Oh Beautiful Italy!
2008-03-02, Florence, Italy. By: Mckillip03

A couple of weeks ago a bunch of us all headed down to Florence. We arrived at the train station around 7 pm and really had no idea of where to go from there. We tried our hardest to follow the dire...

Now, in Florence
2008-01-03, Florence, Italy. By: mgermain08

My hotel is right in the city. Only a 5 minute walk to the Duomo and Ponte Vecchio! The history here is incrediable!

Last Entry
2007-12-08, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

I suppose this will be my last journal entry, which is sad. I can’t believe I will be home in 9, soon to be 8 days!! This week has passed in a flash, again. We had the last of our regular classes ...

Happy December!
2007-12-02, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Only two weeks left in Italia, oh boy! Emily just got home from Paris and is now unpacking and repacking her suitcases. We are fretting a little bit about getting all our stuff home! I should (key wor...

Pros and Cons
2007-11-28, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

What I am excited to get home for: -A hot shower with water pressure -To see my family, friends, and Jake -Working Out and Kick Boxing class -To hear English and the ability to understand my sur...

Christmas is Coming!
2007-11-27, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Happy Half Birthday to me! I’m just kidding – I don’t really celebrate it. Yesterday was a good day. Nothing terribly exciting happened, but it was good! Let’s see … I woke up and went to the Mark...

Buon Ringraziamento!
2007-11-23, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

I just had a moment while typing “November 23rd” because I can’t believe it’s almost time to go back to the States. I’ve had a nice week! Tuesday I had class at night. We watched a movie called...

Thanksgiving Weekend
2007-11-24, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

I can’t believe how quick this week has gone, I swear the time really does fly when you’re having fun! During the day on Thursday I had an Italian quiz, which went pretty, and Francesco, the teache...

Gobble Gobble...
2007-11-21, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

It’s Almost Thanksgiving! My roommates and I stayed up until 1 in the morning last night and talked about Thanksgiving and everything else. We can’t believe how fast the months here have passed and...

Strike
2007-11-09, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Well, I am all packed and ready to head to Frankfurt to stay with Irina for the weekend. Except there is one small problem, all of Italy is on a transportation strike today. Seriously, who does this? ...

Chianti
2007-11-18, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

The weekend flew by! Thursday – class was pretty uneventful. We watched a movie in Mafia. It was pretty interesting, but weird. The whole concept of the mafia is just weird. Anyway, Thursday ...

Rain Rain
2007-11-15, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Yesterday was pouring rain. That wasn’t fun, especially since it was Aunt Missy and Sue’s last day here. We were planning on going to Siena, but the rain really puts a damper on things. We went to ...

Venice and such ...
2007-11-13, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Well, I have a few days to catch up on! Friday I woke up early and called a taxi to get to the airport. That actually worked out well. I was able to get a taxi and get to the airport 10 minutes...

Oh Italy ...
2007-11-07, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Italy Italy Italy. Today is the first day that I’ve actually disliked the country. Katie and I had Italian class, which is always boring. After that we decided to use the internet because I hav...

Florence
2007-09-21, Florence, Italy. By: elimatt

Our next stop following on from Rome was a trip north into Tuscany to spend a couple of days exploring Florence. After what was a comparatively short rail journey (only two hours as I recall) we sort...

Long Weekend
2007-11-02, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Long Weekend After having a whole week off school, we are having a long weekend. (How lucky!) It’s going to be really hard going back to class! Yesterday was a national holiday, All Saint’s Day, so...

Halloween
2007-11-01, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

November 1st, I can’t believe it! I’ll be home in 47 days. (I’m not the one with the countdown.) Last night was, obviously, Halloween. I haven’t dressed up since high school, so I was definitely n...

Michael Buble!
2007-10-28, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Well, it’s Sunday morning and I’ve been working on some homework already. Welcome back Emily! Last night was the Michael Buble concert. The people going were me, Lexi, Jackie, Britt, and Ana. Ka...

Fall Break . . . Finally!
2007-10-19, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Well, it’s officially fall break now. I had a long week of midterms. Today was the worst day with my Mafia exam. I’m not enjoying that class. I feel like he makes the tests really challenging and ...

