Villa David

Just quickly to all who may venture this far into reading random jabber posted by yours truely! I graduated, ive worked, ive got bored,ive been paid, ive quit, now im riding a 1991 Suzuki from Argentina to New York! If your around let me know! Josh ...

... got in to Villa De Leyva after dark. The following morning I got up early and wandered around the beautiful colonial village of Villa De Leyva. The town is so striking that the whole town was declared a heritage site as early as 1953. I checked out ...

... radio station in the background. These are things I know Josh would have loved. I was very sad. We arrived in Villa de Leyva, a beautiful little town about 4 hours north of Bogota in the mountains. The cobblestone streets lined with whitewashed ...

... of it, but Deanne´s family used to have it at Christmas. It´s not really known as a quality wine.  Move over Mogen David! The label shows a stately manor house and that house is located just outside of V. Real.  We grabbed a cab and ...

... you have). These people love football.  The clap every good play, they scream a lot, it is very intense.  When David Villa scored the goal for Spain the place erupted!  It was absolutely mayhem, people jumping, hugging each other.  We ...

This chill spot is actually not in David as the map indicates but is on the Island of Boca Brava across the bay from the town of Boca Chica.  You have to either swim or take a water taxi ($3) from the town dock to the hotel dock.  From $7 with ...

... the Malleo River and the spectacular and rugged scenery reminded us of old 'cowboy' films. As usual, while David was fishing, I walked and saw some beautiful flora and fauna. The driving experience was interesting as the Argentines ...

... so friendly and some of them had little babies that they carried around on their backs.  It was totally like something off a David Attenborough documentary.  There were 4 alpha males in the group (3 of which were pretty damn scary) and lots of ...

... of keys and all the ingredients i needed to make a breakfast suited for landed gentry. keys posted thankyou note left i was underway towards villa de leyva, the town that time happened to forget. Arriving it was live a scence from a dusty old film, sleepy ...

... the next bus... and that would would have to pay a 200 peso fine in San Juan... We also talked about football, how rubbish David Beckham is and whether Boca Juniors or River Plate is the best Argentine team. After an hour or so of very civil chat, ...

... to continue travelling through next year. They definitely had some good travel stories to share. Later on we were joined by David who was from the D.C. area. Pretty much throughout the day we just drank tea, played backgammon and talked. Later on that ...

... saw Amor sacro e Amor Profano by Tiziano, la Pietà by Rubens, Davide con la testa di Golia by Caravaggio, Apollo e Dafne, David and Pluto e Prosperina by Bernini. When the tour was done it was still raining so I went to my hotel room and ordered ...

I got up early on day 2 because I didn’t have reservations for the Accademia to see David. It was another rainy day – bummer. I got to the museum 15 minutes before opening and got in line about 30 people back, and waited with 3 nice ...

... took a walk and explored the grounds before heading to bed. The next day was really great, most things were closed (like Michaelangelo's David) because it was Monday, so we had the entire day to wander.  We went to the famous Il Duomo (Church) of ...

... getting too close to the exit door.  Sure enough, in the room behind the doors with the crack, I saw the David.  Richie: 1.  Expensive Italian Museums With No Student Discounts: 0. I continued walking around the town and ran into some more ...

... and watch the sunset over the hills. I'm beginning to wonder if I can work remotely from this pool at this fantastic Tuscan villa! Then again...I'm tired of shopping (did I just say that?!?!) and beginning to get tired of planning each meal and each ...

TUESDAY 31-5-11 FIENZE - WHERE'S DAVID? The villa, Tana d Lapri is renovated in a self contained, tastefully authentic Italian way, complete with espresso cups, and tea/coffee cups about the size of two espresso cups put together. HOWEVER being tea ...

... most scenic places on the planet, particularly the rural areas.  The patchwork landscape, undulating hills and occasional Tuscan villa perched on a hilltop make for more OMG conversations. ·         Florence ...

... bus into the centre of Florence to the Accamdemia which is an art school that houses some of Michelangelo's sculptures, including David.  The guide, Madeleine, was wonderful.  She was very knowledgeable and made it a very personal tour.  ...

... to me. I just let Julia do the talking. Our Bed & Breakfast is adorable and very nice. It used to be someone's villa. We will do a little exploring tomorrow before our train back to Firenze and then finals start. Yay.  You will be rewarded for ...