Did you miss the other Parts? Part 1: Rome | Part II: Positano | Part III: Venice The basics of our time in Tuscany: Day 1: Drive from Venice Airport, get Car at DrivItalia, to Panierracci Day 2 rest, wine tour / pasta night Day 3 – San Gimignano day! Day 4, Saturday Oct 7 …
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Proprio Italia After journeying for 10 days through southern Italy, I have officially traveled to all of the cities in Italy that I wanted to see! While I was traveling, I started thinking about the purpose of why I travel. After living in Bologna for 5 months, I know that seeing a city for 1-5 days is not enough …
Andiamo a Parigi! Paris had such a unique ambiance: it is laced with elegant architecture, and full of polished people. Everything is romantic, and inevitably I fell in love with the city. I have to preface this post by saying that my amazing company made it easy for me to love Paris: Adriana and Kyra …
Ibiza Perfect, Ibiza Pretty My first trip out of the country was during Easter break to Spain. It was well needed after I studied so hard for the Art exam… It all started when Christine and I flew to Barcelona. We still think back to Barcelona and laugh, because we don’t believe that the whole …
In Italy to…Study? Right before leaving for my Easter break, I had to take a final for my “Arte e Società tra Medioevo a Rinascimento” class. In an intense 3 months of lessons with our strangely art-passionate professor, we covered every page and every picture in our textbook of the art and architecture in Italy …
Lit up like a Street Lamp at Midnight Contrary to my expectations of mid-march, every day in Bologna, I’m still amazed. By what? Here are some minor details of the city that I love: The crooked, open, wood window shutters that line the alleys of Bologna in between baskets of flowers outside the window. Everyday …
Venezia – La Serenissima, The Most Serene It’s been 3 days since I saw Venice. Oh, it was magical. This excerpt describes it, and refuses to describe it, better than I ever will: “By day it is filled with boat traffic – waterbuses, delivery boats, gondolas – if something floatsand it’s in Venice, it moves …
The Rainbow Trail in Florence This past weekend I had the most fantastic day and Firenze is now my favorite city in the world! Some American friends and I originally wanted to go because the annual Chocolate Festival is happening throughout February. So, Friday we made the decision to go and on Saturday morning I …
Tranquilo I’m here- in Bologna, Italy- and everything is beautiful. The city, built by the pope in the 1000’s (yes, the 11th century), is nicknamed La Rossa- because everything is red from the bricks to the roofs (photo below). I’ve looked pretty idiotic so far- mostly because as far as the natives can tell, my Italian …
