Destination: Italy

Western Europe

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 | By w4michael | Views [423]

June–July 2007 Amsterdam – Paris – Lyon – Marseilles – Nice/Cannes – Genoa – Florence – Siena/San Gimignano – Basel – Luxembourg – Strasbourg – Frankfurt – Vancouver HOLLAND Flew into Amsterdam (Air Transat) early afternoon, and got a ... Read more >

Pizza pizza!

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [804]

Today we went to Pizzaoulo for lunch and it was amazing. I will definitely miss pizza in Italy because it is just so good. I can’t wait to go back on Saturday with Mom and Dad. We went shopping after pizza and I got a couple dresses from ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Exam day

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [602]

Today we took our final exam and it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I studied enough for it and did pretty well on the written, as well as the oral part. I got a 26 out of 30 which Chiara said is a good score because for them passing ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Last REAL day of school

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [449]

Today was our last day of school before our final tomorrow. I just came home and studied after school and then took a nap before we had to work. Daniel called me to go flyer with him while I was taking my nap so I went out with him for a couple hours ... Read more >

Tags: Work

No school!

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [430]

We didn’t have school today so I didn’t really do anything productive all day. We went to Antonio’s restaurant near Accademia for dinner and had pizza. Not exactly the best pizza ever, but still really good! After pizza, we went to Lochness and had ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Gallery: Rome

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 | By bsbali | Photo Gallery

Prendere Il Sole

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [418]

Today we spent another day at the beach! The Elba sun is really, really hot but I got extremely tan so that is a good thing! While we were at the beach, Nat, Morgan and I swam out to sea with our floatation devices again. The water in ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Wanna Split Another Pizza?

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 | By jmbworldpilgrimage | Views [948] | Comments [2]

The climbing frenzy continued in Italy...but this time with better motivation...pasta, pizza, and ice cream after a long day at the crag...Sadly, I could never convince Jake to split another pizza after we just finished our own. Taking a tip from ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Jumping off boats

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [431]

I JUMPED OFF A BOAT TODAY! Today we spent the whole morning at the beach. While we were at the beach, we rented a peddle boat and peddled down to two other beaches. It is actually really hard to peddle in the ocean as opposed to just a lake. ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

On our way to La Isola d'Elba

Fri, 8 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [448]

Today after school we met Chiara at the station to go to Elba . We took the train to Pisa and then switched to get to Piombino. From Piombino we took a 1 hour ferry to the island. After hiking up a hill, we finally got to our hotel and ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Monsoon!

Thu, 7 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [526]

Today we had a monsoon outside. Morgan’s friend Natalie got here and we were going to go walk around but because of the monsoon, we couldn’t! We ended up just getting pizza from the place down the street and going to bed early!

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Leaning towers and 3 bottles of wine later...

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [379]

Today we went to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower (or town according to the guide). The tower is a lot smaller than I thought it would be but Pisa has some cool history and its pretty amusing because everything in Pisa is leaning, not ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Being a wine-o and Ohio boys

Tue, 5 Jun 2007 | By gauriw | Views [359]

Today after school we went to a vigneto near San Gimagiano for a wine tasting! I have never done a real wine tasting ever so it was amazing to actually have the real thing in Italy ! The guy who did the tasting for us was named Luigi and ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Italy

Mon, 4 Jun 2007 | By largeone | Photo Gallery

The Miracle of St Peters

Thu, 31 May 2007 | By largeone | Views [1113]

It is said that by standing in the afternoon sunlight shed from the dome aloft of St Peters Cathederal, ones sins can be forgiven.  However don't bask in it for two long as the complex concave curvature of the stainglass window intensifies the sun passing ... Read more >

Tags: Culture