Hotel Concorde Florence

... Anyway after much driving we met a local who understood English… unfortunately he seemed only able to say he understood English .. And with us asking for the sea and him agreeing with everything.. It was more sea..si sea.. Si….very confusing…anyway put feet in a creek which seemed to be heading for the sea… and called it quits…..

The rain picked up again and it was a bit of a difficult drive for Geoff to make it to a town ...

... it could jump off my plate at any moment… I had a bit of trouble de-boning the thing, but an Australian girl with much more fish eating experience helped me out.

On my only full day, I did the five town hike with two people from my hostel. The weather was not entirely cooperative, cloudy with a bit of rain. But the scenery was still amazing, colourful towns built into the cliffside, separated by ...

... was incredible, and the people I met there were some of the best I’ve met on my trip so far. I can guarantee that I wouldn’t have enjoyed Florence as much if I hadn’t got with this group. Italy is off to a good start.

Still no Australians though. Its like when all the birds fly away before an earthquake or something… kind of eerie.

California is the new Australia.

Okay, so its now the middle of October and we aren't even in Italy anymore, but being behind on the updates is enough of a sign of good times.

I'll do my best to catch you all up in a few short blurbs, but just rest assured that Italy was an adventure we are still trying to live out...

Florence was amazing. Full of tourists however and very very crowded, especially in the mornings as everyone embarked on their daily tours.

Our hostel was incredible. A big ...

... do it for us, even in the best of times and we think it is pretty easy to say that this is definitely the best of times.

Our BREAKING NEWS! As we may or may not have told you we have decided to stay in Italy with Dino's family until at least January (Yeap you heard us right). We had planned on travelling through only summers (we didn't plan very well), so we have minimal winter clothes and with us ...

Oh how true that title is! I am so happy right now I could just cry. I am sitting in my favorite bar, Bar Amadeus, eating my favorite dinner (pasta with pesto, beans and potatoes), with half a bottle of wine in me, and the drowsy excitedness of knowing I have a job, and it is awesome. Let me back up to this exact point in time...

The last week went by so fast, with not many classes and lots of free time. I had the last lesson on Thursday ...

... down *nd c*ged. ugh. i w*s re*lly looking forw*rd to sculpting *nd listening to my ipod...we're not *llowed to listen to ipods in cl*ss :( i pretty much never get to listen to my ipod *nymore. lifestyle ch*nge.
so *fter th*t i did some homework-ish stuff, fiddled with my pics, journ*led, slept, s*r* g*ve me * wicked rom*n helmet *nd then we went to dinner *t *m*nd*'s *p*rtment. sometimes i put my h*ir in 2 little pony t*ils ...