Italia
2006-04-30, Florence, Italy. By: kld

Just got to Florence this morning. Spent 2 1/2 days in Rome. I'm crazy exhausted right now. I just saw Michelangelo's David; what could I possibly say to describe that? The Vatican, the Colisseum, the...

On Michelangelo, My Inspiration
2006-04-08, Florence, Italy. By: bolioboy

After the long tiring day the day beore in milan, I most definitly did not want to get out of bed, but the promise of the riches florence had in store for me eventually got me up. In florence, Imy fir...

Quite possibly the best spring break ever!
2006-03-21, Florence, Italy. By: margieac04

Wow, Italy is definetly the place to be for spring break! We have had relatively nice weather, Ive been able to wear a t-shirt without a jacket! yay! In Rome we saw lots of cool stuff. My favorite...

Bobli Gardens
2006-02-26, Florence, Italy. By: jennys

Another early morning in Florence Italy. Breakfast was about the same as the day before. Afterwards, we headed off to another museum and garden. The group I seemed to spend the entire trip with decide...

Ahh Florence...
2006-02-25, Florence, Italy. By: jennys

So Saturday in Florence started kind of early, I was up, ready, and eating breakfast by about 8:30am. It was pretty good. There was some off brand nutella at least, and you really can't beat a breakfa...

Oh Florence, thanks for the Uplift!
2006-02-22, Florence, Italy. By: jeccojade

We are now in Florence, and yes, our itinerary might as well have not even been made, right? But I must admit that we girls are definitely rolling with the punches quite well, especially ME, because ...

my visit to Florence
2006-02-09, Florence, Italy. By: jewell

I've finally developed my taste for coffee back. Funny how I had to come to Italy where all they drink is espresso to like coffee again. Of course, this is beside the point, I mean to write about my t...

On My First Trip to Florence
2006-02-02, Florence, Italy. By: bolioboy

I awoke early at 6:30 and prepared my day bag for the all school trip to Florence. After taking more than my allotment of pastries and juice i joined everyone down the hill at Piazza Girabaldi. Like m...

Cinqueterra, Florence and DeCas
2005-11-28, Florence, Italy. By: catalina

Well, my first weekend traveling completely alone proved to be completely successful! I was absolutely terrified about my trip to Florence and Cinqueterra because I had decided to go alone since no o...

Italy: Day 4
2005-09-20, Florence, Italy. By: ashley_v

Alright, Day 4 in Italy… (I’m writing this so long after the fact, way to go Ash). Well, we woke up in our fabulous hotel room complete with warm showers and tv and decided to steal some crackers fr...

Backstreet Boy!!
2005-11-01, Florence, Italy. By: meinleuven

Okay guys, so not me, but I literally RAN down the street after a Backstreet Boy today. We were going to see the David at the Academia whatever, but of course there was another stupid line. I know...

The Uffizi sucks, and you can (and will) judge me for that, but I don't care
2005-11-01, Florence, Italy. By: meinleuven

Okay, the Uffizi might not suck, per se, but it's not exactly my bag. I don't "do" Renaissance art, because I admit I lack the appreciation for it. I had a blast in the 3.5 hour line though, I reall...

Italy: Day 3
2005-09-20, Florence, Italy. By: ashley_v

I woke up sleepy in the hostel at 4 am after sleeping an entire day away(which seems completely wasteful now, but wasnt), chatted a bit with Andrea about why the hell we were awake at 4am, and then fe...

Day 7: Florence
2005-07-27, Florence, Italy. By: wanderings

Agenda: - Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) - Ponte Vecchio From Rome we drove to Florence, passing by some of the most beautiful country landscapes on the way. I assume this must be what they call...

Florence by day
2005-08-12, Florence, Italy. By: joshland

Hi everyone... Just got back from seeing the sights of Florence. Man, this day was filled with amazing architecture, sculptures, and paintings...oh and about 1500 stairs to climb. I woke up early...

Im out...
2005-08-11, Florence, Italy. By: joshland

I made it safely from Greece back to italy and am now in Florence. The ferry ride was fun, I met some good people and had a good time. These ferry rides are so long (18hrs) that it helps out a lot w...

The Gelato is a flowing
2005-07-10, Florence, Italy. By: katesnow

Hey everyone, I finally made it to Italy!!!! It is EVERYTHING I thought it would be!! It was well worth the 28 hours or so of bus rides and train trips to get here from Spain!! I was exhausted but al...

Nutshell
2005-06-24, Florence, Italy. By: beattie_sw

Florence in a nut shell.. sleep, sleep, saw David (he's gigantically tall), sleep, some kind of a parade for a Festival of Saint John the Baptist, sleep, sleep, shopping, shopping, sleep, shopping, a ...

Weekend in Firenze
2005-06-27, Florence, Italy. By: vsinitaly

We loved Florence!!!! It's such a beautiful city. Stefan and I got there and back by train. Despite some unfortunate travelling events, we had an awesome 2 days in the city of art. My favorite area...

Hello to all
2005-07-05, Florence, Italy. By: jrmy127

hey. things are going great. I have a bunch of stuff that I will be posting soon so hang with me. Have seen lots if great stuff. miss you all.

Morgan:Can i have a beer? Bartender: for here or to go? Morgan: What? To go?
2005-05-29, Florence, Italy. By: j2dewar

Okay, So Friday night was fun. There was a place we found that had "happy hour" which was 3 Euro drinks between 6:30 and 9:30 so we went to that and had these amazing cocktails. Feeling hungry we c...

Its so damn hot! Milk would be a bad choice...
2005-05-27, Florence, Italy. By: j2dewar

Today was fun. We started out with a nice breakfast next to our hostel and made our way downtown to the train station. We started walking toward the Palazzo Pitti...with every intention of doingh it a...

Jenn and I are easily distracted by shiny objects
2005-05-27, Florence, Italy. By: morgan

We set out to do alot today. We were gonna go to at least two possibly three museums and see this big garden thing and everything. And we were well on our way, walking briskly, determined. Unfortunate...

Conquering begins!
2005-05-26, Florence, Italy. By: Morgan

Today I saw Michelangelos David. It was actually alot bigger than you think it is! its huge! absolutely captivating though. its so perfect... the veins in his arms down to the muscles in his knees and...

"Morgan, do you have any idea what you are doing?"..."In theory?? No...In practice???....no...
2005-05-26, Florence, Italy. By: j2dewar

This was Morgans response to my inquiry as to where we were on the map she was reading...pfft...crazy Morgan and her navigating of windy streets... Anyway, todayw as our first attempt to conquer th...