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November 4th 2009 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
It has been a busy few days. Dad FINALLY met me at the train station in Milan at 5:15pm on Sunday. In addition to screwing up his flight, the airline also lost his luggage! (He still has yet to get ... 25 photos [full story]
It has been a busy few days. Dad FINALLY met me at the train station in Milan at 5:15pm on Sunday. In addition to screwing up his flight, the airline also lost his luggage! (He still has yet to get ... 25 photos [full story]
October 30th 2009 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
Yay! Megan and I actually were able to meet up with our friends from PG!!! Who would have thought that we would be lucky enough to meet up with Charlotte and Kaela in Italy. Haha we actually had a b ... [full story]
Yay! Megan and I actually were able to meet up with our friends from PG!!! Who would have thought that we would be lucky enough to meet up with Charlotte and Kaela in Italy. Haha we actually had a b ... [full story]
October 29th 2009 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
Day 9 Florence We went to the city market this morning and bought food for breakfast and lunch, and set off for another day of walking...but we had little idea of just how far we'd end up walking.. ... 12 photos [full story]
Day 9 Florence We went to the city market this morning and bought food for breakfast and lunch, and set off for another day of walking...but we had little idea of just how far we'd end up walking.. ... 12 photos [full story]
October 30th 2009 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
Florence is a very walkable city with lots of great Gelato places. But don't go to this one. It's next to the Loggia in the Piazza Della Signoria. See the picture. We got ripped for 10EU per cone! ... 1 photos [full story]
Florence is a very walkable city with lots of great Gelato places. But don't go to this one. It's next to the Loggia in the Piazza Della Signoria. See the picture. We got ripped for 10EU per cone! ... 1 photos [full story]
October 28th 2009 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
Day 6 Padova After spending part of the day trying to use the free city wifi to no avail (but we now have a permanent membership card for the wifi and library cards from the city), we visited th ... 19 photos [full story]
Day 6 Padova After spending part of the day trying to use the free city wifi to no avail (but we now have a permanent membership card for the wifi and library cards from the city), we visited th ... 19 photos [full story]
October 16th 2009 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
A couple of weeks ago we went to the Boboli Gardens which is connected with the Pitti Palace but we didn't go into the palace that day. We stopped to get a few sandwiches and ate them in the Gardens. ... [full story]
A couple of weeks ago we went to the Boboli Gardens which is connected with the Pitti Palace but we didn't go into the palace that day. We stopped to get a few sandwiches and ate them in the Gardens. ... [full story]
October 27th 2009 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
Finally got on a computer in the school! Went to Pisa on Saturday and San Gimignano! Both places were great. San Gimignano is one of the quaintest towns I have ever seen. My camera died (forgot to ... [full story]
Finally got on a computer in the school! Went to Pisa on Saturday and San Gimignano! Both places were great. San Gimignano is one of the quaintest towns I have ever seen. My camera died (forgot to ... [full story]
October 26th 2009 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
Florence, Italy Monday, October 26, 2009 As I sat on the steps of the Duomo in Pisa and watched the people milling about the leaning tower, I started thinking about engineering. You see, the lean ... 2 photos [full story]
Florence, Italy Monday, October 26, 2009 As I sat on the steps of the Duomo in Pisa and watched the people milling about the leaning tower, I started thinking about engineering. You see, the lean ... 2 photos [full story]
October 26th 2009 Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
ciao everybody! It's my last night in Firenze (Florence for all you gringos... Just kidding :) ) and I finally have time to write an entry. Thankfully this hostel has wifi, but only on the first floor ... [full story]
ciao everybody! It's my last night in Firenze (Florence for all you gringos... Just kidding :) ) and I finally have time to write an entry. Thankfully this hostel has wifi, but only on the first floor ... [full story]
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