Midterms are so over!
2007-10-18, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Midterms are OVER!! Thank the lord! It feels so good to have all that studying done and a whole week off of school. Seriously though, who needs a vacation from Italy? I am very very excited to see ...

Off they go..
2007-10-14, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Well, the two sisters just left Florence this morning (and left me with a cappuccino addiction!) I woke up at 6:30 this morning to walk over to their hotel and say goodbye, it was a miracle we got my ...

oh nothing.
2007-10-13, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

I feel like such a bum! Yesterday I spent the entire day doing homework. If I was back in Wisconsin going to school I would never feel guilty about staying in all day and doing homework, but it seem...

Florence
2007-10-12, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

I’m very crabby right now. I had journals written for basically every day this week and then I started to have battery problems with my computer and they’re all gone. That’ll teach me to back everyt...

shopping
2007-10-10, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Mom and Sherry really need to leave because I am spending all my money! (ahh!) Before they got here I didn’t really buy anything besides food and a few presents for people. Now though we are going int...

Lately...
2007-10-09, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Well, we just got back from another wonderful dinner. Tonight we went to a place called ‘Osteria All’Antico Mercato’ and stuffed ourselves full! Mom and I each had a bowl of veggie soup, fettuccine al...

A lovely Weekend!
2007-10-06, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

We mostly spent the weekend in Florence. Mom and Sherry love to see the sights here and experience the life of a real Florentine so we haven’t been doing tons of traveling. Thursday: In the mornin...

Home in florence
2007-10-06, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

We’re not going anywhere today. That’s completely fine with me because traveling isn’t very relaxing. Spending time in Florence is. Yesterday I got a 7 page paper done. The topic was atoms. I...

International Fair
2007-10-06, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Well, it’s Saturday morning. The girls and I didn’t plan very well, so Assisi will be tomorrow. I didn’t have internet access, so I didn’t look up train times. We’re planning on tomorrow instead. ...

Pronto?
2007-10-02, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Well, today has been a good day so far. I had Italian class and I got an A on my quiz! That was a very pleasant surprise. I don’t have class until 6 tonight, so I’m going to spend the day doing som...

A Fun Week!
2007-10-04, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

I am having lots of fun with my Mom and Aunt Sherry here! I haven’t written at all this week because we have been so busy walking around the city and trying new restaurants. Lets see… Monday: I t...

Nothing.
2007-09-30, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Nothing is exactly what I did for the rest of the weekend. It was actually quite pathetic. Relaxing, though, because I’ve been constantly on the go. Yesterday Katie and I literally spent half the da...

What a day!
2007-09-30, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Sunday September 30, 2007 What a day! Mom and Auntie Sherry are finally here! I went to the airport today to pick them up. I left the apartment around 10:45 and then went to the bus station t...

Visitors!
2007-09-26, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Wednesday September 26, 2007 I’m really losing track of the days in Italy. I have been her for a month tomorrow – can you believe that? My Mom and Aunt Sherry are coming to visit for 2 whole weeks...

And the week begins. . .
2007-09-18, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

Yesterday was just a typical Monday. I spent the morning just getting things done for the week. I made some dinner and headed to school with Jackie to use the internet. I had Chemistry at 3, and we...

Last Week
2007-09-20, Florence, Italy. By: kjpetez17

Thursday, September 20,2007 No Class Wednesdays… Ciao! Well it’s almost 1 in the morning and I should be sleeping right now but I’m all screwed up on time because of Jesse’s wedding this weeken...

Bike Riding.
2007-09-14, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

I pretty much say this every day, but living in Florence gets more fun everyday! Last night was a blast. Ana and I walked home from school together and ran a few errands. I picked up some groceri...

The weekend already . . .
2007-09-13, Florence, Italy. By: embuck27

One of the highlights of my trip was last night. Katie and I bummed around all day, just walking around the city and cleaning the apartment. Around 5 Lexi and I met outside school and I went for a...

Your Messages
2007-08-25, Florence, Italy. By: ginger121

Just read your messages . . . nice to know you're missing us!!! Ha! This has been our first oportunity to log on. We brought a transformer for the PC, but it didn't work. We borrowed one from th...