Bhr Joli Hotel Florence

... But Florence isn’t hard to navigate either. If you know the few big roads and the general direction of places, you can’t really get lost. I found a food market (since I love markets) and wandered around a while, and bought the beans that my mom had specifically requested, then went to meet Katy and Steve. We then went to the Duomo, where we took pictures and I lit candles for Granddaddy and my boss’s sister, then hung out and took in ...

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!

Florence photos here:
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On the train from Riomaggiore to Florence saw some large marble processing plants on the stretch from Riomaggiore to Pisa which was really cool as we had just seen a doco on TV about marble mining in Italy a few weeks ago in Split.
Checked into Academy Hostel which is actually the first proper hostel I've seen in Italy, rather ...

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

... a little like porters it was a rock bar and lots of crazy people went in there like artists and goths felt right at home and met 2 canadian guys and preceeded to get drunk with them, they where dead funny and had a really good laugh. Pushed my luck though and had a mojito which them made me really drunk and hungry so we got another take away pizza for bed and I was that drunk got it all over my pygamas classy bird that I am.

... i have an italian final tomorrow that i am scared for but i figure i can probably try my best and pull off a B. i have done well so far but there is a lot to know so im scared. anyways since that fell through i went to lunch with lauren and the girls. we tried this place called the oil shoppe and it was delicious. i got a veggie sandwich with added chicken. it was so great and it kept me full all day long until my 3 euro gelato that we all splurged ...

... lbs.! Dinner was a great experience thanks to Terrell & Amy... John ran this morning along the river and we then grabbed breakfast at our hotel and drove towards Sienna. Stopping in a little town called San Gimignano (think Filet Migon). It is one of the Italian hilltop Feudal towns that is surrounded by a wall and has remained much as it was during the 1300's. It is surrounded by grape & olive vineyards and you have to park outside of town and walk in thru the gates. John ...

... to take some change out of my pocket but they still thought I had a knife on me or something. Then a guy asks me to open my bag and I knew what he wanted. I had a corkscrew in there and I totally had forgotten about it. He takes it, holds it up, and says to me "This if for beating." Haha If it wasn't so funny I would've been a little upset about losing the corkscrew. We get on the plane and I dive into the first three seats I see together. I slide into the window ...