Visitors!

Mom and Auntie Bonnie are here!  We spent our first (full) day all around Florence.  It was also “Women’s Day” so ladies were wearing pretty little mimosa flowers and carrying yellow tulips.  It… Continue reading →

Back to School!

First day back at school! It wasn’t too bad. Florentine architecture in the morning, got an A on my midterm, which didn’t surprise me too much because I had done the readings and… Continue reading →

How To: The Italian Post Office

  So using the post office in Italy can be kinda scary.  You are in this official looking building and there are tons of people standing around.  There is a kiosk where there… Continue reading →

Happy New BOOM

Well last night was New Years, or Capodanno in Italian. Wow. It was my first time really “celebrating” the New Year let alone in another country. I had dinner with Amy’s family, which… Continue reading →

Drawing and the Villa Bayon

So today I did some research on our PLP trip to Switzerland but was getting frustrated at how confusing the trains were and how we would get there and what we would do… Continue reading →

Friday Fun Day

Italian test today. I never know how I’ll do. Whenever I think that it’s “easy” I always do really horribly and whenever I think that I did poorly, I end up doing well;… Continue reading →

Planning and “Partying”

After class today we started planning our PLP break to Switzerland at school since Linksys hasn’t been working consistently. After several hours of planning and eventually running out of laptop battery, we grabbed… Continue reading →

Visitors!

So I went to school alone today because Amy wasn’t feeling well.  After school she was still asleep so I grabbed my computer and went to Meykadeh for internet.  Laura stopped by after… Continue reading →

Statue Sketching

So school is more of the same old same old. Just be learning more and more Italian! Some of the oddities of this language are incredibly strange. It’s hard to explain, but I’m… Continue reading →

Adventures in Pisa

We woke up today determined to made it to Pisa. We got ready, rounded up our friends and set out. We decided to stop and get lunch before we got to Pisa because… Continue reading →