH1WiXCtme4JehrLRI-Zp3ixQcWZwlGl-kGvBqZlAU8S3h1dp9_hG8dBtIeM4-PqXQuSZjQr2UdytHMKjPGagWdZ9NxuB45KMPhuldU1VsT6D/s320/IMG_7825.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUE65KxjV0mpXIvtNh5jmVu5Ek4ZrabTZaNzfhW2c_jzI32S0g1B-vzP8VJiorcmWv09qjTlCbuCSN1h2WxX7o6sdl22QvtTGIbPyZ8voi_tRXhPzUfQCqL604joNVzZihNjlxHAtgpiun/s1600/IMG_7832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUE65KxjV0mpXIvtNh5jmVu5Ek4ZrabTZaNzfhW2c_jzI32S0g1B-vzP8VJiorcmWv09qjTlCbuCSN1h2WxX7o6sdl22QvtTGIbPyZ8voi_tRXhPzUfQCqL604joNVzZihNjlxHAtgpiun/s400/IMG_7832.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just enjoying a straight cup of chocolate with Jess</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQUiwg_TIoublxFjJ7mlgv_dVYDlli65PUlYpq6NB7ruhOEEDkhFQ1i7J_k4RDT-8JcmaErwZLfBZFECmgE-z4VZEi7dWEO2SkQXA8F8hj3rZd2suoe9mDaPpvo_QTGIlgiBtn5cWzqJ8/s1600/IMG_7877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQUiwg_TIoublxFjJ7mlgv_dVYDlli65PUlYpq6NB7ruhOEEDkhFQ1i7J_k4RDT-8JcmaErwZLfBZFECmgE-z4VZEi7dWEO2SkQXA8F8hj3rZd2suoe9mDaPpvo_QTGIlgiBtn5cWzqJ8/s320/IMG_7877.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The view from the top</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">I've been spending the last few days finishing up papers and getting ready for my trips. Today was a struggle, last night I went to the Firenze Napoli soccer game and got home around 12:15 and I hadn't packed at that point. I didn't have any time to pack during the day because I had class and then went on a "semi date", yup somehow I landed a date in Italy. I went out for tea/coffee with this guy who works at one of the places we frequent often for lunch. Guess I can land dates over here in Italy but not in the states, oh well, I enjoyed it. </span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">But other than the chocolate festival and me kinda date nothing else is new over here. But after this weekend I'm sure I'll have plenty to divulge...</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">I have 35 days left in Italy and I leave for Amsterdam today aka Halloween. And then I leave for Rome the 7th and then Prague the 14th and then it's two weeks left. It's soooo crazy how fast time is flying. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9HzVmFw-Yjg7hF_8DLPTxM4Kz2szbPM9ubNykm1OksCeQSbkrb3468Blfl3jkBJ62oDNQfno_Of4HjWs7C0W-iZxc_NWbgKXoLM0C6iBkmvFNEWKNSS-j-eJwUk6hi9UvMzAqAFXytnx/s1600/IMG_7968.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9HzVmFw-Yjg7hF_8DLPTxM4Kz2szbPM9ubNykm1OksCeQSbkrb3468Blfl3jkBJ62oDNQfno_Of4HjWs7C0W-iZxc_NWbgKXoLM0C6iBkmvFNEWKNSS-j-eJwUk6hi9UvMzAqAFXytnx/s400/IMG_7968.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">two messages, one ballon</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwqwoxciGDPpGNuD_3VVw7kVf6VLeJXJsG6gwDGZ3z1_q43PiUA78E95zOM0tFvWRoYuYH_MBQKuFGsaR-HMVbab88Y5Mg4m_9FuqWFsV43y2gv87GBjZEW4I0XDZ8Rud-QDGaEXE63n7/s1600/IMG_7976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwqwoxciGDPpGNuD_3VVw7kVf6VLeJXJsG6gwDGZ3z1_q43PiUA78E95zOM0tFvWRoYuYH_MBQKuFGsaR-HMVbab88Y5Mg4m_9FuqWFsV43y2gv87GBjZEW4I0XDZ8Rud-QDGaEXE63n7/s320/IMG_7976.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wishing away...</span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-63212274186210379512013-10-20T04:11:00.000-07:002013-10-20T04:11:38.513-07:00Ticking time<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know it's been a while since I last did a post but honestly, not much as been happening. My mom called me out on my last post about Venice and how boring it was. Sorry, but Venice wasn't all too exciting and the rain put a damper on my mood. I liked Venice alot but there honestly wasn't much to do except alot of museums and walking around, both got old after a while. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5y8lo6XzAlBB3PwS6p1nPKjCohGeavHkbihfPM816p7iScllpdgeMMxLtM04joo66pUeawzMYo183qraDAgdUu-6eIrmF_UZpZjxaBw9goc3QRBoRMajntIsPCe_HT0Wnu_nZggZiomK1/s1600/IMG_7093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5y8lo6XzAlBB3PwS6p1nPKjCohGeavHkbihfPM816p7iScllpdgeMMxLtM04joo66pUeawzMYo183qraDAgdUu-6eIrmF_UZpZjxaBw9goc3QRBoRMajntIsPCe_HT0Wnu_nZggZiomK1/s400/IMG_7093.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But this past week I finished up my midterms and lucky me I get to work on my three papers due the 28th and 30th! I have one down and 2 more to go. The only thing getting me through these papers are the arrival of my roommates boyfriend who I'm stoked to meet and on the 31st I head to Amsterdam!! (Thanks mom and dad :) ) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxnoNysgZMMEtZS6y9j5eVGJqFx7g5FuKb0VF5UqAJ3FPv7F44BRWs0YWYXA4e5zSc0nw2NKdUcBwwGvo4ji4wAUPotbMBR5Aj5bmkwBRqgxeP6JbKfwxUj27_J2nEu_nm7zoxMEd7_Oh/s1600/IMG_7094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxnoNysgZMMEtZS6y9j5eVGJqFx7g5FuKb0VF5UqAJ3FPv7F44BRWs0YWYXA4e5zSc0nw2NKdUcBwwGvo4ji4wAUPotbMBR5Aj5bmkwBRqgxeP6JbKfwxUj27_J2nEu_nm7zoxMEd7_Oh/s640/IMG_7094.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found an app on my phone that allows me to do countdowns and these are my current countdowns (now everyone, don't get too jealous or envious or anything):</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amsterdam 11 days 31 minutes</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rome 18 days 1 hour and 31 minutes</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prague 25 days 7 hours and 46 minutes</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HOME 47 days 31 minutes</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yup, all you lucky people who are actually in my life get to see me in less than 50 days, I can't believe I am more than halfway done with study abroad. It legit blows my mind how fast this time is going. I can't believe I've been gone since August 21st and have been to London, coast of Italy for 2 weeks, Amalfi Coast, Croatia, Venice and Florence and I still have 3 more trips coming up. Well 4 if you count my layovers in Germany. People say that time will fly by and some days it drags on and others I look at my watch and think where did the day go? I can't believe it.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ANDDD most likely I'm heading up to SMC the day after I get home. It seems like everyday I get more and more messages from my friends at school asking me for tips about studying abroad during the spring. Legit I can't believe how many people I didn't know are studying abroad in the spring. If I don't go up that weekend, I won't see some for over year, that's crazy to think. Sorry, nope, can't do that, gotta get to SMC. Plus I miss the nature and mountains. Florence is surrounded by mountains by they are all far away and there's no nature here like in Vermont, even at home in Massachusetts. I miss the trees and foliage. Also the clean smell, Florence has this nasty smell sometimes and I'm pretty sure it's because of the sewer system. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't been doing anything too exciting recently, or have any funny stories to share. Except the times I have gone to the San Lorenzo leather market and central market. The leather market is quite terrifying and I get a kick out of imagining my mom there. She hates shopping and picturing her walking down the streets with vendors on both sides yelling at you makes me crack up. Sorry, mom. But anyways, the market is actually pretty annoying. All the men basically yell at you to come over. This past weekend I went with 3 of my friends here (all girls) and the stuff that was coming out of the men's mouth was disgusting. They think they know english and would yell stuff like spicy and some more vulgar things which I will not mention. Basically they think they know what they're saying but in reality they have no idea, so they should just shut up. As some of you know, I semi have a temper...well do but I don't like to agree to that, but mom and dad you would be proud, I didn't say anything back. I felt as if you give them the time of day or say something then it's just gonna keep on happening but if you keep walking and ignore it it's better. And that is the case, one of the times I went there with one of my other friends for my photo project we just would walk and ignore everything and it truly wasn't that bad. But when you make a big deal, that's what encourages it. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did have a cooking class the day after I got home from Venice and we made some unreal food. We made Cannelloni, which is basically crepes which cheese, veggies and veal and chicken inside of them. They were sooo good. Oh and I mastered the crepe flip, so for all of you who thought I would never be able to cook, yup I can flip a crepe and cook a little more. For the second course we made turkey bocconcini with herbs, it was soooo good. Finally for dessert we made panna cotta, which originally creeped me out because it's a gelatin like dessert that you can legit wiggle on the plate. We had it in Marina di Pietrasanta and I hated it, but I liked the one here. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Wednesday of this past week I did a white wine tasting, which I loved. Most of you know I'm a white drinker so it was interesting to learn all about the white and what it suppose to go with what foods, not that I'll ever follow that. I drink what I want and yes when I come back to the states I can legally drink in 21 days! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This past week I also went on a run to the Michelangelo Pizzale, which gives an unreal view of the city. Not gonna lie, it was a tough run. I've been running a pretty good decent amount around here but part of this was an uphill run and it reminded me of high school lax running up Prospect(I think that's the name) basically I could barely breathe when I got to the top but it was totally worth the run for the view.