Destination: Italy

Madam, it was the champagne.

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By sy | Views [472] | Comments [1]

After a particularly gruelling day of pounding the pavement in Venice what better way to relax than find a 3 michelen star restaurant and relax over a glass, or a bottle, or two, of local vino. Well thats what I thought aswell... So we arrived for our ... Read more >

School, etc...

Wed, 2 Apr 2008 | By enpowell | Views [638]

I know it sounds like all I do is travel around Europe…but I actually do go to class occasionally too! School here is a lot different than in the US. Classes are at very strange times, and last for an hour and a half instead of the 50 minutes that I’m ... Read more >

Bergamo/Genova

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 | By enpowell | Views [986]

After a few weekends of big trips, I decided to take it easy for the first part of spring break and just relax. Friday I went to a house party that one of my friends had-tons of fun! Saturday and Sunday I just chilled at the apartment to recover from ... Read more >

Decaying Venice

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [1911] | Comments [5]

Of course, it didn’t help that I saw a rat on the first evening. We were drinking wine out side a local bar and I saw the thing trying to get into any doorway that let him in. It was only one, and nothing like India, but iiiiik. You probably ... Read more >

Tags: rats, water

Gallery: Italy

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Photo Gallery

Back from Italy and on to San Francisco!

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 | By christina_wallace | Views [774]

I can definitely say this was my favorite trip to Europe by far. First of all, no tour bus or huge group of like-minded people (school trip, choir tour). Secondly, I had someone to talk to (very different from my solo backpacking trip last summer). It ... Read more >

Tags: bologna, certaldo, cinque terre, italy, milan, pisa, tarcento, trieste, verona, wine

Bongiorno

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 | By anya_abroad | Views [440]

Bongiorno! At last in Firenze! This is a treat for all the senses - the scent of fresh coffee with whiffs of leather and perfume, the music of street guitars and the accordion playing to the beat of footsteps and traffic, the taste of the finest seasonal ... Read more >

K-k-k-k-kold!

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By tinka | Views [781]

Yesterday morning we woke up to a snowy gale: roaring winds, furling snow and freezing temperatures... The snowflakes completely covered the ground and it was so wet that instead of digging or pruning, EmJ and I rode in the tractor scoop and hauled stones.... Read more >

Tags: snow

Gallery: Firenze

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 | By enpowell | Photo Gallery

Casualità, or as they say in Inglese, Randomness...

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 | By tinka | Views [728]

1. Chickens are evil... But roosters with their tails blowing backwards are hilarious! 2. Tuscan sun and snow on the same day - ??? Very cool. Literally! 3. The Flight of the Street Vendors. Will explain in a bit.     ù.ù 4. Cheese ... Read more >

Tags: sightseeing

Firenze!

Sun, 2 Mar 2008 | By enpowell | Views [961] | Comments [3]

Classes started last week, so I’ve been pretty busy and haven’t had time for an update lately! I’ll write more about that later-but first Florence!             We left last Saturday morning to go to Florence-we were tired from going out the night ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Venezia

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [968]

Venice on a winter's night is a misty moonlit maze. Thanks to James and his map skills, we negotiated our way to Rialto Bridge and the warm room that was waiting for us, with a canal view to boot. We continued the walking theme of our trip, and took ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Toscana

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [1932]

After a very early wake up call in Florence, we set out for Cinque Terre on the 7am train. This is a gorgeous National Park in the North of Italy's Western coast. There are five tiny old villages in between the hills which are only connected by train.... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: Rome

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 | By simon_castles | Photo Gallery

1 Day in the Life of an Italian WWOOFer

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 | By tinka | Views [2303] | Comments [2]

Ciao All - EmJ here! b. gave you all an uber long update about our general travel info yesterday, so I thought I'd update you all with a more detailed run down of our day. Today started early - 4:30 to be exact!! Those projectors-of-all-evil-&... Read more >

Tags: Laughter