Youth Hostel Villa Camerata Florence

... loved. The price was a little high, so I left and looked around a little more, then decided on the highest price I would pay for the purse that I had wanted. I went back and offered, but they said they couldn’t go that low, but countered with a price only 5 euros more than I had wanted to spend- SOLD. Ok I know I said that’s as high as I wanted to go, but 5 euros more isn’t much, and it was Italian leather, made in Florence, and a ...

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 ...

... dans les jardins!

ensuite on est aller voir le vrai "David" de michealange. installer au bout d,un aller d'un petit muse au gros prix! c'est impressionant de voir sa grandeur et surtout de penser qu'il a ete realise dans un seul bloc de marbre, sculte a la main avec les outils de l'epoque. Comme dans tout bon muse, il est impossible prendre des photos!

... was really good and the honey ale and double blonde were good too and certainly better than anything other Italian beer to date.


Tuesday checked out the Uffize Gallery which was excellent. All the "Grotesque" style paintings on the ceilings were really cool.

Had the Florentine specialty - Bistecca Florentina at Osteria de Benci. A T-Bone steak from a particular breed of Florentine cow which is fed and bled a certain way ...

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

... much improved over the last hotel. Everything about this room is better.

Stopping at the hotel desk we get our trusty map of the area and head out to find the Bardini Gardens. We find it alright at the top of a hill that takes us ten minutes to climb only to find out it isn't free and about to close. So we go back down the hill and over the Ponte Vecchio. It was packed with tourist and lined gold jewelry shops. It was ...

Today was a great day.The test was kinda tricky at parts but i got through it and that was a relief. after class i needed to go to home and get some lunch before my next class. i left early from home to go pick up a package. it was the hardest place to find and i was almost late to my Italian class but i made sure i had enough time to get lost so that was good. I feel that in florence it is easy to get lost but easy to find your way home as well.

after Italian class i went ...

... It was done in renaissance style versus Milan's Gothic cathedral. We walked to Arno river that flows through Florence. Even with February weather it was just as beautiful as I had heard about. The Tuscany region has the most beautiful country side in the world. Along the river there were several bridges including Ponte Vecchio, which is quite famous. That night, we discovered the joy of a fixed ...