Destination: Italy

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

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 | By tinka | Views [660]

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 [920] | 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 [842]

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 [1755]

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 [2232] | 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

Venice

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 | By wandering_jessa | Views [301]

Yep, I've done Venice. An amazing city... inspiring dark tales in my mind. Maybe I'll add more details later, but for now let the pictures speak for themselves.

More of Italy - a migration to Tuscany

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 | By tinka | Views [637]

Yes, Tuscany... I am loving the Tuscany hills where we are currently nestled. The farm we moved to from Orte is much larger (a 100 acres approx. compared to about 5) and much more serious as this is their only livelyhood. ... Read more >

Tags: culture

Italy in a week

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 | By tinka | Views [1028]

No, we are not doing Italy in a week, we've just been in Italy for a week. How is it you may ask? Well, here's the thing - I don't really know. The scenery all around us at the moment is breath-taking. There are old stone houses built and lived ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Italy

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Photo Gallery

The only thing missing: George Clooney

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By enpowell | Views [1228]

Saturday we traveled north to Lake Como, which was just a short half hour train ride from Milan. Jess and I were pretty optimistic that we might see George Clooney, as he has a house on the lake, so we decided to hop on a bus going to Bellagio (where ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Lago di Como

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By enpowell | Photo Gallery

Partyin' it up in Milano

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By enpowell | Views [764]

So Tuesday and Wednesday night I discovered why Milan is famous for its nightlife...Two student groups were having welcome/get to know you parties at clubs. We went to Lollapaloosa on Tuesday night, met some Americans from other universities, met some ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Shopping up a storm in Florence

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [868]

When I arrived in Florence I had no intention of buying a leather jacket. "Come into my shop and have a look. Just for fun," said a beaming shop keeper... you can see where this is going. End result: after some 'skillful' negotiation, I am ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Chilling in Roma

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [758]

That's chilling as in cold, not chilling as in taking it easy. Despite heading a good distance closer to the Equator, Rome was much more wintery than the benign climate we have been enjoying on the Cote D'Azur. With only four days and a long list of ... Read more >

Tags: Culture