It's been quite a while since I've blogged on here and for that I apologize lol. I've had plenty of group projects, and I also spent the weekend in Florence! What an great city =]. It was so spread out and at the same time it wasn't hard to get places fast. Plus you could always figure out where you were by looking up. "Oh look! There's the Duomo! That way Batman!!" Lol.
There were plenty of things to see may it be shopping...
The street painting...
The mime... (the first that I've ever seen!)...
The people and the way they act.. I love this guy haha he looks so excited!...
The architecture so big that you totally can't fit in a little viewfinder.. or a in a pair of glasses...
AND of course.. the view from the top of the Duomo... Thanks Brunelleschi for the great view!
over 500 steps to the top and I find this.. it's like I was meant to be there =]
Thanks to a friend named Elio, I was able experience amazing gelato and a few great discotecas!! The gelato at Vivolis was delicious.. I wish they didn't even off the top of the gelato though. Load it up!!! haha . Unfortunately I don't have pictures from those discoteca nights lol. I think it'd be a bit dangerous for my camera in a club, but if you ever go.. club Space Electronica was awesome!! =D My buds and I were also able to experience a great meal at a restaurant that I think was called, "Al luppa e il gatto", which means the wolf and the cat. OoOh and if you go, check out the central market! It's pretty huge and has great places to eat by it as well. There was so much good stuff everywhere and if you ever get lost. Just ask for directions. Many people speak english there too if you're curious. Even if I spoke Italian.. they spoke to me in English haha.
Something else you have to go check out is the "David" in the Academia. There isn't much there but he's a must see. =] The other museums like the Ufizi houses so many works of art to see, but if you just walk around, you'll see so many other great pieces of artwork on church doors or facades. It's pretty awesome. No wonder artists and intellectuals used to come to Florence to learn during the Renaissance.
There definitely are a list of things that I'll still want to do when I go back in June but I still feel like the weekend was such a big success. Plus we met so many nice people. Our waiter at another restaurant was such a nice guy, and he recommended so many places for us to see. The biggest triumph for us was basically being able to experience the city in great weather. Sunny and no rain at all. I loved it!
Random note but... Even though I've been going to so many different places, I've been looking up for these "PACE" flags in each city..
It makes me happy to know people all over the world want the same thing.. peace. <3
The train rides we took back home was pleasant. We made conversation with an italian guy that was heading back to Rome for school. I had a bit of trouble speaking for 3 hours, but thankfully my friend Kat was with me with her 2 years experience in Italian. =]
That's basically the weekend in a nutshell! On facebook I posted up pictures from Firenze. I also posted up some pictures from the Capitoline Museum I went to in Rome that was saweeet! In addition to that... for a bonus, I just added some pictures I took during a walk to school just for kicks. =D There are two that aren't from my walk to school but OMG.. I found another great gelato place in Roma and had to post a picture of it. Boy do they load you up. It's homemade and delicious!! This is is the place...
you can find it by Via Corso.
Little handy tip from Jen: I learned in Florence that the way to know you're eating homemade gelato was to look at the banana gelato.. if it's brown then you're golden. If it's yellow.. no bueno ;)
Till next time my friends! Spring break is this upcoming week and I'm totally ready for some beach time!! wahooo!!
PS.. thank you Michael for my first piece of mail everrr in Roma!
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