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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Part 1: Rome | Part 2: Positano | Part 3: Venice | Part 4: Tuscany The basics of our time in Positano: Day 1: Travel from Rome to Positano, check in 3pm Day 2 rest, beach day Day 3 – path of the Gods Day 4, rest, pack Day 5, travel – positano to venice, …
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So many people have asked about our Italy 2023 (Sep 18 – Oct 13) Itinerary! When we found out I was pregnant, we started joking about how that is the most leave I’d get to be able to go back to my favorite place, Italy, and show Blake around. Then the joking turned into looking …
Teary-eyed Goodbyes/ Addii con le lacrime agli occhi (italiano sotto) Although I will always want to be back in Bologna, where time moves as slow as your pace of step during a passeggiata, but also so quickly that 5.5 months came and went with a blink of an eye- it was time for me to …
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 …
Living as Light I just wanted to update y’all with how I’m doing and share one thing I’m learning. Since the University of Bologna has 100,000 students, I’m absolutely burdened when I go to class and know that because <1% of Bologna is evangelical Christian, the chance that any of my peers here have heard …
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 …
