Saturday, August 11, 2007
where ive been....
ciao!
Friday, August 3, 2007
as i have been traveling the world; one of my good friends from san diego was in a simple motorcycle accident and died from massive head trama (and all i can think about is when joe barajas died in high school... the pain these guys must have been in.......)
anyways the service is in a fez days... please just say a few prayers for his friends and family.
im hanging in there the best i can... crying my eyes out at an internet cafe in Paris.
ill be home soon.
keep us all in your prayers.
xoxo
ps... since rome, ive been in torino and the fiat factory, milan, florence, madrid, almeria, malaga, paris, soon to brussells, switzerland, munich, prague.....
im goood, safe and having fun.
xoxo
Monday, July 16, 2007
brandon.. my new canadian friend
i have a ton of pictures i can email you of every where i have been.
hope the rest of florence and the Uffizi was fun! Thanks for the 2+ hour chat! haha!
GO SHARKS!
ROMA
Saturday, July 7, 2007: Arrived in Rome around 8am… and waited for Katie and James till about 11am. Then we went to the hostel just a few blocks away... and then headed out to see Rome. We walked through Giardini Piazza Vittorio and Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II. On the way to the Coliseum, we walked through Colle Oppio (see left picture) and Domus Aurea. Then made it to the Coliseum, went inside and then walked through the roman forum including the Arco di Costantino and Arco di Tito. We walked through the Piazza del Campodoglio where there was a wedding (of course because it was 7.7.7). Then we walked down to Circo Massimo and then went back to the hostel for dinner. We went to our room and hung out with 2 other students from Ohio (not in a USAC program). We gave them a taste of Spain when we made Kalimotxo (red wine and coke). Then we headed out to the Trastevere area where there is an island in the middle of the Tiber River connected to the mainland by bridges. We hung out down by the river where there were many tents and bars. We didn’t get home til about 6am.
Sunday, July 8, 2007: A few words of advise for visiting Rome… Don’t be hungover!! We walked to what we thought was the Fontana di Trevi.. but it was the Fontana del Tritone. We threw our 2 coins in and made our wishes… but after we looked at the map we realized that it was not the correct fountain.
The picture of me standing
next to a huge statue is on a bridge
leading to the Vatican area..
Monday, July 9, 2007: We woke up early and went to the Vatican. We first went to the Basilica S. Pietro where there was no line. It was awesome. I was only ½ way done when Katie and James were finished. So much to see. This is the dome in St. Peter's. And the outside of St. Peter's (the obelisk and fountains and me!) and the famous statue carved my Michaelangelo inside St. Peter's.
Monday, July 10, 2007: We made it home.. and for lunch i made gnocchi and then I went to school and Katie and James took a hike—haha! No really... a walk down the Po River!
The rest of the week I had school everyday and on Friday, July 13th, we took a USAC trip to Milan to see Leo’s Last Supper-- which was VERY VERY cool. I would recommend everyone to go see it.. too bad it is in Milan.. which is not my fav. city!
Miss you love you xoxo
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Italian Riviera Tour
Tuesday, June 26: We boarded the bus and headed to Genova (about 2 hours away). Here we were met by 2 guides who gave us a walking tour of the town.
We saw a palace.
And a church with layered marble stone.
A georgous fountain in a large plaza and near another palace.
Me on the pier!
A bird's eye view of the city from the panaoramic lift!
Genova is a pretty neat place.
We then got back on the bus and headed to Santa Margherita Ligure, where we stayed 2 nights. We just walked around the town and had dinner at a little family run cafe which was recommended by Rick Steves.... and it was definately a place i will recommended to anyone going to Santa Margherita! We had good house wine and pesto!
Oh look... Colon again!!!
I think this is Santa Margherita! Too bad she spells her name wrong!!
This is me in front of Santa Margherita!
Dinner!
Wednesday, June 27: We took a boat ride to Portofino!
Here we visited Castle Brown... the perfect place for a wedding... one day i will do an event here!!! Just imagine this picture with a wedding instead of all these kids...
After Portofino, we went back to Santa Margarita for the night.
Thursday, June 28: We took the train to the 5th town of Cinque Terre, Riomaggiore.
From here we hiked to Manarola.....
....and then to the third town of Corniglia.
We made it to the second town of Vernazza
just in time to get the train to the first town of Monterosso.
Then we got back on the train to Santa Marg. picked up our bags and headed by bus to Torino. On the bus they (USAC) gave us a nice treat of focaccia... what Santa Marg. area is known for along with Pesto! We arrived in Torino.. and stayed at the Hotel Roma again.
Friday, June 29: We moved into our apartments today! and then went to the supermarket (PAM). and hung out and drank wine! My roommates, Melissa and Chrissy, are from Vegas!
Saturday, June 20: I made an improve Watermelon Surprise! (aunt kath... arent you proud?)
we met a guy who works at a cafe in the mall... he invited us to go dancing.. so we did... we went to Bandido... an outdoor dance place behind the mall... they are way into salsa! But guess what mom? I DANCED!!!!
Ok so Torino and Italy have been amazing.. i do miss Getxo... but i am going to Rome this weekend (sat, sun, mon) to meet up with Getxo (bilbao) friends!! and then they are comming to Torino!! And then the next weekend is off to Milan to see Leo's Last Supper (with USAC) then to Florence and Pisa!!!
Love you. Miss you. call me or email me!!