Long awaited, but hopefully it's worth it for all!! I had an amazing time in Italy, to say the least, I would go back at any given time. I started my trip in Logan Airport, to Madrid, Spain then on to Venice, Italy. After 3 days in Venice we traveled to Florence where we spent 5 days there and finally went to Rome for another 5 days. Here are some highlights from my trip...
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| With my roommate in Logan Airport waiting to get on the plane |
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| Madrid, Spain's airport...it was so cool- Although security asked if I was from Mexico?!? oh well |
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Waiting for the next flight--don't we look fab after technically 12 hours, but also loosing a day :( |
My favorite place(s)
how could I possibly have just one? had to have been
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#1.) VENICE- no contest! because of immediate beauty I fell in love with on arrival and how easily I was able to find my way around after the first night. It was a small feeling city that was very welcoming.
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| View of the canal right off the plane/bus |
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| Hotels view...it was a small alley way like most streets |
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| First hotel room with 3 other roommates |
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| Imagine carrying your suitcase over this...I had too |
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| Beautiful view...and me :) |
I guess my kinda favorite part of being in Venice was people constantly coming up to a group of us and being so excited to hear us speaking English and getting to meet so many new people. While in Venice, I traveled to Padova and saw the Scrovegni Church and only stayed a few hours before heading back to Venice. I had a wonderful dinner the second to last night and met a group of singers from Belmont University and then attended their concert the following night--they were incredible!
2.) Pompeii How could you not fall in love with a city full of so much history and still almost perfectly preserved since 79AD (yea I learned something, impressed?)
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| Entering the city!! |
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| Some of the preserved pottery found in the ruins |
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| Garden of the Fugitives (meaning people would tried to flee the volcanoe) |
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| Just sitting in the Amphitheater |
3.) Pisa- a wonderful day trip that 12 students including myself navigated to and back all by ourselves. Best part was playing tourist (well I was one haha) and "holding up" the tower :).
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| It was seriously gonna fall HA! |
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| Doesn't even look like it was leaning that much... |
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| Some girls on the day trip |
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| We got back to the station and on the right train :) successful day! |
4.) Rome- Last stop and amazing to experience the ruins always seen in movies :)
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| The Colosseum |
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| Inside |
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| At the Hard Rock Cafe |
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| WONDERFUL RISSOTO |
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| Family Dinner |
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| Mum and Pop Pop of the family |
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| Marzzapane and canoli YUM!! |
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| Making my coin toss to Return |
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| Making a toss with two coins for LOVE |
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| A huge diamond that I thought should be mine |
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| Lastly the Pantheon |
5.) Florence- Santa Croche, the Duomo, and JERSEY SHORE cast!! this was a second stop along the way and within the first two hours (and in the middle of our seminar) we saw Jersey Shore- needless to say the seminar ended and resumed later haha.
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| In front of the Duomo |
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| Just Mike... (Vinny, & Pauly not in pic) |
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| A better picture of the Duomo |
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| Just waiting for seminar to start again and what do you know |
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| San Croche |
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| Just met up with Mike for lunch haha |
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| The view from the top of the Duomo!! |
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After climbing sprinting to the top with my friend Sarah |
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| Another view- so beautiful |
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| Last one I swear! |
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| Sunset in Florence |
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| Girls night out!! and free shots from the cute bartender! |
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| Best Kebab in the world!! |
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| Our Kebab makers :) |
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| My bed on the left | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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