Villa Ducci San Gimignano

... of a day it was outside).

After spending a good amount of time enjoying the view, we headed back down toward the river, winding our way down little stairs and hills, until we were next to the Ponte Vecchio. At this point, Steve broke off again to find a place to eat, while the girls strolled in and out of shops just taking in the scenery. Later, we met up with Steve and headed back to the hostel for the night in preparation of the big day ahead.

... Cranberry Sauce, Stuffing, Potatoes, and Mixed Vegetables. For dessert pumpkin pie, ice cream, and apple cider! It was nice to spend the night with classmates and a few professors.

Friday night, we had yet another Thanksgiving with all of my friends. Everyone prepared their favorite dish and we spent the night telling stories of our families Thanksgivings.

I'll update you soon,

Siara

... life time on this trip already!
Climbed the tower in the main piazza, saw an enormously large pizza and had wild boar sausages for lunch which were a bit gamey but nice.
Went for drinks at Lochness bar and ended up drinking long islands as there wasn't much in the way of wine or beer there.

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

... Rossi was her husband. Then I realized that this old lady was the wife of a bicycling legend and the frame on the wall was one of the frames from his hay-day.

We moved onto shopping and grabbing pizza for lunch then on to the piazza Campos. Here we looked around until it was time to go to St. Dominics Church for the start of a walking tour. The tour guide gave us interesting history about Siena, its churches, and its customs. We ended up at the Duomo which was incredible ...

... Afterwards we went back to this square that we had seen an orchestra setting up in and when we got there they were playing. They had an orchestra and some brass instruments as well and they performed a nice little concert. They were a group from Germany that must have just been traveling from town to town. We really enjoyed the music and my mom got a nice little nap. We felt really lucky ...

... are some of the immigrants from Northern Africa. The Italian shop owners might try to get you to come inside and buy something but if they didn't how would they make any money? Anyways, I walked past San Lorenzo and the Mercato Centrale to attempt to find Oviesse, in the Coin family but a little cheaper. I finally found it on Via Nazionale, not what I was expecting; first I couldn't see any sales people and it seemed like I was the only female on this/that floor ...

... then ran into this comedian like charlie chaplin and we watched him...HILARIOUS!!! We went to bed and the next morning woke up to a cleaning lady in the room making beds.... i ahve never gotten dressed and pretty so fast. Time to choose what to see. Okay Duomo... meh...the outside is worth a few pictures the inside...blah. Okay do we see david of uffizi gallery with Paintings like ...

... works that you just can't take your eyes off, they're that beautiful or fascinating. Having spent the better part of the afternoon at the Uffizi, I headed back towards the train station. On the way, I passed by the Duomo. As usual, it's very large and very ornate on the outside. I didn't go in this one because it's not supposed to be so impressive inside, and after Siena's it would probably be a let down. I wandered up past the Medici Chapels and back through the ...

... World Cup starts in 4 days and Im pumped! Its gonna be great to be over here with all that going on. The only down side is that ANY hope of me catching a mavs finals game at an american bar is completely shot because there is no chacne they will be showing anything but World Cup games. Why do the Mavs have to go the NBA finals when Im over here in Europe? Damn them. GO MAVS!!! I hope you enjoy the photos! Ill check back as soon as I can get to it, hopefully sooner than later.