ITALY | Wednesday, 13 Jun 2007 | Views [569]
Today we
took our final exam and it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
I studied enough for it and did pretty well on the written, as well as the oral
part. I got a 26 out of 30 which Chiara said is a good score because for them
passing ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
ITALY | Tuesday, 12 Jun 2007 | Views [428]
Today was
our last day of school before our final tomorrow. I just came home and studied
after school and then took a nap before we had to work. Daniel called me to go
flyer with him while I was taking my nap so I went out with him for a couple
hours ... Read more >
Tags: Work
ITALY | Monday, 11 Jun 2007 | Views [406]
We didn’t
have school today so I didn’t really do anything productive all day. We went to
Antonio’s restaurant near Accademia for dinner and had pizza. Not exactly the
best pizza ever, but still really good! After pizza, we went to Lochness and
had ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
ITALY | Sunday, 10 Jun 2007 | Views [395]
Today we
spent another day at the beach! The Elba
sun is really, really hot but I got extremely tan so that is a good thing! While
we were at the beach, Nat, Morgan and I swam out to sea with our floatation
devices again. The water in ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
ITALY | Saturday, 9 Jun 2007 | Views [406]
I JUMPED
OFF A BOAT TODAY! Today we spent the whole morning at the beach. While we were
at the beach, we rented a peddle boat and peddled down to two other beaches. It
is actually really hard to peddle in the ocean as opposed to just a lake. ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
ITALY | Friday, 8 Jun 2007 | Views [427]
Today after
school we met Chiara at the station to go to Elba . We took the train to Pisa and then switched to get to
Piombino. From Piombino we took a 1 hour ferry to the island. After hiking up a
hill, we finally got to our hotel and ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
ITALY | Thursday, 7 Jun 2007 | Views [502]
Today we
had a monsoon outside. Morgan’s friend Natalie got here and we were going to go
walk around but because of the monsoon, we couldn’t! We ended up just getting
pizza from the place down the street and going to bed early!
Tags: The Great Outdoors
ITALY | Wednesday, 6 Jun 2007 | Views [355]
Today we
went to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower (or town according to the guide).
The tower is a lot smaller than I thought it would be but Pisa has some cool
history and its pretty amusing because everything in Pisa is leaning, not ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
ITALY | Tuesday, 5 Jun 2007 | Views [339]
Today after
school we went to a vigneto near San Gimagiano for a wine tasting! I have never
done a real wine tasting ever so it was amazing to actually have the real thing
in Italy ! The guy who did the tasting for us
was named Luigi and ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
ITALY | Wednesday, 30 May 2007 | Views [365]
I didn’t go to school today because I was
so tired from working so late but around 1, we met our teacher and her friend
for pranzo and to have a conversation exchange. We went to this place to get
sandwiches and they were really good because ... Read more >
Tags: People
ITALY | Tuesday, 29 May 2007 | Views [472]
Today Katie and I flyered for two hours and
then got free burgers. After dinner, we came home and got ready to go back to
work at 10. When we got back to Red Garter, Bertie had already signed up 10
teams and it wasn’t even 10 yet. Fabio and Andrea ... Read more >
Tags: Work
ITALY | Sunday, 27 May 2007 | Views [827]
Today has been by far my favorite day in Italy because of how
sports crazy I am. Morgan, Katie and I went to a Florence football match
today. It was definitely my favorite thing I have done just because it was so
exciting! We had really ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
ITALY | Saturday, 26 May 2007 | Views [511]
Today Morgan, Katie and I went to Viareggio which is a beach
about 1 hour from Florence . We got kind of
lost on the way because we forgot to switch trains in Pisa but we finally
made it to the beach around 3. It also figures that ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
ITALY | Friday, 25 May 2007 | Views [467]
I went to school by myself today because
everyone else was a little bit too hungover and Morgan and Katie didn’t have
school. We learned the future tense which isn’t as hard as I thought it would
be! After school I took a really long nap which ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
ITALY | Thursday, 24 May 2007 | Views [414]
I actually ate a drunken burrito kebab
today and it makes me sick to think about it now. We went to Red Garter to get
paid and then headed over to Lochness for 2 for 1s. I somehow ended up spending
20 euro and not even being very drunk. Stupid ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
ITALY | Wednesday, 23 May 2007 | Views [522]
Today we left school at la pausa and came
home to get ready for Lucca . We met Chiara at
the bus and took the hottest bus ride ever to Lucca . I tried to fall
asleep because I was so tired and I kept waking up sweaty and feeling sick. Not
a ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
ITALY | Tuesday, 22 May 2007 | Views [312]
Well last night we didn’t get much sleep
because Alexia and Kristi went out and Alexia came home at 4:30 and stood outside
our windows talking really loud on the phone. Morgan tried to yell out the
window but she didn’t hear her so that was ... Read more >
Tags: Work
ITALY | Saturday, 19 May 2007 | Views [316]
Today I woke up around 10:30 and we met Chiara
for brunch at 11. We went to the brunch part of Acqua al Due and it was really
good! I had buttermilk pancakes with hashbrowns and turkey bacon. The turkey
bacon was extremely weird but the rest ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
ITALY | Friday, 18 May 2007 | Views [333]
My camera is FINALLY HERE! After school, I
went to Zoe to upload some pictures and while I was sitting there Chiara sent
me a text and said that it had finally arrived! She told me she would bring it
to brunch on Saturday but Katie, Morgan and ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
ITALY | Thursday, 17 May 2007 | Views [330]
Kristina and her parents arrived today so
after school I met them near the Duomo and we had lunch. I, of course, had my
new favorite pizza salsiccia (sausage). We went over to Kristina’s apartment
after and then just took a walk around the city.... Read more >
Tags: Friends
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