Midterms, Midterms, Midterms!

Ciao Blog Buddies,

I missed yesterday's update, shoot. But I have midterms this week, and I can't believe that we are already half way through the semester! Our Spring Break is next week and many people are flying off to far away places, but since I have three months under my belt after the program, most of travels will be executed then!

I just have a few random photos to share, as most of my time is being dedicated to studying. *sadness*

I told them to act like they were enjoying it, we all had different interpretations LOL.
On the Beach at Viareggio (same "town" as the Carnivale)
Coca-Cola Moment

On the Beach Again. Closest guy: Alex Dobbs, Me and Mike Muegge

Cloudy Day... Misc Bridge over the Arno River. (First One West of the Ponte Vecchio)

Lucca, long time ago, Victoria and ME

Fastest Way Around Italy

My goal is to roll out the blog about my University, Siena, and "The Best Day Ever" next, but who knows! I am most terrified of the Italian language class midterm, but I'll try my best. On Saturday though, a little history on the Medici Family (so if you are not a history buff, this might be kinda boring. But they made Florence what it is today!!)

Miss and thinking of all of you! I need to get some emails out, but so much to do, so little time! haha.

Ciao ciao!

Carnivale di Viareggio (PART TWO)

Buon Giorno,

Viareggio, as you can tell, was as wacky as it was fun, and I wish I had taken more pictures with me and our group, but live and learn!

Here are some snapshots of the town:

Here are some of the costumes and whatever "leftover" photos I have. You can tell that the Italians put a lot of work into some of these!

MY FAVORITE!!!!! HAHA. She looked right into my soul!! ahhh






And who doesn't believe me when I say the Italians love their dogs?

And finally, look who I bumped into:

Carnivale di Viareggio (PART ONE)

Buona Sera Bloggers,

I am excited to release part one of the trip to my first Italian Carnivale! It's a mixture of a parade, political statements, and Halloween. Took my first treno (train) for an hour and half to this little coastal city. It was the coldest day of my stay in Europe, but was very entertaining. And I think you'll see why.

The ATM card did not work for me, so I had to operate on what money I had (6 euros, I think... which was enough to have some of the best pizza I've ever had, and a Coca-Cola)! Yay!

I will always travel with a little extra now. The less money you have, the more you want to buy. It's weird.

So here are some of the Parade floats...

Obama with Osama in his hat

Candy is very expensive here, so it was a tease. I think like a handful of gummy bears was worth close to 5 American dollars (Granted, its off the street of a giant parade...its bound to be expensive... but still)

Yup, thats really happening.

And here is a video of my personal favorite float! (I wish my laptop had a video editing program, so I could spruce it up a bit, but I can only show hard-cuts.)

Tomorrow's blog will show the rest of the trip, along with what people were wearing which I thought was equally entertaining! (Even Lady Gaga might be impressed by the average Italian costume!)

Ciao ciao!