Casa Guidi Florence

... ambiance. The Duomo wasn’t actually as great as I remembered, but it was one of the first churches I went to and, since I’ve seen so many other, I’ve realized that it isn’t as cool as I thought back then. But I still enjoyed it.

After walking around and doing as much as we could (it was Katy’s last day in Florence, well, traveling in general really), we went to pick up Ali and Kelsa, got refreshed back at the hostel ...

... 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

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

... statue of David was, at 17 feet tall, standing there in the middle of the hallway, in all his nakedness, being admired by men and women, old and young alike. I was in awe.

I then went to visit the Cathedral (Duomo). I was surprised, there were no pews inside. The paintings at the dome is spectacular.

Heading south of the Cathedral, I met the replicas of David and the Rape of the Sabine Women, there ...

... building that had a massive dome at the top entirely painted in romantic style paintings. This also gave a nice view of the city. The crazy part of this was the passage way that you had to go through to walk up the walls of the building and the dome to get to the top. There wasnt very much room and there were tons of people in there.
Then we walked the city to see some of the architecture and started to fill up on Gelato (Italian ice cream). I ...

... could have climbed up the tower, but at 15 Euro it was a ripoff. Florence - Michelangelo's David Florence is museum central, even though it's not such a populous city. The city thrives with Renaissance art, and I started my visit with the most famous of all, the statue of David by Michelangelo. Mich, myself and two Brazilians Marina and Martina (I was confused) went to the Academie Gallery which holds David and not much else of interest. The ...

... conversation with us and found that she was an American who had been living in Siena for 10 years. We asked her what made her stay and she said that she had fallen in love with an Italian. She added that she had a circle of American girlfriends all of whom had married Italians. This gave Kathie more fuel to her worries about Rachel doing the same thing if she took a trip to Italy.

Once back in Arbia, we rested, went to the wine party near the pool then onto dinner. We had ...

For a more readable version of this BLOG, click this Link: The Duomo in Florence As we were traveling from Venice to Florence via the train, we were just waiting for time, and ...

... the bakers here like to use salt. I haven't found Florence to be as beautiful as people say it is. I have met quite a few people that say Florence is their favourite Italian city. Perhaps I will think differently after I watch a sunset from the top of Piazza Michelangelo. There are things that I like so far, but I can't say that it would be my favourite city in Italy. I do find that Florence is nicer at night than during the day. Went to "Vivoli" for gelato - supposedly the best in ...

... and t*ld us t* get *ff at a c**tain p*int in the drive. ************ let us *ff at the wr*ng st*p. S* we walked and walked and asked pe*ple h*w t* get th**e. Until we actually saw the structure in distance. I said "it's n*t that far" i think we can walk it. s* we are in farmt*wn Italia, with n* idea wh**e we are g*ing. We decided t* walk thr*ugh this farm which said n* trespassing in italian. Like ...