Sunday, July 26, 2009

Nothing Better (Postal Service)

AGH. There is...so. much.

Uh, woah. I've forgotten how to blog.

So, we took a tiny little bus to the tiny walled mountain-top city of Montepulciano, where they filmed part of the movie New Moon. This entire trip we were led around by one of our professors, Max Cardillo. So he pointed out several things about their duomo (main church, basically) and the main square there. We ALSO went on a wine tasting, and the wine there was fantastic. But incredibly expensive to ship back, so...

From Montepulciano, we drove to the even smaller town of Pienza, Italy. There, we also walked around their main sqaure (designed by Michelangelo) and toured a Palazzo owned by a wealthy family from the Renaissance, the Piccolominis.

Then, we took the bus to Siena. I loved Siena. It was amazing, and so much fun. In Italy, you can have open intoxicants, just walking around, and they have an amazing square. (mom, pictures will go on facebook soon. I took around 500 the last 9 days. woof.) We walked around the city one day, led by Max, but we also get a lot of time to just wander and explore the citi(es) for ourselves. Umm...

from there we took a train to Florence, where we also get a walking tour one day, and most of the time we get free. Another girl and I, Michelle, get along really well, so we kinda do our own thing a lot of the time.

This is so SO freaking abbreviated. Maybe when I have more time later, I will flesh it out a little bit more.

Rome, we get a day and a half for our own, and then embark on what we call the "Death March". It's a walking tour of Rome. It spans from one end of the city to the other. We walked for 12 hours that day. it wasn't as bad as it sounds, and very interesting. Michelle and I followed that up by a quick trip to Piazza del Popolo (I couldn't miss it, as a scene in my favorite book , The Count of Monte Cristo, takes place there.) Then, today, our last day in Rome, we (there was a group of 6 of us) went to a supermarket and had a picnic in the Borghese Gardens, and then rented side-by-side covered bicycles and rode them around the gardens. so cheesy, but SO MUCH freakin fun.. hahahaha....it was hilarious. A perfect ending day to our trip.

We got back to San Gemini around 6, so I charged my computer and ate dinner and now I'm here. I miss you all a lot, but I only have two weeks left...I'm already missing it. I love Italy!

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love seer

* oh, and nothing bad happened in rome...for realz.

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