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday for part of the day I went to the Boboli Gardens in the Pitti Palace to do work. I love it there and we also get free entrance with our museum card so that's a plus. It's hard to get work done around the apartment and part of it is due to the lack of real space to do work. Plus having internet is always a downfall when trying to write a paper. So I headed to the gardens, saved whatever I needed from the internet onto my desktop and wrote away. Granted I only got about 3 pages done but I ran out of material to use. I'm also pretty far ahead of the ball considering most people I know haven't even started their papers and I have one complete and in the works of another one. </span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqLcMu5tvDidPyX570w4Bcn__EEr8teSgTLP7SdcYKIdLpOfIHLcRgXN1hP5fcBNJDwvjlEQxiqRqhb7tOxqUFUigpYuczZbe5BRBkYluKH2NqHsKI0mJ_5hqzYEGo7bMyfEh___8nzbo/s1600/IMG_7103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqLcMu5tvDidPyX570w4Bcn__EEr8teSgTLP7SdcYKIdLpOfIHLcRgXN1hP5fcBNJDwvjlEQxiqRqhb7tOxqUFUigpYuczZbe5BRBkYluKH2NqHsKI0mJ_5hqzYEGo7bMyfEh___8nzbo/s320/IMG_7103.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifACPWFTcRqXbY_25jH5pPUNbWo8V6ovJSm0aM91kzIOOKM9bL07wb7ngS3QxLU5dMob_T6h7oSwkYMqI7pV-THvcircsm6Jgh2fh8Kq4b9K6QtjCp61Q49wx1b6FW9WNhOrNS1fHST2PO/s1600/IMG_7110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifACPWFTcRqXbY_25jH5pPUNbWo8V6ovJSm0aM91kzIOOKM9bL07wb7ngS3QxLU5dMob_T6h7oSwkYMqI7pV-THvcircsm6Jgh2fh8Kq4b9K6QtjCp61Q49wx1b6FW9WNhOrNS1fHST2PO/s640/IMG_7110.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is called motivation</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ADLA3i-gyCu20JlICX9YLAVARObyws43Q_6DEnZLgWSZpU3tUULa4HDORecifhKNgCnN5dBl76Kq7GXJ8aCAqQPyQsK8UK99zb8ZoOJWjd8-_F8Au2v3g6oJpGuRWnr35XcK89QqE4nX/s1600/IMG_7113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ADLA3i-gyCu20JlICX9YLAVARObyws43Q_6DEnZLgWSZpU3tUULa4HDORecifhKNgCnN5dBl76Kq7GXJ8aCAqQPyQsK8UK99zb8ZoOJWjd8-_F8Au2v3g6oJpGuRWnr35XcK89QqE4nX/s640/IMG_7113.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can't hate this view</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepaRWLqMltOygJRzp35-I9hhM0osBs18nd6lI2naTMsEqpNGsAxX7D4QwFsgbzRjbAae0sx9xh_ot-qIyGdPdGrGGkg5Xzj2TYui3moCf644oDgO-jtmqj44FbKp9gf6XHqInyVqPgxDI/s1600/IMG_7138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepaRWLqMltOygJRzp35-I9hhM0osBs18nd6lI2naTMsEqpNGsAxX7D4QwFsgbzRjbAae0sx9xh_ot-qIyGdPdGrGGkg5Xzj2TYui3moCf644oDgO-jtmqj44FbKp9gf6XHqInyVqPgxDI/s400/IMG_7138.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Channeling a little inspiration from Eleonora di Toledo to write my Italian fashion paper on her by doing it at the place she lived. Pitti Palace.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-19515242513013556812013-10-07T14:51:00.003-07:002013-10-07T14:51:40.668-07:00A city afloat<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday very early in the morning, 7:30 am I headed to the bus station right next to the train station for my next adventure: Venezia aka Venice. It was a longgg bus ride which I passed out for the entire time. I was lucky enough to have two seats on a coach bus both ways to myself so I was able to sprawl out and sleep. </span><div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we arrived to Venice around 12:30 we had till 2 to relax, get settled and in my case get food. We had a tour starting at 2 and of course I was late for it and made it back to the hotel just in time to catch on with my group. We tour from 2 to 6, 4 hours of touring. Yes, I wanted to kill myself. I never thought that 4 hours could go so slow, don't get me wrong, I can appreciate art and churches but when your guide goes on for an extra 45 minutes, your patience is done with. Our tour ended around 6:45 unlike everyone elses. I saw a few different churches that were unreal, I wish I could show you what they looked like but photos weren't allowed, however, I managed to snag a few "selfie style". We did visit a Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit which was so cool and I got to see the Vitruvian Man which is just amazing. I never knew how complex it really was, one of my papers I'm writing on is on Leonardo Da Vinci and now I have a few ideas to be able to add length onto my paper.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBEhiCqwfy-gpFbjlE_5Fn7qI3JQ9fo-T0wTKvFThi7e5sq9XfIZshtE8cQA2nm2FMOK7O7XecuhfIJGKSbzhlm9K__gA6VAb1RQi9N8YIXdpRaviRwT0RUKhcHR6-2PWoR4vm5rLb3-O/s1600/IMG_7506.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBEhiCqwfy-gpFbjlE_5Fn7qI3JQ9fo-T0wTKvFThi7e5sq9XfIZshtE8cQA2nm2FMOK7O7XecuhfIJGKSbzhlm9K__gA6VAb1RQi9N8YIXdpRaviRwT0RUKhcHR6-2PWoR4vm5rLb3-O/s640/IMG_7506.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHgorMIDEsjwvXmH9W5rxpGPcN0_jncy7rvKDDMK9MPGbrHEeWZmVHh4HYMn_BeItS0Rqdb3piigsYMu3LRcUplWHraHNegjw_BH3vg1n-fBOYycmYG4kneAT39e-l4MOzFlVq8eWs2Gs/s1600/IMG_7566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHgorMIDEsjwvXmH9W5rxpGPcN0_jncy7rvKDDMK9MPGbrHEeWZmVHh4HYMn_BeItS0Rqdb3piigsYMu3LRcUplWHraHNegjw_BH3vg1n-fBOYycmYG4kneAT39e-l4MOzFlVq8eWs2Gs/s640/IMG_7566.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ceiling arrttt</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXiYkF2YtYQFRrUZPiDs6V-UeZd5QsUKkqfKMG9aA6-rrVHhl1FFFPBSSH8ooSKzdwQSoJHW2Mi_D0i2U8iWl570OD6dPGHUbPOA2gG9OwSJl_WKRhL3NqyaTzwxoKHnRkhHsPw59gBja/s1600/IMG_7576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHXiYkF2YtYQFRrUZPiDs6V-UeZd5QsUKkqfKMG9aA6-rrVHhl1FFFPBSSH8ooSKzdwQSoJHW2Mi_D0i2U8iWl570OD6dPGHUbPOA2gG9OwSJl_WKRhL3NqyaTzwxoKHnRkhHsPw59gBja/s640/IMG_7576.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBweEuIvs2tRQxl8M0OYG8i5uSEM5pHCzOiB0V0Rnrq6cjvjYXWjL1I6grvYW4QmvB-tpQtMomdy3pksxXGPaOAvIkpbp_E1sI9YWmYTPtLJVodhS1E9HGgQddQ_O2Ugj7NmIpHMaJDPR/s1600/IMG_7617.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBweEuIvs2tRQxl8M0OYG8i5uSEM5pHCzOiB0V0Rnrq6cjvjYXWjL1I6grvYW4QmvB-tpQtMomdy3pksxXGPaOAvIkpbp_E1sI9YWmYTPtLJVodhS1E9HGgQddQ_O2Ugj7NmIpHMaJDPR/s640/IMG_7617.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Venzia by night</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Later on after we finished our tours we directly went to get food. We went to Blue's Caffe and I had an unreal bacon cheeseburger, it was the first meat like that I've had in a month, no joke. It was a English like bar and that night we had everyone who didn't go to dinner there meet up with us for the night out. I had sprtizs which are a drink known to Venice and the area, or so I was told. </span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Saturday morning there was another tour but I decided to sleep in and explore the city on my own with a few of the guys. Oh and not to be forgotten it was POURING, surprise surprise for Venice. I've been sick for almost 3 weeks now and I need some quality time with my bed so I opted out on a tour. Plus I know what churches are like, I wanted to wander around the city and do some stuff that I wouldn't have been able to do. And we all know I love a good wandering.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday morning we had to be checked out by 9:30 and we had a tour of the Peggy G</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">uggenheim collection which was a 3 minute walk from our hotel thank god because it was pouring once again. It was so cool to see some contemporary artwork. I saw some Jackson Pollock which I could say may be my favorite artist because I love the abstractness of his work. I also saw some Monet and who doesn't love his water lily paintings? </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEcjss4IK8snPtpAJovsCToygV2Ubs8jZr8cavB9X2-Z5N1fCNlG5Th9H-JJBXW9av0-HqrnSZeI-OD0RE2bN1ZgKfqxH3rJU3y0TNH1NuyAcOCrq4r1tjHVM-poK9aiYzXW-i7DhUk1E/s1600/IMG_7060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEcjss4IK8snPtpAJovsCToygV2Ubs8jZr8cavB9X2-Z5N1fCNlG5Th9H-JJBXW9av0-HqrnSZeI-OD0RE2bN1ZgKfqxH3rJU3y0TNH1NuyAcOCrq4r1tjHVM-poK9aiYzXW-i7DhUk1E/s640/IMG_7060.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jackson Pollock</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1sS_0OyEugypSQAEmNK7Iwk0KmoDLAq5OTKXlx_wLbQfN6Yttzfez_kDJ0mbS5DhyphenhyphenWa9F5gft8CZckayXJz32cvbgQYdfSiU3Fiks5HlY-v2-pm07KV41gqf4FFi7KPx9yNYFI9XMyS5/s1600/IMG_7066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1sS_0OyEugypSQAEmNK7Iwk0KmoDLAq5OTKXlx_wLbQfN6Yttzfez_kDJ0mbS5DhyphenhyphenWa9F5gft8CZckayXJz32cvbgQYdfSiU3Fiks5HlY-v2-pm07KV41gqf4FFi7KPx9yNYFI9XMyS5/s640/IMG_7066.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't even begin to describe my next few weeks as it gives me anxiety, I have my Made in Italy midterm on Wednesday and then next week I have my fashion, mafia and photo one. Then in 2 weeks I have 3 papers due and throw in 2 photo projects as well. HELL WEEKS BABY</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-37393037897605103342013-10-03T14:09:00.001-07:002013-10-03T14:09:24.212-07:00Firenze Vita<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well as I write this blog I'm gazing at Piazza Pitti aka the Pitti Palace where the Medici family lived while they had control in Florence. I'm out to dinner alone at what has become one of my favorite places, Ristorante Caffe Pitti. I always get the gnocchi and caprese along with white wine. The food is good, not amazing but I truly enjoy the environment and service. Another thing I love about this place is the music, they play killer throwbacks and other music from today. The throwbacks that they play make it, nelly, tlc, you name it and they've played it here. Tonight I was told that my Italian is getting a lot better and they love the effort. I love being able to sit here enjoy my surroundings and take it all in. I had no issue going out alone, I actually chose it. The thing I hate most about being here is not being able to walk around Florence by myself at night. It's not that it's not safe but it's probably not the best idea. This is when I miss my friends at home most because I know some would rather adventure around town than go get shitfaced.<br /><br />A little update on my academic life: I got an 80 on my mafia test, which I will gladly take because all I need is a C to get credit for my classes. I also got an A on my presentation that I did on imitation into the Mafia, which in my opinion is so messed up. I also got about an 93 on my first Italian quiz here in Florence. I don't know how I'm doing it. I had three paper proposals due this past week. I have those three papers due within two days of each other, on the 28th and 29th. I leave for Amsterdam on the 31st, so doing those papers means I'm that much closer to my next trip.