I have just spent a wonderfully relaxing 4 days in Athens. We have seen the Parthenon, Acropolis and bought some hand made Greek sandles.
Tomorrow we are leaving for Barcelona then moving onto Madrid.
I can't believe is almost over!
8 more days until hugs.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Venice and beyond
I just spent a fabulous week in Venice. I saw an orchestra concert, rode a gondola and bought some Morano glass.
It was a perfect ending to an amazing trip in Italy with the best friends anyone could as for.
Today I leave for Athens, Greece and then on to Spain.
hugs and kisses I'll be home soon.
It was a perfect ending to an amazing trip in Italy with the best friends anyone could as for.
Today I leave for Athens, Greece and then on to Spain.
hugs and kisses I'll be home soon.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Ciao.
Since we are leaving Siena tomorrow morning I have been thinking about my time here and what I will miss here's a list.
1. Cioccolatta calda. Italians confuse hot chocolate with the either warm chocolate pudding or a Hersey syrup
2. Ben (my host dad) telling me what of our dinner that night and that I should eat it. And usually its because I am not eating it.
3. The special invites Erika and I get for dinner every night from Guiseppe.
4. The friends I have made and always remember.
5. Our horrible Italian that makes our teacher want to commit suicide.
6. Literally running to catch the bus every morning. *
7. Hanging out in the Irish Pub.
8. Gelato.
9. Tuscany beautiful landscape
10. The Everett Family
11. My Italian Family
*Not the actually event but laughing about it after wards.
Ciao this is my final post from Siena...
SIENA SENDS LOVE
Friday, November 14, 2008
the end.
Well its here. the end. Erika and I made our last walk to school this morning.
We spend most of today we spent saying our goodbyes to our beloved Italian teacher and our wonderful chef.
Alessandro and Enzo, our humanities and italian professors on our last day of class.
We woke up to a cloudless sky and knew today was going to be great. Erika and I caught the bus to school flawlessly. (it finally took us 2 months to master this public transportation system).
We got to school and began our finals. These were the two easiest finals of my life. Our Italian was only about 20 questions and humanities was two essay questions about 150 words long.
When we finished our finals Erika and I strolled up to Piazza Gramschi and did our 'tourist' thing along the way. We turned around and hit the the internet cafe on the way back to school.
As we were leaving the internet cafe, the lady who ran it asked if we are sisters...
What do you think?
At 1 o clock we had our farewell lunch. It was delicious.
Throughout our program we all talked about our lives at home but not to the extent we did today. For most of us this was a 3 months vacation from reality. With only 1 week left we all are stating to talk more about home and the lives we have going on there.
This is the highlight. Okay so in September I bought a snazzy green umbrella here in Siena. When I was in Milan, I was walking out of the subway my umbrella fully broke. Great. So the next day it was raining so i bought a new black one with a sweet handle. I just figured that it would last me the 4 weeks I had left in Europe. Today as I was leaving school it was raining and so i pulled out my umbrella and this is what happened.
Taaaa daaa. Seriously?
I just busted up laughing. just my luck. So on our way home I bought a flashy bright pink one. 3 weeks I am hoping that this one will last me the 3 more weeks I have left.
Once we got home we Alberto and Guessipi had friends over and were using the computer in our room. All I wanted to do was take a nap and use the internet. I tried using the internet but because there were 3 computers on it i guess it was overloaded. haha europe. So I took a quick nap, the boys left then i got to use the internet. Its still a little picky on which webpages it will load. but hey i can't complain.
siena sends love
We spend most of today we spent saying our goodbyes to our beloved Italian teacher and our wonderful chef.
Alessandro and Enzo, our humanities and italian professors on our last day of class. We woke up to a cloudless sky and knew today was going to be great. Erika and I caught the bus to school flawlessly. (it finally took us 2 months to master this public transportation system).
We got to school and began our finals. These were the two easiest finals of my life. Our Italian was only about 20 questions and humanities was two essay questions about 150 words long.
When we finished our finals Erika and I strolled up to Piazza Gramschi and did our 'tourist' thing along the way. We turned around and hit the the internet cafe on the way back to school.
As we were leaving the internet cafe, the lady who ran it asked if we are sisters...
What do you think?
At 1 o clock we had our farewell lunch. It was delicious.
Throughout our program we all talked about our lives at home but not to the extent we did today. For most of us this was a 3 months vacation from reality. With only 1 week left we all are stating to talk more about home and the lives we have going on there.
This is the highlight. Okay so in September I bought a snazzy green umbrella here in Siena. When I was in Milan, I was walking out of the subway my umbrella fully broke. Great. So the next day it was raining so i bought a new black one with a sweet handle. I just figured that it would last me the 4 weeks I had left in Europe. Today as I was leaving school it was raining and so i pulled out my umbrella and this is what happened.
