Poggio Al Sole Fiesole

... 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 ...

nous sommes rester a florence pour terminer notre visite la ville en allant aux jardins boboli et bardini, situe dans la cours du palais pitti. Deux grand jardins qui a cette date n'ont plus autant a offrir qu'en ete. il n'y a plus de fleur, et la moitie des arbres n;ont plus de feuille, mais on a pu constater l'ampleur de la propriete en passant tout l'apres midi a ...

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

Today is the beginning of the end, sort of speak. I only have four more days of classes and a week of finals and then that's it. It's weird to think that my time in Italy is basically done. I feel like I haven't been here that long and that I haven't seen that much. But I obviously have considering how many blog posts there are on this blog. This past week was a little rough because I had two presentations and a paper all ...

... m going to stop for a second every time we pass that way, though. I just love taking it in - even if the camera can't. The past few days we've been getting our bearings, taking some walks around the area, and heading into Fiesole to buy some groceries. We even ventured down to Florence once on the bus to pick up a few things that the three aisle not-so ...

... tubes. The booked me on an Air France flight to Paris and the another flight to Venice. I was leaving 3 hours later but was arriving only 20 minutes later. I talked with a guy from Turkey and a couple from Houston who were transferring to Scotland. The Air France lounge has everything-booze, wine, champagne, crackers & cheeses, lite sandwiches, juices and on and on. The business class seats on AF are great. They started the ...

... to the reactions of the couple. It was fun until the couple finally noticed a bus full of people staring at them, then they stopped except for the occasional evil glare. We left Dr. Willis and an RA in Fiesole to find Anna, and headed back to the villa. After dinner and a walk to find the Italian "Target" Upim, a group of us returned to the villa to find Anna. She had misunderstood the time and was left at Pizzale Michelangelo. Luckily, she found a ...

... there's not a whole lot to do there, I loved it, cool little town, nice sandy beaches, very hollywood...saw a lot of people that looked like celebrities, and lots of places celebrities should have been, but alas, no luck. That evening we again hit up Wayne's, but the place was like an inferno, so we didnt stay too long, instead spent our evening on the beach with the rest of Nice! We rolled ourselves out of bed the next day and with a personal tour guide from our hostel, a few ...