<br /><br />However I head to Venice tomorrow, and surprise surprise it's suppose to rain! I had to go out today and buy some rain boots so I didn't end up ruining at least two pairs or sneakers and boots. Oh well I guess it rains in Italy later on in November. I'm excited to head to Venice and see a city built on water or under water. A story that will always stay in my head is when my grandmother fell into the canal while trying to get off of or into a gondola. The only thing that didn't go under water was her purse, so typical of her. They gave her a shot after to kill the bacteria she may have swallowed which kills me because she doesn't drink. Except for a piña colada when she gets lucky if places have them.<br /><br />Last night I had another pizza making class and I still stand by what I have said before. I have made the best pizza I've had here in Italy. It had shredded mozzarella cheese, Gorgonzola, spicy sausage, basil, artichoke and oregano. Soooo bomb. I also fell in love with the pizza chef there, he was so cute. And when I say fall in love I've also fallen in love with Andres, the guy who works at Gustopanino, basically I fall in love with the food masters. Works in my advantage. He puts hearts and smileys on my napkins when I take my panino to go. Andres also hooks me up with wine and diet coke when I go in there, how can I not fall in love? You try and tell me that....<br /><br />Today for my photography class we went to the Boboli gardens in the pitti palace, absolutely beautiful. It's even better because I've learned how to shoot manual and I can chose how my photos come out now, light, dark, what's in focus and what not. I have a total new appreciation for photographers. But all this photography makes me miss home and especially the tracks and mountains. I have to figure out a midterm project due in about a week and a half and I'm trying to decide if I should do it on graffiti or the leather market. Of course I'm kind of leaning towards tagging but I can't make up my mind. Gotta do that soon though. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note: the below pictures are all shot on manual and part of my photography class...</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOgSbUpjqvYav-5ASGTDaRLA8-4L-KIv6v3b_NdjbQGlHfammAOXbJ3aV_WbZWSToFF4wvDedQj6Yn1A5a77q1g23_xsKxY5R13RSCv79ijL0T-NSMZZMZZoTyKZEi1rrqhUg7MT4P4it/s1600/IMG_7336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFOgSbUpjqvYav-5ASGTDaRLA8-4L-KIv6v3b_NdjbQGlHfammAOXbJ3aV_WbZWSToFF4wvDedQj6Yn1A5a77q1g23_xsKxY5R13RSCv79ijL0T-NSMZZMZZoTyKZEi1rrqhUg7MT4P4it/s640/IMG_7336.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwKZI5Qer0syWP9xDnwJLlGSrZ3zFC5hoaFKHT-cfpKa3XItzzL_cPIjDF-xfguWpR1bjX3Hh-USzgSP76yWAKWru2BUmIklxjMsvOwSwifYxYhX_XBPc4yecQ69RPLLqPqaylYm079F0/s1600/IMG_7357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwKZI5Qer0syWP9xDnwJLlGSrZ3zFC5hoaFKHT-cfpKa3XItzzL_cPIjDF-xfguWpR1bjX3Hh-USzgSP76yWAKWru2BUmIklxjMsvOwSwifYxYhX_XBPc4yecQ69RPLLqPqaylYm079F0/s640/IMG_7357.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfD2JAqU2DrPFG_9RPHtJoIB_DxmN9LePyw7OFHGnqCJ54NMb3DYWrt4OIQRQwjIiRSkufTd20XiucvBQM8wBx0KIqLXqgNR4p6v4PfJOEU5Wzi09HI18nZA1W_ege02WtGt5zNsDsXDhc/s1600/IMG_7401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfD2JAqU2DrPFG_9RPHtJoIB_DxmN9LePyw7OFHGnqCJ54NMb3DYWrt4OIQRQwjIiRSkufTd20XiucvBQM8wBx0KIqLXqgNR4p6v4PfJOEU5Wzi09HI18nZA1W_ege02WtGt5zNsDsXDhc/s640/IMG_7401.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-2yNT1apFmkuq8TzqOHei-Om31funJaevf5k2AeCUMFQFZKHKE9aEiZiITCSs4GXjHtNAVkiq_S4D-BJPxg3BmS4-NE0LeBeBcWCsrENTBffheDRZueaVliZ9-UsJM2IEv6ZtffZGXy9/s1600/IMG_7417.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-2yNT1apFmkuq8TzqOHei-Om31funJaevf5k2AeCUMFQFZKHKE9aEiZiITCSs4GXjHtNAVkiq_S4D-BJPxg3BmS4-NE0LeBeBcWCsrENTBffheDRZueaVliZ9-UsJM2IEv6ZtffZGXy9/s640/IMG_7417.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzONotUOh4axazzstPodz5-BbIssVhogmcbvCVNCp38EFOgTBlLlfRPte1STQ2K54h0n-T7kS4kwYkDQuHnLZbz0p8TzstjQyPtoldM3UnAsAlkmqMJiIeoSav0xtjaw4QGKtPGXz4fOa/s1600/IMG_7463.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzONotUOh4axazzstPodz5-BbIssVhogmcbvCVNCp38EFOgTBlLlfRPte1STQ2K54h0n-T7kS4kwYkDQuHnLZbz0p8TzstjQyPtoldM3UnAsAlkmqMJiIeoSav0xtjaw4QGKtPGXz4fOa/s640/IMG_7463.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhlNSZLeiYWrbyMj50U5DEQE1Nds2QInsunivybJH1VRt-wqr4q7Az7kSuiF8FKdSbSZYj7AfZ47BwxKtAXI-Os3WMws366FotS7ImLW4SuSaNE-76hSRH4Q-oKtGUQRzXzHBlC6e5aN2/s1600/IMG_7478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwhlNSZLeiYWrbyMj50U5DEQE1Nds2QInsunivybJH1VRt-wqr4q7Az7kSuiF8FKdSbSZYj7AfZ47BwxKtAXI-Os3WMws366FotS7ImLW4SuSaNE-76hSRH4Q-oKtGUQRzXzHBlC6e5aN2/s640/IMG_7478.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<br style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-6694256380041364482013-10-02T15:22:00.004-07:002013-10-02T15:22:45.537-07:00Straight Photographs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsLtN28EH5Bj-OwSE-WHn4ssNGMtsPXy3PTgERjUc-_8fw8ixqC2YNK5fNmja0lHhYnWQJ2tra7P9Kf3f0kF-LOfiVfpH-8WUS20At0pbqvthuSIUv1xLq2WJDzEFh8PNKUad56mdLBnc/s1600/IMG_6135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsLtN28EH5Bj-OwSE-WHn4ssNGMtsPXy3PTgERjUc-_8fw8ixqC2YNK5fNmja0lHhYnWQJ2tra7P9Kf3f0kF-LOfiVfpH-8WUS20At0pbqvthuSIUv1xLq2WJDzEFh8PNKUad56mdLBnc/s640/IMG_6135.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cinque Terre</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgqptfJT9QwdMFjFsT8xWsgYggBAW9l_9Ae5oFhhTBljQj68IdtzMdOR83tgTdtNNjOt1MCD6Urfe5xHzjHl7WdK2zQT2UIvWaLPndVyno46iw3M_J5C3WN-ywA3CqIsYzHKkD3u6_4RZ/s1600/IMG_6252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXgqptfJT9QwdMFjFsT8xWsgYggBAW9l_9Ae5oFhhTBljQj68IdtzMdOR83tgTdtNNjOt1MCD6Urfe5xHzjHl7WdK2zQT2UIvWaLPndVyno46iw3M_J5C3WN-ywA3CqIsYzHKkD3u6_4RZ/s640/IMG_6252.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back on the right path, Cinque Terre</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphateEF_PsiwJTm36CUhahs896bRgLUP5uNh50OJwMG31bRaJPQspk26lHZ6Ql1J4dfK5uhh2oRROcFP6UfPxD8n8V1pr6Ij7__aFzg0cQ8k5GEdjcr2a7FOPRN9uZi3ECCD-iEVHzqyo/s1600/IMG_6266.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphateEF_PsiwJTm36CUhahs896bRgLUP5uNh50OJwMG31bRaJPQspk26lHZ6Ql1J4dfK5uhh2oRROcFP6UfPxD8n8V1pr6Ij7__aFzg0cQ8k5GEdjcr2a7FOPRN9uZi3ECCD-iEVHzqyo/s640/IMG_6266.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cinque Terre</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch-d0edSlf1tNqsWCwx7LAa9oQ1QokSNLMiU7R5CAsjHa4m7VCjj4WowOZXBvIhxNmc-iX3kZfPoqUFN6kU1XcFUQ3uaI6iA8Zgyg_LC3CPoWxJ8ch3XjMqLlJqUeUl-bQ2fNyFdMq8oS/s1600/IMG_6381.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgch-d0edSlf1tNqsWCwx7LAa9oQ1QokSNLMiU7R5CAsjHa4m7VCjj4WowOZXBvIhxNmc-iX3kZfPoqUFN6kU1XcFUQ3uaI6iA8Zgyg_LC3CPoWxJ8ch3XjMqLlJqUeUl-bQ2fNyFdMq8oS/s640/IMG_6381.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photography class: Italian lifestyle</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCrwulEOG5qibTfZoK5Rw3WrsdoEzjIZgjVHo-XkZSlMppiF_Rc9c5uI-ZxBiER-WepJ_pfd-YqOwCHd3S1vadHwhkkmsmukeWI9PFmKXF_Vu4AMEUyLWMOq2ZSZvJrwjUp5cFZeDt8cW/s1600/IMG_6407.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCrwulEOG5qibTfZoK5Rw3WrsdoEzjIZgjVHo-XkZSlMppiF_Rc9c5uI-ZxBiER-WepJ_pfd-YqOwCHd3S1vadHwhkkmsmukeWI9PFmKXF_Vu4AMEUyLWMOq2ZSZvJrwjUp5cFZeDt8cW/s640/IMG_6407.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photography class: Italian lifestyle</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtX_gr6fgM8fyRVw5TP3gs506yE_a-qVnAZMe-O4vF-68-D79BLcQmvZlBjBDBugN6_hEd3VzBOcmqlyu19yzf8A8RsFyPtLq8UO6aRnloKKAXSD7znMidEvjYHyUjWBTwlJQHL6P5WyR/s1600/IMG_6415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtX_gr6fgM8fyRVw5TP3gs506yE_a-qVnAZMe-O4vF-68-D79BLcQmvZlBjBDBugN6_hEd3VzBOcmqlyu19yzf8A8RsFyPtLq8UO6aRnloKKAXSD7znMidEvjYHyUjWBTwlJQHL6P5WyR/s640/IMG_6415.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photography class: Italian lifestyle</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFoJ8FGwBVnrH9wlbDArn-FXjECQqZI0xTHltoJH2tj3RZgoclifmDQvFSHgqgmXXBwf-vBR-FFi8_smTfLIhcOPOiV8ZbElTbR8Kfxde-kUCr7DBYPIcgnbHyDgeI1_M_UwJSguQPVZB/s1600/IMG_6700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFoJ8FGwBVnrH9wlbDArn-FXjECQqZI0xTHltoJH2tj3RZgoclifmDQvFSHgqgmXXBwf-vBR-FFi8_smTfLIhcOPOiV8ZbElTbR8Kfxde-kUCr7DBYPIcgnbHyDgeI1_M_UwJSguQPVZB/s640/IMG_6700.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Positano</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1bJbEFEKByq1sc-u6rX8bph8t6GqV2-05sy-op40LD1hUulzrdTAtq3CZw3HbHCFgC-o_I8VYBWDqeUfhAu3Z4o29CRy9UUL8hLcyUo8PXPCIdwlO_fd8ZDL2TYAV9YURa4Rh8geYojm/s1600/IMG_6782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1bJbEFEKByq1sc-u6rX8bph8t6GqV2-05sy-op40LD1hUulzrdTAtq3CZw3HbHCFgC-o_I8VYBWDqeUfhAu3Z4o29CRy9UUL8hLcyUo8PXPCIdwlO_fd8ZDL2TYAV9YURa4Rh8geYojm/s640/IMG_6782.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photography class: Italian lifestyle</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlfJuhyphenhyphenmxQTOvsjXEmSxGOs50ZJCSkUmOasdtCQJO9b0HabflH7h1lhWzXuvTsLR2VLuufal9z43h3fT7VOHqv_9SZtMUvR7SWMz90rwlh8ABTQtLctm3G5AptcYZfnOGm058RgxClpZP/s1600/IMG_6796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlfJuhyphenhyphenmxQTOvsjXEmSxGOs50ZJCSkUmOasdtCQJO9b0HabflH7h1lhWzXuvTsLR2VLuufal9z43h3fT7VOHqv_9SZtMUvR7SWMz90rwlh8ABTQtLctm3G5AptcYZfnOGm058RgxClpZP/s640/IMG_6796.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photography class: Italian lifestyle</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTuZX-kui8sEmyu-rwyDEzVHHzHRX0ccnW-QRWIzR56q4f_9ahytoieVCv6co6odhcpuASKtS9ZfampCP9HVYpVdDbVtIJUnVRfmCqznV418RhQfGcijF-rKJp9V8OKoV1_BIbmg-zfrt/s1600/IMG_6810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTuZX-kui8sEmyu-rwyDEzVHHzHRX0ccnW-QRWIzR56q4f_9ahytoieVCv6co6odhcpuASKtS9ZfampCP9HVYpVdDbVtIJUnVRfmCqznV418RhQfGcijF-rKJp9V8OKoV1_BIbmg-zfrt/s640/IMG_6810.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photography class: Italian lifestyle</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Makin a mark...</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7E-sQ6hch_iyXjFQdgr4tASfRoGZRe37qNzu_XdNSKomwmO2b5UV7WhTfQK_wXNaK_oC6s7YHUxOtcPMFD9BRA1Bm9EVi5DMasZITFrMPenFvnuYaUV2BBuHE8zxEvG62p8p-2d_E4y7/s1600/IMG_6817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7E-sQ6hch_iyXjFQdgr4tASfRoGZRe37qNzu_XdNSKomwmO2b5UV7WhTfQK_wXNaK_oC6s7YHUxOtcPMFD9BRA1Bm9EVi5DMasZITFrMPenFvnuYaUV2BBuHE8zxEvG62p8p-2d_E4y7/s640/IMG_6817.