Camping Village Il Poggetto Florence

... then went out to eat for Katy’s last night. We found this really good little restaurant hidden behind one of the vendor booths in the leather market and had a great time sharing memories.

The next morning, Steve and I took Katy to the train station and wished her good travels (only a few tears were shed). It was raining quite a bit, so we were all kind of gloomy. We headed over to the Uffizi Museum, but only Steve went in (I’ve seen so ...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I spent the morning taking an Italian exam!!! The afternoon was a little more fun, touring Palazzo Pitti with my Art History class.

It was a little strange spending it without everyone but my school put together a little gathering for us. A group of us dined on a typical American Thanksgiving at a local restaurant. We were served Butternut Squash soup with bread, Turkey ...

Hi Everyone!

After an exhausting weekend in Brussels, I was in for yet another treat with cooking classes in Florence. Organized by my school, a group of us met with a chef for some lessons.

We were taught how to prepare typical Tuscan cuisine including Ribollita and Stuffed zucchini-flowers.

Everything was delicious & I look forward to trying these recipes at home!

I'll update you soon,

Siara

... of wine we all piled back into the bus and headed out to a karaoke bar in town. The bus journey was hilarious as all the "young ones" were smashed and dancing in the isles to blaring music out of the speakers. It is hard to not be a safety nazi!

We then got our groove on at Florence's biggest club, Space Electronic Discotecque! Was pretty good fun, but LOTS of sleazy men were there. EWW!

... had one of two things in their hand, either a gelato or a cigarette. Seriously, I kid you not!

By the time we made it to the Uffizi Museum my feet I’ll admit were a little bit tired. But we decided to see if we could get in a bit early and we were successful, so soon I found myself gazing around at 14th century art, sculptures, paintings, and short descriptions of how ...

... so it has been great. The Pisa tower was actually a great deal smaller than I expected it to be. We then arrived in Florence, had dinner and headed out to a pub called Red Garter, which was a lot of fun. Pitchers(2 litres) of cocktails, karaoke and lots of dancing. On the way home I got on the microphone and got everyone up dancing on the bus:) When we got back, we headed to the bar where we joined some other groups and partied on. Will was on the guitar and we were ...

... really know how to get the most of out life over there. It makes me want to slow life down a little bit... stop stressing out, take a few hours out of every day and just do whatever makes me happy. "Va bene." -I will miss the walk from my apartment to school. I took it for granted after a while because I did it about 5 times a day... but I loved walking through the heart of Florence, dodging vespas at the cross-walk, ignoring creepy stand owners at the market (okay, I might not miss ...

... store.

We found a water bottle for Kathie and a Bianchi bottle for Mike. We also found some jerseys for the two of us that were Siena specific. While trying on the jerseys some Americans came into the store and we had some conversations with them. They were on a Vermont Bicycle Tour and the couple in the trio was from Alexandria.

Soon we went to catch the bus and were on our way back to Arbia. On the bus we caught the ear of a woman sitting next to us. She started ...

Y ya llegamos a nuestra penúltima parada del tour... Los dias "en ruta" se nos pasaron volando, ya no podiamos creer que nos quedaba menos de una semana para terminar el viaje y volver a Inglaterra... A ver... Florencia resulto ser una ciudad bonita, con varias cosas interesantes, pero un poco fome para lo que nosotros queríamos. O ...

... written in Italian. Suddenly she pulled out a rubber stamp and started marking each paper stamp. Thump, thump, thump. It was loud and fast and we watched with eyes wide. Ben explained that she was the notary and that this was authorizing our wedding paperwork. We left the notary and entered the hallway maze like rats in a lab. We ended up in another office where Cory was instructed to sign the paperwork. It ...