Destination: Italy

Da Dar a Iringa

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 | By fam | Views [835]

8 ore di viaggio per 500 km di percorso. Strada asfaltata abbastanza larga, ma piena di corriere e camion di tutti i tipi attraverso il Parco Mikumi con elefanti, zebre, giraffe e bambi, attraverso la Valle dei Baobab, costeggiando il fiume Ruha. Otto ... Read more >

Tags: Family

Gallery: Carnevale in Venezia!

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 | By enpowell | Photo Gallery

quasi pronti

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 | By auaround | Views [572]

-6 gg a meno di 1 settimana dalla partenza si inizia a scalpitare!!!!!! i preparativi sono stati lunghi, ma ormai siamo alla fase finale, vaccini fatti, zaino già pensato, elettronica, come la chiama Ricca, presente all'appello in quantità forse ... Read more >

Tags: The Planning Phase

Carnevale in Venezia!!

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By enpowell | Views [727] | Comments [1]

It's been a crazy few days...we moved into our apartment and have been cleaning like crazy, but its getting better! Still no internet, though some nice person nearby has wireless :) We went to Venice on Saturday...amazing! We got there at about 9:30 ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Gallery: First days in Milano

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 | By enpowell | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Tanzania

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 | By fam | Photo Gallery

Partenza (quasi)

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 | By fam | Views [794]

Questo è il simbolo di Nyumba Ali-ONLUS, la nostra associazione. Abbiamo acquisito una casa ad Iringa, Tanzania dove, al momento, vivono Mage, Viki ed Ageni, le nostre prime "ospiti", le nostre prime figlie. Naturalmente ci sono anche Bruna ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Gallery: venice

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By anabobana | Photo Gallery

Thanks!

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 | By enpowell | Views [616] | Comments [3]

Thanks for all the birthday wishes yesterday! It ended up being a great day-we got an apartment! It is very cute, fairly close to the school, and we can move in tomorrow night! Once we move in and get internet, I will put up some pictures of the apartment ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Buon compleanno!

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 | By enpowell | Views [528] | Comments [1]

It's my birthday today, and I might just be getting an awesome present...a place to live! We looked at a super cute apartment today, we are just waiting to see if they will let us rent for only 5 months...hopefully I'll have good luck for my b-day! ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Apartment hunting

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 | By enpowell | Views [433] | Comments [2]

So we're still homeless...we looked at an apartment today, and have an appointment to see another one tomorrow, so hopefully we aren't homeless for long! I was so proud of myself today-I actually managed to call people and set up appointments to see ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Versace, Valentino, and Gucci-oh my!

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 | By enpowell | Views [839] | Comments [1]

Still no apartment...we met up with Tony yesterday and tried to go to an agency, but they were only open if you had an appointment. We also tried to find a new phone, but all the systems were down. Mamma mia!! Hopefully we will have better luck tomorrow.... Read more >

Tags: Shopping

3 girls+6 suitcases+public transportation=quite an adventure!

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 | By enpowell | Views [483]

So I'm finally in Milan-and it was quite an adventure getting here! The flights were uneventful (except for the fact that we left Chicago an hour late, but still got to London 20 minutes early, "quite an accomplishment" according to our pilot), ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Rome & Vatican City

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By kayley | Views [426]

WOW! Rome is an absolutely incredible place to be. seemed a bit dodgy when we walked out of the train station but our hotel was nice enough and the pizza once again cheap and awesome. we had an extremely early night as we were all buggered but got up ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Florence

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 | By kayley | Views [385]

got up at quarter to 5! ggrrr! headed over to florence. had the scariest incident with a guy on the train who watched me sleep and then stared at us the whole way. felt very uncomfortable then but once again we survived and made it to florence, the home ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures