August 14, 2009

How did we both forget our Camera??

Me and Carmen met up in Pisa my last week in Italy and yes....WE BOTH FORGOT OUR CAMERA!! Horrible, I know. You would think after allll my traveling that the camera would be a number one! Oopsie Daisies!!! Well, we bought a cheap disposable one and this is the best we could come up with. ha heres a few just so you know that I did see the Leaning tower of PISA!!! It is soooo crazy cool by the way!

August 13, 2009

Firenze!

I'm so glad I met Carmen and Sarah...I had A LOT of fun with these girls :) One of our many adventures was a day trip to Florence where we had SOOOOO much fun! Lets see....we saw duomo. went shopping. ate gelato. went shopping. saw ponte vecchio. went shopping. ate food. went shopping. aaaaannnnddd went dancing that night!!! hahahaha Ya.....Florence was great!
Ponte Vecchio.Pizza Time. I love open markets. One of my favorites about Italy for sure.
SHOPPING!!! Another favorite :)
Oh ya...and getting lost...a usual event.
This duomo was the most beautiful one I have seen as far as outside structure and detail! Oh wait...I guess right behind St. Marks basillica in Venice.
Oh look...another favorite...GELATO!!
Checkin into our hostel.
Time to dance the night away!!!!!! WOOOOO
Check out this chalk painting on the ground....CRAZY!

August 7, 2009

Siena :)

I LOVE SIENA!!!! It is one of my favorite places in Italy. I went twice--During the day with Andrea and at night with Carmen, Sarah, and the guys we met at Poderuccio. Andrea came to visit me in Poderuccio for 3 days so we made the quick trip to Siena since it's so close!! It is such a unique, beautiful, old town surrounded by walls everywere you go....as Enzo would say....it's like being in a giant Torta!!! BAHAHAHHAPiazza Del Campo
The Tower we went up.
So I was DYING becasue Siena is ALL HILLS and I was really wishin I wore my tennis shoes...apparently for Andrea it was no sweat! Oh....and it was a bajillion degrees outside.I've been in sooo many Duomos/churched since I have been in Italy and this one, by far, has the best interior I've seen! It's full of artwork--the striped columns are beautiful and the floor was marble with drawings carved into it! So pretty!
The town from the Tower!

Siena by night. . .
One of the many highlights of Italy.

Piazza Del Campo! So fun at night--lots of people, music, food, shops--it's my favorite piazza in Italy