Blogs from Umbria, Italy, Europe - page 37

Assisi was gorgeous! It was about a 2 and a half hour bus ride, then we had to park in a parking lot outside of the town and take an escalator up to it, since the town is on a hill. We had a tour of the town that ended at St. Francis of Assisi. (They’re big on him there, I wonder why…haha) I think we all would agree that the tour was a bit much. The man was very knowledgeable, but I felt like he was just repeated what he was told to say, instead of speaking to us. It was funny though - we had headsets and walkie talkie things. After the tour Sam, Christie, Maryanne and I found a restaurant to have lunch. We wanted to find a place that wouldn’t be where ... read more

Hello all friends and family Since we have been in assisi we have hired a car, a Fiat Panda it is very small with no guts and it struggles to go down hills let alone up. Here everyone drives on the WRONG side of the road so we had a few close calls while we adjusted to the road rules, and still now we are guessing what all the different road sings mean (Casey you would love driving on these roads - however maybe not in the Panda). We went to Spello and Spoleto one day (Spello was a bit crap!) Spoleto was great Glen ate Lobster AND LOVED IT !! We also saw a huge bridge - we will let the pictures do the talking. The italian way of life is just perfect you get ... read more

All right, honestly I lied about the date. It's about amonth later than that, but I've been a jaded traveler and if weren't for the prodings of multiple parents I might just have never written anything. But everyone liked my London website SOOO much, I shall have to continue the tradition for my Italy experience. First things first: The flight. It was long. There was a change in time difference, and I played the typically cool outsider with blue hair, avoiding talking to all the lame first time abroad studiers on the flight with me. It has to be noted that as I was walking from one terminal to another in Switzerland I couldn't help but overhear the conversation of the American girls behind me (what with the American tendency of being so inexplicably LOUD) and ... read more

Hi all, I am in Perugia and it is cold. I hope you are all enjoying the weather and cricket there. I am staying at a place that is close to one of the most beautiful lookouts. The lady only speaks spanish and she doesn't understand me most of the time but she is very nice and she asked me how tall I was! She is quite small so I must seem like a giant to her. I am still a bit jetlagged, I woke up at three this morning and couldn't sleep at all. There are some very beautiful buildings here and I have really enjoyed walking around and looking at them this morning. Everything is still christmassy so when I went walking last night it was so lovely because they had fairy lights up ... read more

Okay, so it's about time I blog about my last few days in Perugia, Italy - it didn't end in Venice! Day 1 It was so great to finally hug Marissa and catch up with her. A little background for the readers: Marissa and I worked at The Daily newspaper at my university as classified ad reps. She left in June and the whole office was sad to see her go but excited for her new adventures. She is studying at the university in Perugia for a whole year! That night I arrived I basically just collapsed...that is, before exploring the city a bit. Yep, I just had to find out what Perugia had to offer so around 11:30 at night after one heck of a day, Marissa and I went on a walk around the ... read more