Monday afternoon meant photography class, where we went to a street market. Jacopo gave us different objects to photograph, such as people with hats, and we had 10 minutes to complete each task. I thought it was a lot of fun and helped us to look closer for small details in a large crowd. On Tuesday morning for Art History, we visited the ...
In photography class on Wednesday, we did a walking photography tour of the city. Each person got to lead the group for 8 minutes and we ended up covering a huge amount of space in a couple of hours. I had so much fun and discovered some beautiful places throughout the city. Art History class on Thursday morning brought us to the Marino Marini ...
Today we took a bus to visit a few towns for the weekend. The first we went to was known for its towers that the wealthy families would stay in when attacks happened during the Medieval times. We climbed to the top of one and the view of the Tuscan countryside was spectacular. Then we were treated to a great lunch of the boar and cheese known ...
July 6, Monday We’ve only been in Florence three days but it has felt like weeks. The first day was mostly spent sleeping, recovering from jet lag, and meeting late arrivals. I’m sharing an apartment with eight other girls and we had fun unpacking and exploring our new home for the month (or two or three weeks). Sunday, our first real day ...
On our first day in Florence, the group settled down into our apartments. In addition to the necessities of a bedroom and bathroom, our new homes for the next month were equipped with a living room and kitchen along with a washing machine, fridge, freezer, and many fans to keep cool during the heat wave. We started out our day jet lagged and ...
On Friday July 3rd I touch down in Florence. After an evening of unpacking, meeting my 7 roommates and exploring our apartment, we went out into the city for our first taste of Italy. We didn't have to go far till we reached one of the many piazzas in the city, Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, where we enjoyed some authentic Florentine ...
Florence has been rainy the last few days. The sun will be out, beating down on us, then abruptly, we're caught in a torrential downpour. Weather patterns are definitely different here. One such rainstorm hit as we waited in line at the Academia to see the famous statue of David. Once we got in though, things got a little better. The statue was ...
The fact that we are leaving in less than a week is sadly starting to sink in and it stinks. We don’t want to go home at all. It feels like Florence is our real home and going back to the US would be the trip. Keara has been finishing up her final art project while Elena does the same in Italian class. At the start of this ...
Our last full day in Rome was started with an early morning. We all rose and headed out for a long walk, and we discovered that our instructors had set up a scavenger hunt for us. Our teams roamed around Rome snapping photos of various things on the list. We had to get a picture with a priest! Later that night, the group headed up to visit the ...
by Keara S. & Elena D. Even though we could never get tired of living in Florence, our teachers surprised us with a three-day trip to Rome as a vacation from our daily routines in Florence. Rome is an amazing city, and it is completely different from Florence. Although it is one of the oldest cities in the world, Rome has a modern quality ...