Sarah Lac

It is clearly no secret to anyone who knows me, or has ever met me, or even has just casually passed me in the street that I am a chocoholic. So when I saw that there was a chocolate festival in Perugia I knew that I had to go. Also, to anyone who knows me, it is no secret that I am a professional procrastinator, so naturally I did not actually book the trip till the night before. BUT nonetheless I booked it in time! (We can just call it spontaneity, not laziness) Meredith and I, with the accompaniment of two other brave Bentley girls, headed out at 8:30am with nothing on our minds but the sweet chocolate concoctions that we would be devouring today. Now let me explain a little bit about the Eurochocolate Festival. ... read more

This weekend was the relaxing trip through Tuscany with our school. It was a grand tour of Arezzo, Cortona, Pienza and Montepulciano. You may or may not recognize some of those names. Movies such as Under the Tuscan Sun, Life is Beautiful, and YES Twilight: New Moon. Ok so I will continue on about my trip. We left at 730am for our bus to Arezzo. The bus didn't end up leaving till 830ish and we got to Arezzo around 930/10ish. I have finally gotten used to sleeping on the bus! We got to Arezzo and began our tour. We saw a bunch of churches there, which was beautiful and this weekend they are having their famous antiquity markets which is just like one giant yard sale of antiques. It was cool to walk through. But naturally, ... read more

Ohhh the Amalfi Coast. After my one class on Thursdays, Italian, I ventured back to Paola's house to pack. 3 full days of hot hot sun and fun (after an 8 hour bus ride through the night). Meredith and i made the 25 minute treck from our house to the train station with one backpack and our duffle bags in hand. Well, technically we started cradling our duffle bags after about 2 minutes because they were so heavy. Naturally we were running a bit on our own time but luckily a group of girls were from Bentley and we caught up with them on the walk (casual run to be more truthful) to the train station. At the station we met our trip guides and our fellow trip goers. There was apparently 100 students total between ... read more

After a perfect night sleep on what seems like a tempurpedic bed Meredith and I woke up around 10:30 and enjoyed breakfast together which Paola leaves fro us before she leaves for work. Its basically like a continental breakfast, cereal, fruit, etc. Our plans for the day were to explore and shop. We had a list of some necessities that we had forgotten or needed to get here such as hair dryer & straightener (both require different voltage than american ones have), shower caddies, just random stuff. So we met a couple girls at the Duomo and went from there. What we saw when walking around literally seemed like a joke. One street over is a museum and there are just GIANT statues and lots of street vendors everywhere! This is literally the most beautiful place ... read more

Our last night in Tuscany was very relaxing. Our entire group had dinner on a rooftop restaurant and it was absolutely delicious and the view was indescribable. I am going to steal other people's pictures and I'll put them up! You would be so proud of me for how adventurous I am being with the food. Alot of times when we have these big group dinners it consists of three courses and they don't tell us what they are bringing out since the dinner is organized by our teacher. The order of courses here is first course is always pasta, second course is carne (meat) with bread, third course is insalate (salad) and patate (potatoes), and then if we're lucky we get dolce (desert) after that. Literally it's an absurd amount of food and I've never ... read more