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Backyard at night..okay</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKD2Ys-LzI284t_hVPJfboZNA65SYGs9APPqffbaujgi8bj_g5qZwycCevwdxDRpczIdrsnauXup3lVYgAJSzpIt0Sz-1awJmn61yP-Yqsaml1_hx74_ijk5-E61ChNVkNda9WxDrEzGae/s1600/IMG_6846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKD2Ys-LzI284t_hVPJfboZNA65SYGs9APPqffbaujgi8bj_g5qZwycCevwdxDRpczIdrsnauXup3lVYgAJSzpIt0Sz-1awJmn61yP-Yqsaml1_hx74_ijk5-E61ChNVkNda9WxDrEzGae/s640/IMG_6846.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Croatian lifestyle</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OjWnzbcm5fV_zLG_zF7ZjmX6XKYm6Q2MnrBYDQH2sF-8wDgTQy-T_Kl34OZBM0i9J_6kj5hfYC6MMprmnY7ZVk0W4qrvfy_YzeWHI5WYm9Vmf3td685N4p2cGY9BTMcUuGqaVwi-IRkk/s1600/IMG_6868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5OjWnzbcm5fV_zLG_zF7ZjmX6XKYm6Q2MnrBYDQH2sF-8wDgTQy-T_Kl34OZBM0i9J_6kj5hfYC6MMprmnY7ZVk0W4qrvfy_YzeWHI5WYm9Vmf3td685N4p2cGY9BTMcUuGqaVwi-IRkk/s640/IMG_6868.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Croat dinner</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr29nHcR3Ot6CwMy4M2kGER3_O4LiXFMxJ01Hbli7ZgOKz3MBuk-QxH8QhBzWHaGbaYjx0DgbD9tBQURICUiiB-dwKUOuCD8lTCMbDLqvjeWe8zAqW8-ljvglFM59BMG0ReErEFUc_Kr0/s1600/IMG_6920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr29nHcR3Ot6CwMy4M2kGER3_O4LiXFMxJ01Hbli7ZgOKz3MBuk-QxH8QhBzWHaGbaYjx0DgbD9tBQURICUiiB-dwKUOuCD8lTCMbDLqvjeWe8zAqW8-ljvglFM59BMG0ReErEFUc_Kr0/s640/IMG_6920.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cristiano, my favorite waiter</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYtbW-t1HdaASx4pYR0dLVo3wuK5MkRbiFmDzfQ-_2zHw2SozKmcdMn5otQlUefzFTGGuYCEtTKvcpfTDsrgkls3b-o1WL1YjacyzEStV7i_EaBo_nRJUD17wTxTy32LTzH_4ThnP1l0J/s1600/IMG_6926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYtbW-t1HdaASx4pYR0dLVo3wuK5MkRbiFmDzfQ-_2zHw2SozKmcdMn5otQlUefzFTGGuYCEtTKvcpfTDsrgkls3b-o1WL1YjacyzEStV7i_EaBo_nRJUD17wTxTy32LTzH_4ThnP1l0J/s640/IMG_6926.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tri does Florence</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5Y7I_dvnmL6XYtnLGbIvLJDDZaE-CfcHrHalgp79bXKhHzxWNqQ-_GlmRyAwRVKc2KCJFojeZiA86_IQWYKgbHZOlxPMLLA6mgaZpTVTkIUtvTugdf64VZV1DFkAKjm-C-NgiQG7-WNU/s1600/IMG_7116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5Y7I_dvnmL6XYtnLGbIvLJDDZaE-CfcHrHalgp79bXKhHzxWNqQ-_GlmRyAwRVKc2KCJFojeZiA86_IQWYKgbHZOlxPMLLA6mgaZpTVTkIUtvTugdf64VZV1DFkAKjm-C-NgiQG7-WNU/s640/IMG_7116.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photography class: Italian lifestyle</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNlTIn_rkyRIHnUssfqicS5lsINwNtucrgNpyOukjdRq5MGn71njlbX5ZqN3ue3U-8bxdi4Zw_MEKk3RTzTSDbAUSto7ypUgQGQyutcIO6pNDPucknBKASQxiVF_PhnFstWFIxesQOdMw/s1600/IMG_7217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNlTIn_rkyRIHnUssfqicS5lsINwNtucrgNpyOukjdRq5MGn71njlbX5ZqN3ue3U-8bxdi4Zw_MEKk3RTzTSDbAUSto7ypUgQGQyutcIO6pNDPucknBKASQxiVF_PhnFstWFIxesQOdMw/s640/IMG_7217.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Castello</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTF3qywwRs6AmQH57vABxqwpKes6-KEJLYgRRI87MOkinTEkBrxO65xBJ1qVMYAtK9J_nsKKXndzSdU_95aCbrTs-jNgzxJ8vYCYKnM-DPS1r-jTwZy1mIsJbf-G5ui5if1KRoyC_4boS/s1600/IMG_7310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTF3qywwRs6AmQH57vABxqwpKes6-KEJLYgRRI87MOkinTEkBrxO65xBJ1qVMYAtK9J_nsKKXndzSdU_95aCbrTs-jNgzxJ8vYCYKnM-DPS1r-jTwZy1mIsJbf-G5ui5if1KRoyC_4boS/s640/IMG_7310.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Italian field-trip</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQ6Ec0tK9_pf6XFoLpG6e8IovWVzWv3twZrGZ0RZ4p1cAivRdX8bvyubZwg1pmua1_Zgad8WnbbVaPZAU9n2OWg-OEwYBenE_9tHQLzg72fJIv8lK4h1AhiqtXWa7bzU6gKYmbLZ1Bs8t/s1600/IMG_7312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQ6Ec0tK9_pf6XFoLpG6e8IovWVzWv3twZrGZ0RZ4p1cAivRdX8bvyubZwg1pmua1_Zgad8WnbbVaPZAU9n2OWg-OEwYBenE_9tHQLzg72fJIv8lK4h1AhiqtXWa7bzU6gKYmbLZ1Bs8t/s640/IMG_7312.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Italian field-trip</span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNCZ516oYNnwiODSNE3bwet_Git8qTDJfHsfq_9n4tWPKV3KC7uBRlHJMIuG2nRXt4G2-w6oZtTo7FeR_OcHfV1Nw92XZioXqrf07x_Ttm2HOtuiz9Lhmp7szDHvwdTn-oy92157PhPqH/s1600/IMG_7313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNCZ516oYNnwiODSNE3bwet_Git8qTDJfHsfq_9n4tWPKV3KC7uBRlHJMIuG2nRXt4G2-w6oZtTo7FeR_OcHfV1Nw92XZioXqrf07x_Ttm2HOtuiz9Lhmp7szDHvwdTn-oy92157PhPqH/s640/IMG_7313.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Italian field-trip</span></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-70035854229064512002013-09-28T09:11:00.001-07:002013-09-28T09:11:52.908-07:00Ferraris, Cycling and a Castle<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This past week alot has happened. I had my first History of the Italian Mafia test. Yeah, you could say it was hard. Right before I took the test I found out last semester the average grade on the test was a 44%. Yes, so out of 100, not 50...I thought study abroad was suppose to be easy? We'll see how that one goes.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The beginning of this week was a struggle, not gonna lie. The long weekend travels to the Amalfi Coast and Croatia really caught up to me and I was in the middle of taking antibiotics because I have already gotten sick. Sounds about right for me with not alot of sleep, new environment and the stress from traveling at times. I can't complain though, I've taken amazing trips and would not do anything different. Next weekend I head to Venice, last week I booked Prague in November and the other night I booked Amsterdam for end of October. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tuesday for my photography class we walked around Florence and took pictures of all the cyclist competing here in Florence for the past week. When we were walking around we passed a store that was doing a charity event. They had a bike in the window with a screen behind it with graphics and they asked people on the streets to come in and bike on it for charity. I got to do it and it was an interesting experience I felt on display for the entire city. Random people were walking by and taking pictures on me.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgpoogvMXGUf9BfG4cf7LMAODbs3SMye3ddLQUfHot4XW92EsnpSMKq9-I_UawLulLhHPZBDVJ8jO6meIUvxV6KxcHewaNIE0YiaDHlTAP2Hhh19lUhJZ7K15pUXBcPFbw1yLvOGSUY9T/s1600/IMG_7050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgpoogvMXGUf9BfG4cf7LMAODbs3SMye3ddLQUfHot4XW92EsnpSMKq9-I_UawLulLhHPZBDVJ8jO6meIUvxV6KxcHewaNIE0YiaDHlTAP2Hhh19lUhJZ7K15pUXBcPFbw1yLvOGSUY9T/s400/IMG_7050.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Team Espana</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiW0N5eXz_71PQtWDXzRA7Pn9aP1J2DXgGJn5cwvL1pXTdyZ546DEW9EBbVMbw1i4iDhfptcbnAXtCfFabgMk5dh2i0z1MxQo7xkiTjG46WvGDsm7vub0wsCohVZBlEmkrvpXF6tOSt1p/s1600/IMG_7063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTiW0N5eXz_71PQtWDXzRA7Pn9aP1J2DXgGJn5cwvL1pXTdyZ546DEW9EBbVMbw1i4iDhfptcbnAXtCfFabgMk5dh2i0z1MxQo7xkiTjG46WvGDsm7vub0wsCohVZBlEmkrvpXF6tOSt1p/s400/IMG_7063.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But other than classes it was a good week, Wednesday night all the girls went out to get mexican at this place called Salamanca, it's unreal and the sangria is bomb. The best part though was seeing Sammy and her coming out with us. Sammy is a high school friend of mine who is studying here in Florence as well. But till this point almost three weeks deep in Florence I hadn't ran into her or had the chance to meet up. Everyone loves seeing a familiar face across seas, whoever says they don't is lying. After dinner and some salsa dancing, sangria pitchers, margaritas and Salamancas we left and headed to a club. Coming home at 3, was a solid idea...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmtZjnsGCjYplK3M78L_SqSeKFL2GM9MxFPp-vrH-XtcinbmdBPSzaoTfHdyAhRg5-bRXAbHXHRDGbVjErYcGSIW3b6hJdu8DpBjfEbqE4-bHGrw2RpQ8wuWKDh8vmLGg8qet74ktJhKo/s1600/IMG_7163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmtZjnsGCjYplK3M78L_SqSeKFL2GM9MxFPp-vrH-XtcinbmdBPSzaoTfHdyAhRg5-bRXAbHXHRDGbVjErYcGSIW3b6hJdu8DpBjfEbqE4-bHGrw2RpQ8wuWKDh8vmLGg8qet74ktJhKo/s400/IMG_7163.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpfWUTqb0S9H7d0bGNBmomK7qNquwP0iFzkQyElBWLk8uGtmyN5lSrf1g-gcrPTp6hgIL6uoQfkCMik4S0YfyWeTZQa4lBCC9PWtmp1HbdVG9Hko6zw6259DJ5Gw20sSUtpOO_3M6kLPU/s1600/IMG_7175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpfWUTqb0S9H7d0bGNBmomK7qNquwP0iFzkQyElBWLk8uGtmyN5lSrf1g-gcrPTp6hgIL6uoQfkCMik4S0YfyWeTZQa4lBCC9PWtmp1HbdVG9Hko6zw6259DJ5Gw20sSUtpOO_3M6kLPU/s640/IMG_7175.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thursday all the girls left for Oktoberfest and then there was one. There was nooo way I was staying at my apartment by myself, that is terrifying to think of, maybe I'm a little of a baby but not too badly. I've been staying with the guys that went last week and didn't go. Thursday night we went out and on Friday I had to be up early to head to Maranello to the Ferrari Museum. It was cool, I got to see the most expensive cars in the world along with all these cool other Ferraris. Friday night we went out again to the club and this morning we had to be at the train station once again at 8:45 to head to Castello del Trebbio. There we helped harvest grapes, took a tour of the castle which is the owners home, unreal to think that people live in castles made for Florences wealth centuries ago. After the tour we had a Tuscan style buffet with a wine tasting. Dad, you would love to know and now appreciate that I like red wine now and can't wait to split a bottle with you when I'm home. I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow morning and wake up, get my life together and go get some work on. But mainly for the whole sleeping in thing. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5cSsJdsijoSNK-2g-1C1mTzyj1ya3Y4shqPVjCxXdnWNN8i0vTovDoVHhCzjd3NoqPAHhoJRbh4vc_bIgdjkBicgJGCytPfVxzK06eLnxlo1SBmtcX3mxX37wgwimEM15UQBTw6pBZMq/s1600/IMG_7236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5cSsJdsijoSNK-2g-1C1mTzyj1ya3Y4shqPVjCxXdnWNN8i0vTovDoVHhCzjd3NoqPAHhoJRbh4vc_bIgdjkBicgJGCytPfVxzK06eLnxlo1SBmtcX3mxX37wgwimEM15UQBTw6pBZMq/s400/IMG_7236.