Destination: Italy

2 days, 2 ferries and minimum sleep..

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [680] | Comments [1]

dear all, the days have all blended into one lately and suddenly the blog is out of date! let me begin, after leaving santorini we spent 9 hours hopping across islands sitting in the aircraft seats. several highlights of the trip included..reading ... Read more >

Italy 08

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 | By dana-b | Views [561]

Joined by chops and larne on this one, only three days from touching down in London! Good effort! Started out in Venice, flew in late and was raining when we got there!!not cool but guessin it added to the 'atmosphere'! took a boat over to the city ... Read more >

First Night in Venice

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 | By weissfamily | Views [427]

With a heavy rain falling, we arrived in Venice by train and took the vaporetto (water bus) to our home-for-a-week in Accademia.  The water of the canal is a cool green and jammed with boats.  Elijah and Natasha begin counting gondolas, but lose interest ... Read more >

Natasha's Journal from Bellagio

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By weissfamily | Views [394] | Comments [1]

Today I went to a villa.  There was very cool chairs.  It was like a maze it self.   It was so pretty and green.  I went there twice.  Once with my family, once with only my Dad.  That time I took a walk.  I learned to skip rocks on the water.  I went ... Read more >

Gallery: Varenna and Lake Como

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By weissfamily | Photo Gallery

Varenna and Lake Como

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By weissfamily | Views [459] | Comments [1]

I am new to this part of Italy. There is a series of large lakes in this northern segment of Italy, right next to Switzerland. We are staying in the small town of Varenna, on the east side of Lake Como. The snow capped mountains rise dramatically from ... Read more >

Madam, it was the champagne.

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 | By sy | Views [418] | 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 [606]

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 [947]

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 [1754] | 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 [666]

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 [418]

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 [714]

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