Taaaa daaa. Seriously?
I just busted up laughing. just my luck. So on our way home I bought a flashy bright pink one. 3 weeks I am hoping that this one will last me the 3 more weeks I have left.
Once we got home we Alberto and Guessipi had friends over and were using the computer in our room. All I wanted to do was take a nap and use the internet. I tried using the internet but because there were 3 computers on it i guess it was overloaded. haha europe. So I took a quick nap, the boys left then i got to use the internet. Its still a little picky on which webpages it will load. but hey i can't complain.
siena sends love
Sunday, November 9, 2008
countdown
I feel as though the countdown has begun. We have finals this week and then we leave Seina in 7 days! I can't believe is almost over. I am excited to spend a week in Venice though. Then Greece and Spain!
Here are some lovely photos of the week.
Signor Bebelacqua. (Mr. Drink-water, Yeah that is his actual name) Our phonetics teacher/actor from Rome.In our last phonetics class we learned some very valuable phrases.
"la citta e bella perche l'amiable "
"The city is beautiful because it is lovely"
Erika and I decided that makes absolutely no sense. We came up with some other sentences that were similar.
"You are fat because you are obese"
"You are ugly because you are not good-looking"
Take 10
Tuscany
Pottery shops in San Gimigano
Kendis and I in front of one of the many towers in San Gimigano
Everyday our bus drops us off near the church on the left, San Domenico, We walk past the Duomo (center one) and school is next to that FAR church on the right.
Medici fortress in Siena.
Chelsea and I in Il CampoSo this weekend we just traveled around tuscany. Saturday night, Johanna, Erika, Chelsea and I got Chinese food and had movie night. It was a great change of pace.
Also our host family -finally- got internet in the house (wireless. Wahoooo!) so i am writing this from the comfort of home and not the beloved Irish Pub. :)
Siena sends love!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
dinner.
HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY PATRICK!
So this was the menu for last night’s dinner.
Bruschetta with olive oil
Bruschetta with porcini mushrooms and olive oil
Bruschetta with smoked salmon and butter
Gnocchi with porcini mushrooms
Gnocchi with salmon and a cream sauce
Chocolate cake
Yeah I ate the mushrooms and tried the salmon. Go me!
Love ya
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Milan and football
Sorry i have no motivation to write anything so i will just upload lots of pics!
Basically i spent the weekend in Milan and it was a blast.
Jo and I in front of the Duomo in Milan.
unfinished statue by Michelangelo. its in some random castle in Milan. we got in for free.
In front of the Opera house in Milan. Its the most famous. We saw the "Merry Widow" in our own box. yeah it was cool
Gourmet hot chocolate from the McCafe.
Saturday was the craziest day ever. We were going to catch the 9.15 train to Verenna. so we got to the train station at 8.50. the entire milan central station had 1 ticket line. So we waited in that line for over and hour. during that hour Jo and i ran to get food. by the time we got back to erika she still hadn't bought the tickets so we 5 min to buy tickets and get on the train. so we bought the tickets and took off running with all our overnight bags through the station. We missed the train. so we went to the top of the duomo.
At the top of the duomo. First day it wasn't raining.
Verenna.
This is the view from our resturant. nice.
Chelsea, Erika, Me and Jo at a Siena football game.
-Siena almost scored right after this photo was taken and the guy that took it broke his seat, threw it into the crowd and got kicked out of the game all within 5 min of taking this picture.. crazy drunk man.
SIENA SIENA SIENA... we won!
love ya
Basically i spent the weekend in Milan and it was a blast.
Jo and I in front of the Duomo in Milan.
unfinished statue by Michelangelo. its in some random castle in Milan. we got in for free.
In front of the Opera house in Milan. Its the most famous. We saw the "Merry Widow" in our own box. yeah it was cool
Gourmet hot chocolate from the McCafe.Saturday was the craziest day ever. We were going to catch the 9.15 train to Verenna. so we got to the train station at 8.50. the entire milan central station had 1 ticket line. So we waited in that line for over and hour. during that hour Jo and i ran to get food. by the time we got back to erika she still hadn't bought the tickets so we 5 min to buy tickets and get on the train. so we bought the tickets and took off running with all our overnight bags through the station. We missed the train. so we went to the top of the duomo.
At the top of the duomo. First day it wasn't raining.
Verenna.
This is the view from our resturant. nice.
Chelsea, Erika, Me and Jo at a Siena football game.-Siena almost scored right after this photo was taken and the guy that took it broke his seat, threw it into the crowd and got kicked out of the game all within 5 min of taking this picture.. crazy drunk man.
SIENA SIENA SIENA... we won!love ya
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