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Castello del Trebbio</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCtFDIuxVZ9SPu3biY08AG4K0K6pubPIBRPgesjdO6hQTstAlIdJm0RPAu2NIL-96i3zC6vX3zfUEhcxX_AYnahXHuuER7Lvl13_pi0QLe96tyW0X1H0KY6FibVdKljsBlo7GFvazzWPX/s1600/IMG_7231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCtFDIuxVZ9SPu3biY08AG4K0K6pubPIBRPgesjdO6hQTstAlIdJm0RPAu2NIL-96i3zC6vX3zfUEhcxX_AYnahXHuuER7Lvl13_pi0QLe96tyW0X1H0KY6FibVdKljsBlo7GFvazzWPX/s640/IMG_7231.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The starting point of my favorite drink</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEPepNkGhiZOFjpNJKuRdx9gcMOEtKDws_pzC3SXOjAOKFHSZ9aXCLMus03rcs6QHnDRCmCMlZKAZEohpypbAowPSkljrTCoKb5eLlY_ZB7RMfB6OL4yrJCkBFeiVDe5AspGWqi4Nyuy6/s1600/IMG_7266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGEPepNkGhiZOFjpNJKuRdx9gcMOEtKDws_pzC3SXOjAOKFHSZ9aXCLMus03rcs6QHnDRCmCMlZKAZEohpypbAowPSkljrTCoKb5eLlY_ZB7RMfB6OL4yrJCkBFeiVDe5AspGWqi4Nyuy6/s640/IMG_7266.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgJhkbRwlVOApJ4LldioGzXcPWoJ9slkHaryiBGvH8FQuMIjBJoH7gAHo5pSmJdebDisE7TVVyNds7pGFP2xdcGWiIUj1SamQURsPN_k2utQC9pWQxGkM3e9sIWNihfhokDOCDCTw9Gu3/s1600/IMG_7267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGgJhkbRwlVOApJ4LldioGzXcPWoJ9slkHaryiBGvH8FQuMIjBJoH7gAHo5pSmJdebDisE7TVVyNds7pGFP2xdcGWiIUj1SamQURsPN_k2utQC9pWQxGkM3e9sIWNihfhokDOCDCTw9Gu3/s640/IMG_7267.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tuscan style brunch buffet</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuousLYPSUqbuCwC9DkthGn0P1k7Q5lnhXfy6cPAm6FTCaFBOVtZfZs5uu7A_RR-ipd1aOC1yvz8yulqWDPYuE8nR_Wvymv8TEuHZUz0uQMTV6X0mBdQptF3ciMAl1OBxU48HMXTRZ1EAr/s1600/IMG_7271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuousLYPSUqbuCwC9DkthGn0P1k7Q5lnhXfy6cPAm6FTCaFBOVtZfZs5uu7A_RR-ipd1aOC1yvz8yulqWDPYuE8nR_Wvymv8TEuHZUz0uQMTV6X0mBdQptF3ciMAl1OBxU48HMXTRZ1EAr/s400/IMG_7271.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The wine that turned me into a red drinker</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXG-tJ4tMVZ8wRJjv6SU8RPw8bCBwU4ogtOUNCbeXxGAP0dg5VeH90iqjJFNH2QI-SFC574-rqubud0XXVMADuvSXZ_nZm4reITQj43yD6d5vJFrtTO3C3rq7dvP3aFypAvkVH4qSGnXq/s1600/IMG_7245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXG-tJ4tMVZ8wRJjv6SU8RPw8bCBwU4ogtOUNCbeXxGAP0dg5VeH90iqjJFNH2QI-SFC574-rqubud0XXVMADuvSXZ_nZm4reITQj43yD6d5vJFrtTO3C3rq7dvP3aFypAvkVH4qSGnXq/s640/IMG_7245.jpg" width="425" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dad, can we get some of these for the basement?</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ciao</span><br />
<span style="background-color: purple; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: purple; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-12805823106358242452013-09-23T15:21:00.002-07:002013-09-23T15:21:17.584-07:00A Solo Day in Croatia and then some...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W81wUgxgs1BnXBZFaQ9vIi_VIVldMUjGoc7MokiHSpCZX1llQ7aDMw0uHYK9ybBlUohsS0BLhyiHpqkCQVGAy3HsxuSxpLAnhGag6IX_LzvYOjnkgAhWOHAUWvb0fR9ursvFuFJ_Pguy/s1600/IMG_6905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3W81wUgxgs1BnXBZFaQ9vIi_VIVldMUjGoc7MokiHSpCZX1llQ7aDMw0uHYK9ybBlUohsS0BLhyiHpqkCQVGAy3HsxuSxpLAnhGag6IX_LzvYOjnkgAhWOHAUWvb0fR9ursvFuFJ_Pguy/s640/IMG_6905.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Real life Game of Throne Mountains</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8aiEjGIdJe8OhDBXWMmJDZtc7MDR6PsXvc0O1jt7wwys2TBLQR7O14iFvBl-__Ad0pLNFAsfndsu7xzdpRn-Qslq5gTnJ1p9rGB4ZPECWqPOqBoCOI6D-sfmXrTG_3qal0uWFDLLHKxK/s1600/IMG_6841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8aiEjGIdJe8OhDBXWMmJDZtc7MDR6PsXvc0O1jt7wwys2TBLQR7O14iFvBl-__Ad0pLNFAsfndsu7xzdpRn-Qslq5gTnJ1p9rGB4ZPECWqPOqBoCOI6D-sfmXrTG_3qal0uWFDLLHKxK/s400/IMG_6841.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The hub of Split</span></div>
<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right now I'm laying on a boat waiting to leave the island of Brac after a day of island hopping around Croatia. I left Thursday night at 9:45 for Split, Croatia. What was suppose to be a 12 hour drive, turned into a 14 hour nightmare. We we're suppose to leave at 9 pm and arrive at 9 am, however we got to Croatia at 12:30. Yup, miserable, but totally worth it.<br /><br /><br />During the day I wandered around Croatia for a bit by myself and then met some other people on this trip at a rocky beach which was beautiful. The water was cold but I still enjoyed it. Later on I went back to the hostel which is called Glosi and Bossy. It's a super chic hostel with Japanese style beds, which are beds inside the wall. Pretty cool. I got ready and went to dinner at this place called Fefi, it was good. I got a seafood risotto, filled with clams, squid, octopus, some type of fish. Mom and dad, you should be so proud of me for all the food I've been trying. But Croatia is known for their seafood, so there's no better place to eat it. I then went and shopped around Croatia and got some sick new sneakers for wicked cheap. Very European looking, but when in Europe.... That night we went on a pub crawl and started off at a club called Dance Emporium and then ended up a one near the middle of the strip we are on. It was a lot of fun. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNnl3iGLu3mIjH7o3FVSItewCtXIs5Zr3AZz1lNZpTGotO9r5nQ1RmYjmIqeh2_WCnvHh0eeSNhEtPn1ioj9UQTmklrRweIN89Y1sWiqJmmCw78Tr8rlXc5ySSSj_D0WIS5Xbiz6rLqCp/s1600/IMG_6949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNnl3iGLu3mIjH7o3FVSItewCtXIs5Zr3AZz1lNZpTGotO9r5nQ1RmYjmIqeh2_WCnvHh0eeSNhEtPn1ioj9UQTmklrRweIN89Y1sWiqJmmCw78Tr8rlXc5ySSSj_D0WIS5Xbiz6rLqCp/s640/IMG_6949.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Roomies in Croatia, night II</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiia2BtMpA8B-P5tGOxCuIov7wNoMLHrPfCOw9KuMa_shh8A-dkvCdX1N3N6ftiBxQC3GGk2fZxhiBaCJobL8MLE2hrlH7szqgl-lE10tYOiRi5ep6L6PoHJbsb89jnegBZngVI3hPNdss9/s1600/IMG_6849.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiia2BtMpA8B-P5tGOxCuIov7wNoMLHrPfCOw9KuMa_shh8A-dkvCdX1N3N6ftiBxQC3GGk2fZxhiBaCJobL8MLE2hrlH7szqgl-lE10tYOiRi5ep6L6PoHJbsb89jnegBZngVI3hPNdss9/s640/IMG_6849.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Split from the harbor on the boat cruise</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Saturday morning we woke up at 10:30 and then left for our boat cruise around 11:30ish. We stopped at the first island and then made our way to Brac. In Brac we went to the beach and then shopped a little because everything is so cheap here. We're heading back now to Split and I'm gonna shower and take a nap. Tonight we're going out to a late dinner since we aren't going out because we leave at 8 tomorrow for Krka National Park where we hike a little and go to some unreal waterfalls. For dinner we went to Velum, it was this cute restaurant on the port. It was so good, I split calamari with a few girls and it was unreal. It tasted so fresh, like it was just caught and cooked. For my main meal I got salmon, it was so good as well. It was a nice change from all the pasta, pizza and other Italian food I've been eating. It was crazy to see our bill which was 1530.00 kunas, which in reality is like $260. But that much for 12 girls isn't that bad considering we all got fish and steak and it was all soo good. You gotta love going to other countries where your currency is in favor. We didn't go out that night considering we had to wake up early this morning for a 8 am departure and 2 hour bus ride to the waterfall. Instead we got amazing crepes and went to bed early. Totally fine with me though 😊 </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzDA-9w77DzzJcDPIfAJ_HQOS_cZj05F2izna6aCGkysFrvMyP3-fAFum87xSvRCzgeC6_SVe7FXoQyV9VHkSfVXa9p4oAyBOQV_2LuZs_Ss3wie2CUjNhKCV-vEw9SL7qzKrok4AeWZ3/s1600/IMG_6963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzDA-9w77DzzJcDPIfAJ_HQOS_cZj05F2izna6aCGkysFrvMyP3-fAFum87xSvRCzgeC6_SVe7FXoQyV9VHkSfVXa9p4oAyBOQV_2LuZs_Ss3wie2CUjNhKCV-vEw9SL7qzKrok4AeWZ3/s400/IMG_6963.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Salmon Steak anyone? </span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />The Krka national park was amazing, the waterfalls were beautiful. The water was so clear and cold but it was super refreshing. It was a short 25 minute if that walk to the waterfall along a boardwalk with some pretty spectacular views. I can't still wrap my head around all the sights I'm seeing and experiences I'm having. I'm so lucky that I can do this and add all the traveling to it. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQOFb9uKFA1GYAUzo4xCyKkekvBPcRCJfPTlBRGIRjdV95TpDCQ81geKhTSGdNUkJdIKMPLrKfEuKpaCnC7EMvijQvjEDvITi_R5rq23SYL-nm9hQI5pRKhiavBB9vu4DfJr6ZxAN4NaC/s1600/IMG_6988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQOFb9uKFA1GYAUzo4xCyKkekvBPcRCJfPTlBRGIRjdV95TpDCQ81geKhTSGdNUkJdIKMPLrKfEuKpaCnC7EMvijQvjEDvITi_R5rq23SYL-nm9hQI5pRKhiavBB9vu4DfJr6ZxAN4NaC/s640/IMG_6988.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7aMh-vMh_hVXjSfqamq1Zw9IqNthLw8I3LSSjLiLFRzMC5be0dFiMwXiQxFFwv7fBzlik9t6O5_ngK7Qlpd-L4f6UIgvC3gJLXRLsNm-VB0Pyij0Lb7Fepi9UrnbEYi-qoc70sXbNSC0/s1600/IMG_7007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7aMh-vMh_hVXjSfqamq1Zw9IqNthLw8I3LSSjLiLFRzMC5be0dFiMwXiQxFFwv7fBzlik9t6O5_ngK7Qlpd-L4f6UIgvC3gJLXRLsNm-VB0Pyij0Lb7Fepi9UrnbEYi-qoc70sXbNSC0/s640/IMG_7007.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My life, my love, my <b>adventure</b></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyHriFht-r-6BYxUfaleHQyYIE0noUXwllP-e8PY0QUjFlryUPs4lQUr1_TqZJtgacE_eYEm03AyJWOHhZuD9_kYXRzEgdGnIePNub6EiUhtJHFOQueD6QfmQHtEo58M3eIBqgkNmpdAh/s1600/IMG_7022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyHriFht-r-6BYxUfaleHQyYIE0noUXwllP-e8PY0QUjFlryUPs4lQUr1_TqZJtgacE_eYEm03AyJWOHhZuD9_kYXRzEgdGnIePNub6EiUhtJHFOQueD6QfmQHtEo58M3eIBqgkNmpdAh/s640/IMG_7022.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Majestic Beauty</span></div>
