Hotel Raffaello Florence

... Pistoria.. Tried to find a shop open to buy beer (not stubbies) as cans are huge…and tissues for runny nose etc… seemed like an easy task but it is a very old town.. Very narrow streets.. A Sunday and nothing open… but we did see a bit of the town… some bits more than once as we went round and round and round… anyway found that there was a shop open in next town Monsummano… got supplies and then tried to find the B& ...

... 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.

... too, and it really contributed to the experience. We also toured the Pitti Palace and stumbled upon some famous art we didn't even know was there. Among the cheap wine and free food, we learnt cool facts about this medieval place and the ruling of the Medici family. Also, (we didn't go into any) but Florence most likey has the best shoe shopping in the world. And a shoe museum. Just saying......Italy was off to a sweet start.

Now.. your Rome update!

Jus and Mur

... 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 ...

... view of the duomo, the palazzo vecchio, and the surrounding city. I bought a cheap classical guitar in the centro which I take up there in the evenings to play. We hang our laundry on clotheslines suspended between our windows just like the Italians. Kailie is a little scared of dropping stuff down into the alley below, but that's a risk you have to take for freshly dried clothes, I s'pose. Every meal we have is scrumptious, whether it's in a ...

... last entrance 7.30 PM)

- Sunday: 10.30 AM – 8 PM (last entrance 7.30 PM)

- Closed on January 1st, Easter, August 15th and December 25th-26th.

- On December 24th and 31st there could be reduced opening hours.



Dolce & Gabbana Outlet tel. +39 055 8331300 fax. +39 055 8331301

Località S. Maria Maddalena, 49, Pian dell’Isola Rignano Sull’Arno

From Florence by train From the Florence Santa Maria ...

... on the Renaissance, though I did learn about the Renaissance in Florence in another class at BU. The professor is good and we were using slides for the past two classes (gasp!). It was funny because he was also frustrated with them. Hopefully he'll get to use his PowerPoints soon. The art history class is also very interesting because I've never taken an art history class. For anyone who knows my family, we are not art ...

... ceiling in the common room, frescos on the ceilings, 2 balconies, fully renovated kitchen, free laundry room (kind of a big deal since one load costs 6 EUR and we're the only NYU building that doesn't have to pay), 3 bathrooms, and 5 huge bedrooms between 14 girls. We live up one flight of stairs (considered the 1st floor) and my single is sort of on the second floor of the duplex with a bathroom and the laundry room. Campus and Florence pictures to come...

... local railways connect Firenze with Borgo San Lorenzo and Siena. They have an efficient web site; there you can see the time schedule, stops and tariff. You can also buy the tickets in advance throw the web, train station or tobacco store. Web: http://www.trenitalia.it/en/index.html After 1.5 hours I got to Firenze and it was already late morning. I had only 3 hours to see the city so I bought a map trying to understand where the hell I am. On ...