<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right now I'm on the bus back to Italy and we just got back into Italy about 45 minutes ago. We aren't expected to get home till around 1 am and I have class at 9. The only bad thing about traveling. But all of the hassle is totally worth seeing Europe and countries I probably wouldn't see. Croatia will always have a place in my heart, especially for the day of adventuring around it by myself. Anyone who knows me knows that on most any given day at school, you can find me with my backpack and camera off to the tracks, field, nature trail, you name it to get some adventure time.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well we got home at 1:45 am and I had class at 9 that morning. The bullets you take for such beauty...</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-75657428304746107202013-09-15T13:59:00.000-07:002013-09-15T13:59:36.099-07:00Falling in love<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been one whirlwind of a few days. Thursday night I left for the Amalfi Coast with 13 of my friends. We left Florence at 7:30 and arrived in Sorrento at 3:00 in the morning and had to be up at 7:30 to start my day for Capri. Capri was beautiful, honestly everything is here but it needs to be said. We took a ferry ride over to the island and then took a guided boat tour around the island. We were suppose to go into the Blue Grotto, but it was too rough and the little boats that take you into it wouldn't even make it in there. Not gonna lie, I was mad I wasn't able to go in, I wanted to see one of the Seven Wonders, but it was still beautiful. After our tour ended, we walked up to the center of town and had an amazing granita. It was lemon and fresh squeezed OJ with some vodka, unreal. From there we took buses up to Anacapri where we had lunch and walked around the town. There's a bunch of beautiful shops with hand made sandal, and limoncello/chocolate tasting. I was able to get a few gifts for some people and they're specific to that region. Then we took a chairlift up to the top of the island, we had a 360 view of our surroundings. It had breathtaking views. That night we went out to this restaurant and I had the most mouthwatering gnocchi that I have ever had. We then proceeded to go to the English beer garden which was a good time. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKcZdY92AaWEKe6G20dVMA3bzvLnghWgvEerS-0rO_9k0JIQxB1nMsyAhu4_HUm7t5OJsnlNQzuaAfHpbjklD5h0R6RK197VlvHYdrZbdzy9wFReuXOVpouJFoAFgJWBLJ_pO6Q9iZ6Xa/s1600/IMG_6451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKcZdY92AaWEKe6G20dVMA3bzvLnghWgvEerS-0rO_9k0JIQxB1nMsyAhu4_HUm7t5OJsnlNQzuaAfHpbjklD5h0R6RK197VlvHYdrZbdzy9wFReuXOVpouJFoAFgJWBLJ_pO6Q9iZ6Xa/s640/IMG_6451.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">CAPRI</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVoRPUYujw4sme_2J-vC5l_ofs7FlxJAbFezF74jF2WwlI3BkxqKhc6ZaZC7NN_7AGFfEvGmqRYKzsmji59k6H4icV2077JatwsFx3USBEhF8a2gk0Z9A9OYryipysPJ5BbQynbZkGemy/s1600/IMG_6495.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVoRPUYujw4sme_2J-vC5l_ofs7FlxJAbFezF74jF2WwlI3BkxqKhc6ZaZC7NN_7AGFfEvGmqRYKzsmji59k6H4icV2077JatwsFx3USBEhF8a2gk0Z9A9OYryipysPJ5BbQynbZkGemy/s400/IMG_6495.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_B00UmskvodmPHdZCGz2b46rfgeDTuh7RL3K5nDB_nzEoy4Sphn1fcgKIJTniFsGfH-oHvsZ9SFbG7ORBH1AO_hof2kP4dCDYJyY995LKrDrUcEfvqYb5VfXY1P_dTpD3WCtHynTnCEMK/s1600/IMG_6535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_B00UmskvodmPHdZCGz2b46rfgeDTuh7RL3K5nDB_nzEoy4Sphn1fcgKIJTniFsGfH-oHvsZ9SFbG7ORBH1AO_hof2kP4dCDYJyY995LKrDrUcEfvqYb5VfXY1P_dTpD3WCtHynTnCEMK/s640/IMG_6535.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Limone, OJ and vodka granita</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYWzlgmmoM8FgDySCD4t3GesRJnBc1Fpni8gBinEhvszbteg7-q0HHjV7e7ZCYttG35hAK2TzCa12pz-YnILwKZqpU4S5WX92QPnCzGWNi-IhuxdzMLp903CPGu74rAtK-wZyYuz5l1fM/s1600/IMG_6571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYWzlgmmoM8FgDySCD4t3GesRJnBc1Fpni8gBinEhvszbteg7-q0HHjV7e7ZCYttG35hAK2TzCa12pz-YnILwKZqpU4S5WX92QPnCzGWNi-IhuxdzMLp903CPGu74rAtK-wZyYuz5l1fM/s640/IMG_6571.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The view from the chairlift going uppp</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ74qhDjVy_vhbapykNDRf1zzX3GDg2gchx8igp5f8fjDnQQQmSSjopExUpc9CzvMaks3kfDdl2OOL6VAc9AZ4sUyCy9cIFItzaHfCPm0yaxRCs-yeXIJmOR9LLX_P6hVnzOFTuUGyz-dR/s1600/IMG_6598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ74qhDjVy_vhbapykNDRf1zzX3GDg2gchx8igp5f8fjDnQQQmSSjopExUpc9CzvMaks3kfDdl2OOL6VAc9AZ4sUyCy9cIFItzaHfCPm0yaxRCs-yeXIJmOR9LLX_P6hVnzOFTuUGyz-dR/s640/IMG_6598.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THIS IS CAPRI</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHV0bxSCrnsLIC7wf6l98-XYbmpHpbRUIXxTSdiFGXKy5mhVJHgDCKPLKHn8K2LouNs3INvaE7T3SGAjH7X14JjUuyVTWq5VX-flNJHACxB22KB977IrygUvt5kCHIbSCqHh7MLHm8PdE/s1600/IMG_6613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHV0bxSCrnsLIC7wf6l98-XYbmpHpbRUIXxTSdiFGXKy5mhVJHgDCKPLKHn8K2LouNs3INvaE7T3SGAjH7X14JjUuyVTWq5VX-flNJHACxB22KB977IrygUvt5kCHIbSCqHh7MLHm8PdE/s640/IMG_6613.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On top of the world</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWi0_NDCNSP1FAmwF6EdWvaBhS40wV8R7Y30FcqcBVZ70IsVH92NyTK3-eYtO3NdIQFvSh09xSV8fnsLPs-1cO1cYCqvtD-0Jw4v7jEmiH70S4xXxSZWCtZfdOPb4UoFi1kpaWVHfgrDy/s1600/IMG_6701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWi0_NDCNSP1FAmwF6EdWvaBhS40wV8R7Y30FcqcBVZ70IsVH92NyTK3-eYtO3NdIQFvSh09xSV8fnsLPs-1cO1cYCqvtD-0Jw4v7jEmiH70S4xXxSZWCtZfdOPb4UoFi1kpaWVHfgrDy/s640/IMG_6701.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beautiful Positano</span></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />On Saturday we went to Positano for a beach day and some cliff jumping and cave swimming. It was once again gorgeous, the water is so clear and it feels like you should be able to touch the bottom but in reality it's deep but the water is just so clear. We went on the first cliff jumping and cave swimming tour and it was so much fun. I did the highest cliff possible to jump off at the location and it was a thriller. The worst part was just getting myself to jump but I don't regret it one bit. After we went and did some cave swimming which was also really cool. After we just hung out on the beach and took some naps. I was exhausted from traveling and not getting alot of sleep. That night we went to Seven hostel for dinner and drinks and then we ended up at the English beer garden again. On the way home we had amazing freshly cooked pizza, it was just what we needed.<br /><br />Sunday we could sleep in, well if you say 9:30 is sleeping in. We headed to Pompei to see the ruins and have a short day because we had a 7 hour bus ride home. It was cool but at that point I just wanted to get back home to Florence. Isn't that weird to see? Head back home to Florence, Florence is my home now for the next 3 months and I could not be happier. We are lunch at Pompei pizza and it was so good, Italy is known for their pizza as well as pasta but being in Pompei and so close to Naples I swear the pizza is even better.<br /><br />Next Thursday I head off to Croatia and I'm so excited, minus the 12 hour bus ride that lays ahead of me. But everyone I talk to say that Croatia is one of their favorite places to go.<br /><br />So until next time, I hope that whoever is reading this is enjoying my updates and jealous of the life I'm living. I couldn't be happier and more thankful. So mom and dad, I love you more than words can explain, I am forever grateful for this leaning and lifetime experience. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-37939137849557456492013-09-10T02:22:00.000-07:002013-09-10T02:22:02.244-07:00When in Florence<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I've been in Florence since Saturday afternoon and when people told me Florence was beautiful I didn't exactly give them enough credit. The city has an old charm. I'm that girl that's walking around with her head in the air looking up, down and all around. I haven't even had a day yet to go out and venture around with my camera. :(</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Saturday we got to our apartment around 3:45. Polly and I were able to snag what we are calling the "penthouse" it's the top floor in our building and the biggest bedroom in the apartment. We live with 7 other girls, but we lucked out picking each other. My view overlooks all different types of buildings although it's not on the water it still has an amazing view. Our school is legit a 1 minute walk, including all the stairs that we have to climb. Holy shit was bringing my luggage up hard. Later on Saturday the entire program went out for a welcome dinner at another amazing restaurant filled with the typical 20 something courses (okay maybe I'm exaggerating but it's still alot). Later that night we went out bar hopping for Quinlin's 20th birthday. We went to Red Garter for some karaoke and another random bar and ended up at this club called Twice. It was a good time.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv49vnqTQTtczws_pfY56im_y4zTT2g-id4kCb3S2anaaqJa4cq9tux1Xm8RCDfIMvt67pUIbMCt87MU0MLbFkPN0Uy71tllzaefxPWQJyMSJcLrSvPZdfuarxnvCBmg9w2f0KZr3xQmQE/s1600/photo-4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv49vnqTQTtczws_pfY56im_y4zTT2g-id4kCb3S2anaaqJa4cq9tux1Xm8RCDfIMvt67pUIbMCt87MU0MLbFkPN0Uy71tllzaefxPWQJyMSJcLrSvPZdfuarxnvCBmg9w2f0KZr3xQmQE/s640/photo-4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well this is my backyard...jealous? Probably</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLS-sBfmuzJz93UH3N-5q-Eq9T1ZPrMEI1v72oLIVONFZh3GQ1MdgUe9ISm1g6mG-fml-bImj7Fn2SlABsbvEw6JW5m7f2RxBofSqL9tb7ZpMMAQ9QlLaRHYwmJ-lsJSjKVdBiHUo4ro4/s1600/IMG_6721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLS-sBfmuzJz93UH3N-5q-Eq9T1ZPrMEI1v72oLIVONFZh3GQ1MdgUe9ISm1g6mG-fml-bImj7Fn2SlABsbvEw6JW5m7f2RxBofSqL9tb7ZpMMAQ9QlLaRHYwmJ-lsJSjKVdBiHUo4ro4/s400/IMG_6721.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Penthouse livin</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Sunday, we had orientation from 10 to 1 and that was a struggle. It was just so long and all we wanted to do was sleep because of the traveling and night before. I did have an amazing panini which I plan on heading to later today for lunch before my photography class. Yes, I get to take a photography class in one of the art hubs of the world, I can't tell you how excited I am. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnJ3o414pU9UD7kc09ueS-2DiTqsD2Eea3ONRkq1XcNH3OHKyQiFmJo9cRD8UAOzenL-OcC2LbRDbxXKYYJzzl5WKJSm11wytINl0Vmv-ExIaAsrjI45X_e_PjLzMmivxIxEqtUMdCU8s/s1600/IMG_6727.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnJ3o414pU9UD7kc09ueS-2DiTqsD2Eea3ONRkq1XcNH3OHKyQiFmJo9cRD8UAOzenL-OcC2LbRDbxXKYYJzzl5WKJSm11wytINl0Vmv-ExIaAsrjI45X_e_PjLzMmivxIxEqtUMdCU8s/s640/IMG_6727.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part II Sunday Dinner: Roast-beef with herb sauce</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monday was one longgg day, 4 classes with one break. I've never taken 5 classes before so it should be interesting I'm taking Italian Fashion, History of Italian Mafia, Made in Italy, Basic Spoken Italian and Photography. I'm excited for this semester and all my classes. That night we went out for wings at Clubhouse and it wasn't anything like home. I don't think I could get wings again, plus they don't have ranch or blue cheese and that makes the wings. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This morning I woke up at 10 and went for a run along the river and found a little under spot under a bridge to do some squats etc, super nice. I'm stoked to find a place that reminds me of my home tracks in Vermont. I need to do some shopping for food and school supplies. Notebooks are one of the hardest things to find here, no joke. It's kinda ridiculous. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Later on tonight me and Gabby plan on going on a date to some </span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">restaurant</span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> some of the girls in my apartment went to the other night. Apparently it was great, but that seems to be a common theme for Firenze. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zgrwHi2S3ylfYrgAOwy2MFMEqOUDtkHQjhmqU7Vs-4_S9Ga5KHuiSqDS-awoXtTBVYlbabd_ONMB5yChkZCQHjDxC8GyyW-BBXOjT0AOWyFAQRHUfGgFQl50rizswRd8B0LaHts4vn_B/s1600/IMG_6724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zgrwHi2S3ylfYrgAOwy2MFMEqOUDtkHQjhmqU7Vs-4_S9Ga5KHuiSqDS-awoXtTBVYlbabd_ONMB5yChkZCQHjDxC8GyyW-BBXOjT0AOWyFAQRHUfGgFQl50rizswRd8B0LaHts4vn_B/s400/IMG_6724.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ciao for now.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-59861497863652354952013-09-05T03:33:00.001-07:002013-09-05T03:33:40.637-07:00Week One and then some<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Well one week is down. I can't believe I've already spent one week in Italy. It's been a whirlwind week trying to get used to being in another country and speaking Italian, or I should say struggling to speak Italian. 9 to 1 Italian class Monday thru Friday isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Oh and I got a 90 on my first Italian quiz, never thought I would see that day.</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">This past week we went to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa and it was beautiful. We all had a good time posing with the tower doing the typical touristy things. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg63d7jZMkeaeJXt_TdLkEuSoHVTJUWoL0CHguilTt6Q3i64olUb6-slI76joiiIsllA99q1ksjE7OnysyNxSsgUDtw4L9TKY5d8aBbzhtXhJ4W8HxnwewQI6My7FLMLpCnOHHrugM1CaeW/s1600/IMG_6494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg63d7jZMkeaeJXt_TdLkEuSoHVTJUWoL0CHguilTt6Q3i64olUb6-slI76joiiIsllA99q1ksjE7OnysyNxSsgUDtw4L9TKY5d8aBbzhtXhJ4W8HxnwewQI6My7FLMLpCnOHHrugM1CaeW/s400/IMG_6494.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbk8HdZGQ1xuP1xbYCqctXtsu1JOQ2I-_2YtFwpFGGiwHkenuEoR_rrTUwQ0rBCLxLp-4ujExtoGoZ2wOQ5etESNSkCWJvmZivx8aKxY-paAnLFzXd-h9PC_Vwsq2X6GEnJsS_huNDX_Sm/s1600/IMG_5875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbk8HdZGQ1xuP1xbYCqctXtsu1JOQ2I-_2YtFwpFGGiwHkenuEoR_rrTUwQ0rBCLxLp-4ujExtoGoZ2wOQ5etESNSkCWJvmZivx8aKxY-paAnLFzXd-h9PC_Vwsq2X6GEnJsS_huNDX_Sm/s640/IMG_5875.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">On Saturday we went to Cinque Terre and left at 8 am. I know I keep saying everything is breath taking but holy shit, this place was amazing. I've never seen such clear water and amazing landscape. We were suppose to the hour and a half hike to one of the 5 towns but Dan, Tommy, Sports, Brett and I got a little lost and missed a turn and ended up on the street leading up to a town. Somehow we found a trail that lead to the actually trail thank god. We spent the rest of the day at the beach taking in the sun and scenery. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Pg4e7x4NaC5FXND2B4SLh2hoLvfA5z2CYZ4cvCDdqC0kYKxP8oNnc0fx5s56fpc3WFOIl91HOYT3jww6a4gE4fhFyYzJE2Ii9RzeUlAxRs4hsx1N6JNZFSC7V-mCG2miySCEIVa-UYMq/s1600/IMG_6529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Pg4e7x4NaC5FXND2B4SLh2hoLvfA5z2CYZ4cvCDdqC0kYKxP8oNnc0fx5s56fpc3WFOIl91HOYT3jww6a4gE4fhFyYzJE2Ii9RzeUlAxRs4hsx1N6JNZFSC7V-mCG2miySCEIVa-UYMq/s400/IMG_6529.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwhDZWG44k3K4KU9ZN-f0fw0oBn0cupp9UOdbFfU4Rrr4vqEl9o2hfHofHGNgOrORdHf3ak15o20pLOH3t1mC_F_NOgU7EA9dLh0goQM4djlH3Wn16BfFMmI1GoAzLFxE3944AUxTqrwa/s1600/IMG_6528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwhDZWG44k3K4KU9ZN-f0fw0oBn0cupp9UOdbFfU4Rrr4vqEl9o2hfHofHGNgOrORdHf3ak15o20pLOH3t1mC_F_NOgU7EA9dLh0goQM4djlH3Wn16BfFMmI1GoAzLFxE3944AUxTqrwa/s640/IMG_6528.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI71tXsM0BBu9f2F9Xv4lWzq-CNgB5NKAcFK0sYY_F8hM9HHdqoaCCLbb1pWLU9lz3lGWC4kO5IEdNL06qiLMVOOWj4JAIrtmPbtZC6Df3dT8kdfe2z71-vE7B_0E-klk7ut62oj7S7GU/s1600/IMG_6510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI71tXsM0BBu9f2F9Xv4lWzq-CNgB5NKAcFK0sYY_F8hM9HHdqoaCCLbb1pWLU9lz3lGWC4kO5IEdNL06qiLMVOOWj4JAIrtmPbtZC6Df3dT8kdfe2z71-vE7B_0E-klk7ut62oj7S7GU/s640/IMG_6510.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">That night was crazy, we all got ready and hung out on one of our balconies before trying to find a few of the clubs/bars we were told about, but we ended up at one called BamBu bar. It was a great time and I met an Italian named Alessandro, who's a lifeguard at our beach club. We danced the night away.</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Sunday was a great day, Polly and I woke up at 12, grabbed Alyssa and Gabs and headed to the beach to meet up with everyone already there. Later on Gabby and I went on a long walk on the beach, so romantic I know. We headed back semi early to shower and do some work/editing pictures before dinner.</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Today is going to be a laundry and short beach day mixed in with trying to upload more pictures. Along with a long run after dinner. And some studying for my second Italian quiz tomorrow which will be a struggle. </span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Well I never got the chance to blog, and I wrote my last one in class on my phone so I I'll just add on.</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Got an 85 on my second Italian quiz, I'll take it with no complaints. </span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">This past week has been alot of fun and I would totally be content with staying here the rest of my time, but I am excited for Florence. </span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Yesterday I went to the beach alone and it was ideal. Just what I needed, I didn't really wanna go to Lucca so I ended up on the beach taking it in solo. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yesterday we went to the Alpuine Alps, it was sick. It was a bunch of caves and it took us about 2 hours to do the whole thing. I've never seen anything like this before. It was about 30 to 40 degrees in the caves, which was nice considering it's been super hot here. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_kiJ1CLMQFdj5eVngynR8tZ1jGIuc_7blTysTY1pROSr3X_4ufFGoWFkikmcrKCgk-VayLeMUP18ZlsrpzICp22D23EdTVftzPyQlGd6NDc5oJwaNGY2aCA0xfa87RfjQ21oQKIVMU0t/s1600/IMG_6660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_kiJ1CLMQFdj5eVngynR8tZ1jGIuc_7blTysTY1pROSr3X_4ufFGoWFkikmcrKCgk-VayLeMUP18ZlsrpzICp22D23EdTVftzPyQlGd6NDc5oJwaNGY2aCA0xfa87RfjQ21oQKIVMU0t/s400/IMG_6660.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJJoig4fyIAzkJroaTisEMqlJaWpXIH75TyAzAFlAWNAnoRbJJ7ALs50tdhgXPH4fxBpuBIwfMHNidEvRB7cw2iT6vwIO3NJo3CQrFwZnCCItx88qXBulzhJoKXPp4Q1zES6ODUuv4_Dd/s1600/IMG_6663.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJJoig4fyIAzkJroaTisEMqlJaWpXIH75TyAzAFlAWNAnoRbJJ7ALs50tdhgXPH4fxBpuBIwfMHNidEvRB7cw2iT6vwIO3NJo3CQrFwZnCCItx88qXBulzhJoKXPp4Q1zES6ODUuv4_Dd/s640/IMG_6663.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4a_opO-kpvtuD1RNGW_ZF07DXIjwS7ZPFHiwGXyqmz2c4ERVJ_8C2rCixzMmPXa_JyLD2fT-DjyfPfqHWzFBk9DQHWCTk-onfeMHWoKQrdWR-VQIIKJtG7bz_K0ltKPCBNMveuGMRPI2/s1600/IMG_6666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: purple; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX4a_opO-kpvtuD1RNGW_ZF07DXIjwS7ZPFHiwGXyqmz2c4ERVJ_8C2rCixzMmPXa_JyLD2fT-DjyfPfqHWzFBk9DQHWCTk-onfeMHWoKQrdWR-VQIIKJtG7bz_K0ltKPCBNMveuGMRPI2/s400/IMG_6666.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Part One of our goodbye dinner</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Tonight is our last night to go out as we have our final on Saturday and we leave for Florence at 1 on Saturday. Going out with a bangggg..</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-33431625440558896622013-08-25T13:08:00.000-07:002013-08-25T13:08:07.665-07:00Beginning of Marina di Pietrasanta
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well it’s the end
of day two in this beautiful coastal town of </span><span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; line-height: 17px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Marina di Pietrasanta</span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>. </b>It was a long day yesterday with the early flight and
then over a five-hour bus ride, but we made it! And man was it worth it, it’s
beautiful. We’re staying at Hotel Eden Park. There are mountains behind us and
the sea in front of us. Most of us have balconies and that’s probably the best
part of the rooms. They’re small and not too great but the location is totally
worth it, and honestly I don’t think I’ll be spending much time in there
anyways. I’m living with two girls that are going to be in my apartment in
Florence (which has 9 girls…) but one of them I hit it off with and she’s cool.
My other roomier is 29, so there’s quite the age barrier there and not much in
common, but she’s nice.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxuQ0gHLOhZNZ-fMk7_A2qaILoboALi3f9tNlmW2ET9WK8qikA5szjOWnGDrAmdxZcKuzXMktQt0yDVNa7b9Hd2xTAyomqjQ0xrgmSXcyYhrEm1ckjIw3JY2zIApyUX_8niJoGZ0lW5bw/s1600/IMG_6354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxuQ0gHLOhZNZ-fMk7_A2qaILoboALi3f9tNlmW2ET9WK8qikA5szjOWnGDrAmdxZcKuzXMktQt0yDVNa7b9Hd2xTAyomqjQ0xrgmSXcyYhrEm1ckjIw3JY2zIApyUX_8niJoGZ0lW5bw/s400/IMG_6354.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This view and this roomie (excuse the squintyness of the eyes)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday when we
arrived we hung out and walked a little but the only thing I had on my mind was
a nap, I was exhausted. I unpacked a little and then took a nap. Then it was
time for dinner and I was not prepared for it. The woman who cooks is the owner
of the hotel and she personally does all the cooking with a little help. She
wakes up and goes and picks the fruits, veggies and everything else that she
should need. She’s amazing; I’ve never had food like this. Last night we had
bread, pesto pasta, then some type of veggie dish, salad, followed by stuffed
zucchini and pork wrapped in bacon…UNREAL All my friends and family who know me
know I’m a picky eater, but I’m trying everything, and even liking it!! After
we went out for some gelato near the pier as a huge group, we stuck out to say
the least. Walking in such a big group causes so much attention on us. I had
nutella gelato and bochi (not sure how to spell it), which was hazelnut and
little bits. After that we came back to the hotel and got ready to go out. We
had some white wine on the balcony a bunch of us girls. Wine is so cheap here
and it’s not even “cheap wine”, it’s good wine but just cheap. It’s awesome. We
then went out to the bar next to our hotel and it was so much fun. I went on a
walk around the town with a friend in the rain… ;) That night we had a HUGE
storm, I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard thunder as loud last night, it was
CRAZY. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8a940eiWkvzVb_Pg5NupSEvPHm8ciSz-xn7pLKCBAqau3xLU2akp3EadZhLS_wZLfp9Yw1M8fVJ00mpD7wehfck_4Tel-PRCNqvZJfn4ufcJhXF_mVIEi9-Xc0wI1wy7Goj1wjZAOD1iL/s1600/IMG_6378.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8a940eiWkvzVb_Pg5NupSEvPHm8ciSz-xn7pLKCBAqau3xLU2akp3EadZhLS_wZLfp9Yw1M8fVJ00mpD7wehfck_4Tel-PRCNqvZJfn4ufcJhXF_mVIEi9-Xc0wI1wy7Goj1wjZAOD1iL/s640/IMG_6378.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">THIS</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This morning we
woke up and had orientation and for almost two hours, it was miserable and a
lot of info at once. We then had a little time off before we went to the beach
club on the water for lunch, which was soo good, and there were more courses. I
don’t know if I’ll get used to it all, whom am I kidding, I love it! After that
we went to the beach which was nice but it didn’t last too long because we had
to register with the police. After that we had free time to do whatever, Gabby,
Alyssa and me walked down to the pier and went out on it and watched some
people surf. I guess since the sea is a sea and not an ocean there typically
aren’t waves, but they were pretty big today and the red flags were up, meaning
that you can’t swim. Then came dinner! Tonight we had gnocchi, pasta with a
tomato sauce, then a dish I’m not sure what it was, but it was delicious,
spinach, corn, and a salad, ALSO some type of meat, which was very thin, and
the best pizza I’ve ever had. I can’t even begin to tell you all how hard it is
not to stuff my face each course because there’s always more coming. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPob82YO_esGApp6CnqR80K5Ap_vn5njQXqxJyjhDT_Fq4GEBLIywdyTjHCZMW1u3ZifuFMf0IldKqzJteAEtp4U5RuQaPrWgbIFoKwEtLG4C5W5Pv9Ac3C1dara-Z4YAx3_o1C_9oLaxh/s1600/IMG_6380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPob82YO_esGApp6CnqR80K5Ap_vn5njQXqxJyjhDT_Fq4GEBLIywdyTjHCZMW1u3ZifuFMf0IldKqzJteAEtp4U5RuQaPrWgbIFoKwEtLG4C5W5Pv9Ac3C1dara-Z4YAx3_o1C_9oLaxh/s400/IMG_6380.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just a lil taste of my life right now :)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’re just hanging
out for the rest of the night and I’m going to bed super early because we have
our Italian class tomorrow from 9 to 1, I don’t think I can sit that long but I
know we have a break or two. I can’t believe that summer is technically over
because we start classes tomorrow but it’s exciting. I really only know how to
say hello and thank you so it will be nice to finally learn some Italian.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-68039230600413885232013-08-23T07:36:00.000-07:002013-08-23T07:37:37.787-07:00You sound like you're from Londoooonn<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Well here I am in some of my last hours in London, I leave the hotel at 3:30 in the morning on Saturday. It's been a long few days, I can't even really begin to describe how happy I am that I am here and with the people I am with. I've already made some good friends and that will grow with time. The flight over wasn't too bad, and because we flew British Airways I was able to have my first "legal" drink on the way over, white one of course (that shouldn't surprise those who know me). When we arrived at Heathrow we were shuttled to the hotel on a coach bus and lucky us arrived in the morning in the thick of rush hour, YIPPEE, kidding. It took us over an hour to get to our hotel in one of the burbs in London, it was pretty miserable. </span><br />
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> When we got to the hotel we were told check in wasn't till 4 and that we had the afternoon to do whatever. Of course all of us just wanted to shower and nap but we couldn't. We had 6 plus hours till check in so we ventured around the city. And when I mean city I mean massive city, I truly had no idea how big London really was. The girls from SMC hooked up with some from Quinnipac and we had a great time despite the rain. We attempted to go to the history museum but there was a huggggee line so we disregarded that idea and went to some random museum and I soon grew bored so me and another girl just walked up and down a few blocks around the area till the meeting time came. We took the tube back and forth around the city, and lets just say I am not a city girl at all. I'm lucky that some of the girls with me could figure it out, to me it's gibberish. My highlight of the day was seeing "platform 9 and three quarters" from HP. I really wanted to get my picture with it but the line was too long to wait so I had to deal with a random girl instead of me going to Hogwarts. :( </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3askAf2HS7mNSYRE5l5wMN76EjJ5nf59Qn3nnWjfaMZf5VuogzlIgDVvvuj6A0tP8bUnmUPwFX0BvUSnwEhyrMjoEQXwUS3N85WKDeVVXHPW63ZJwKXGl340SdpJw75aYgLwv1F9sO_yO/s1600/IMG_5681.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3askAf2HS7mNSYRE5l5wMN76EjJ5nf59Qn3nnWjfaMZf5VuogzlIgDVvvuj6A0tP8bUnmUPwFX0BvUSnwEhyrMjoEQXwUS3N85WKDeVVXHPW63ZJwKXGl340SdpJw75aYgLwv1F9sO_yO/s400/IMG_5681.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Platform 9 and 3 Quarters !</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Later on in the night I met up with Mike for dinner and we went to a local pub. I was so happy to see my brother and especially in London! It was great to see him and hear about how training over in London is going, despite most of the time I have no idea what he is actually saying but I can catch on a little. That night a huge group of us went out for our first night out of many, we started off at a pub and ended up at a club, but since it was still "early" according to locals and a weeknight we ended up being some of the only people there. It was awesome though, we all had a great time dancing and laughing away. We called it a night around 2 maybe? I'm not sure because I haven't had my phone, not gonna lie. It's nice, I only get wifi when I'm at the hotel and then I use it to contact my parents and best friend and not much more. </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ey_T_jXrSgk2dHKciWrbVaNnei4e0L1pSfRDNuNLbKpawMy0fzyJs5KRvGqZRa-j94teSecTGaXbY2eHATk-h_dBi9LhDa_t4H9eh2lI5_SngZy5rP70ttE0x5JuNVHMt_fPwA-m6VoO/s1600/image-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ey_T_jXrSgk2dHKciWrbVaNnei4e0L1pSfRDNuNLbKpawMy0fzyJs5KRvGqZRa-j94teSecTGaXbY2eHATk-h_dBi9LhDa_t4H9eh2lI5_SngZy5rP70ttE0x5JuNVHMt_fPwA-m6VoO/s640/image-1.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brother and sister in London</span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This morning we woke up early for breakfast which was your typical hotel breakfast, I had a croissant and some bomb jam. Then we went on a bus tour of London seeing all different sights like Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, a bank which was Gringotts in Harry Potter and alot of other sights. I personally loved seeing all the different places where HP was filmed etc. It was a good tour but I wish that our double decker tour bus was an open top. I saw where the royal family has their money, they even have their own ATM in the palace so they don't have to use the one that others use and can access it whenever, casual.... Apparently Coutts is very selective and you need something like 100,000 or 100 millin pounds in cash on top of your savings on hand to open up an account, that's crazy! </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLmWiEEhELzvg6uF7Kvzi8yR4PdCzlEDBqUH0wodrYSjqXssh4u1WswRc-Eqi-iOg5Q3op3Py0eNukgFwR8LemJ2M9JvShRzT-yOQe4kfPNDoU04jYQalxh8Ts1hZBWAWuEh-Mt6Xnr9b/s1600/IMG_5726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYLmWiEEhELzvg6uF7Kvzi8yR4PdCzlEDBqUH0wodrYSjqXssh4u1WswRc-Eqi-iOg5Q3op3Py0eNukgFwR8LemJ2M9JvShRzT-yOQe4kfPNDoU04jYQalxh8Ts1hZBWAWuEh-Mt6Xnr9b/s400/IMG_5726.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coutts; The Royal Families Bank</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbfOKbILDFN9C3Meio4YWerfQo__hj22mJNkuiHrgpH1U2gGlO8xCe2-3DEw3ynKPvp-3T7VWBBqyulKdTVLAx9WKnbrxmhS9FzCmqm4zN8hlI90Dzej3tzwS3eISLSSjxgsiMywvN2jM/s1600/IMG_5757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBbfOKbILDFN9C3Meio4YWerfQo__hj22mJNkuiHrgpH1U2gGlO8xCe2-3DEw3ynKPvp-3T7VWBBqyulKdTVLAx9WKnbrxmhS9FzCmqm4zN8hlI90Dzej3tzwS3eISLSSjxgsiMywvN2jM/s640/IMG_5757.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SMC, QU and HPU do the Buckingham Palace aka my future home </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh679rM9qToOuHNoVGux9Jp9yukQg-kdSZAn1szaAsvEbEFtHe6vgIjPm7CjnJKsaDtlUFSlqO_ArALBOm7bFAoIk0UxB1sQfKtFdoIOHlHCZeSkjxkutbg_6zMIhMtpbv5t65rkmW_0Qzq/s1600/IMG_5769.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh679rM9qToOuHNoVGux9Jp9yukQg-kdSZAn1szaAsvEbEFtHe6vgIjPm7CjnJKsaDtlUFSlqO_ArALBOm7bFAoIk0UxB1sQfKtFdoIOHlHCZeSkjxkutbg_6zMIhMtpbv5t65rkmW_0Qzq/s640/IMG_5769.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SMC and the Buckingham Palace</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I'm back at the hotel just hanging out going to take a nap soon and then meet up with a few girls later on to hang out and go out to dinner. I'm passing on going out tonight due to my recent lack of sleep. I think I went something like sleeping 9 hours if that in over 3 days due to time change and then just trying to get in alot in the little time I am here. I can't believe this time tomorrow I will be on the coast of Italy legit living the dream for two weeks!!! </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div>
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0London, UK51.511213899999987 -0.1198243999999704151.195100899999986 -0.7652713999999704 51.827326899999989 0.52562260000002958tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133117490055025293.post-75610853450452359452013-08-16T11:56:00.000-07:002013-08-16T11:56:49.225-07:00Take One
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>
<w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>
<w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/>
<w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/>
</w:Compatibility>
</w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276">
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--StartFragment-->
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I sit here
writing my first blog post ever, I’m at work taking the scenery and people in
on my second to last day of work up here in Maine. It’s crazy to think that 3
months ago I was wishing away summer because I was so excited to “hop across
the pond” to Italy. I thought that the three months I spend in Maine would never
end, I was wrong, I don’t want my summer to end but I could not be more
thrilled to start my adventure. Once school ended, I went home to Massachusetts
for a month and I could not get out of there fast enough to come to Maine for
my 20<sup>th</sup> summer here. Fun fact about myself, I’m 20 years old, and
have never spent a summer in my hometown. Instead, I go to Maine on Long Lake
and work at the causeway that is at the head of the lake, right in the heart of
where most of the action takes place.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> It
is strange to think that I would be heading back to Vermont in a couple of
weeks and exploring the tracks, mountains and all of the other naturey places I
spend my time at. This fall I’ll be venturing to the vineyards of Italy,
mountains of Switzerland and other places far and between. I never thought that
my study abroad would take me to Europe, but little did I know I would be
spending almost 3 and half months in Florence, Italy. I wanted some place in Africa to go along with my anthropology/sociology course that I'm going down but instead I chose Italy. I’m excited, but of
course I’m nervous. I’ve never been to Italy before, let alone Europe and I
don’t speak any Italian. That however, will soon change when I head to the
coast of Italy for my two-week orientation, which there I’ll take Italian, and
a cultural course. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> One
of the most exciting parts about studying abroad for me is the photography
class I will be taking. I have just started trying to get into photography but
I don’t know much and truly there is probably no better place to learn than
Italy, one of the most art influential places I can think of. I can’t even
being to imagine the things and places I’m going to be seeing and
photographing. I don’t want to be just some girl with an expensive camera, I
truly want to learn and live it.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> As I sign off, I'm five days closer to being girl on a never ending and NEW adventure....</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAvMl71wdLgCnmQ5yoDovZjbFJJtKBdj1DDywoX-UoBrveqwfETLqyPdv9_M6NoxpR3jz7ihMWfFp8T7VvfxM4RKVRwDDujTC3Un-0Oi-PjoUeyp7QFi9U-gk8bMxin0zJPQNyQxJniEj/s1600/mail.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAvMl71wdLgCnmQ5yoDovZjbFJJtKBdj1DDywoX-UoBrveqwfETLqyPdv9_M6NoxpR3jz7ihMWfFp8T7VvfxM4RKVRwDDujTC3Un-0Oi-PjoUeyp7QFi9U-gk8bMxin0zJPQNyQxJniEj/s1600/mail.jpeg" /></span></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You really can't beat a job where you can sit in the window, take in your surroundings and work on your tan....</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Willo Life"</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Naples, Maine on the causeway</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Photo credit: Laura Jordan </span></div>
<br />
<!--EndFragment-->Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647378346777264777noreply@blogger.com0