First day of class! Welcome to Florence!!
Inside of the Baptisry dome.
Katie and my sweet terrace that we have all to ourselves.
Maggie, myself, and Carolyn sitting on the steps of the Duomo waiting for class.
Katie and my room in Florence. A very nice area. We get to walk to school every day and half of our walk is next to a really pretty creek.
View from one of the many hikes Charlie and I did from our Villa. The house we stayed in is one towards the top of the hill. It was really nice to be above the whole village.
We had an AMAZING view. This is what I looked at while I read every morning. We had mountains to our left, wrapping all the way behing our house, and to the right was all water and coast line.
Hiking in the mountains.
One night, the five of us went to a resturant for a true Greek meal. It was very good, and very filling. This is the place we ate at.
Katie and I holding cupcakes from the famous Hummingbird Cafe. We went out to celebrate Allie's 21st birthday!
The gang at our favorite pub called the Cheshire Cheese.
Caitlyn and I at the Orangery, having some tea and dessert.
One of my last days in London with Kate. We went to Borough Market. On display is one of the best brownies I have ever had in my life! I miss Kate already, I wish she could be in Florence with all of us right now...
Our front door on Earl's Court Road. To the right was a really good grocery store.
For one of my long weekends, Kate, Katie, and I went to visit Mailys and Katie's friend Allison, in Paris. Pictured starting from the left: Mailys, Me, Katie, Allison, Kate. Mailys was my exchange student from when I went and lived in Nantes, France over four years ago! Here we are at a Mosque having some tea. My only suvinire from Paris was that tea cup.
Katie, myself, and Kate in front of the Notre Dame... just to point out where we are.
Mailys and I by the river. It was so good to see her. I am planning on another trip at the end of my travels to see her again. Four years was too long to go without seeing one another!
Kate and I at Maily's appartment, eating snails.
Our market goodies we picked up on Saturday morning. It was amazing that after a solid three years of not speaking French, I was able to pick it back up very quickly!
Sunday morning, Kate and I got on a large blue tour bus and rode out to the country side to Stonehenge and then to Bath. It was the perfect way to spend my Sunday, I think.
Kate and I walking along the river at Bath. We didn't go into the historical part and tours, instead we explored to town on our own, taking in it's peacefulness and beauty.
Shot of Bath from a bridge. It didn't rain on us all day! We had about three and a half hours to spend poking around the town, and two minutes after we got back on the tour bus to ride home, it started raining. What great timing!
The Alps on our flight in
Whatching the huge Coo coo clock
Kate and I at Monte and Margaret's flat having fancy desserts from Dalmayer's!
We went to the top of a church. There was very little room up there and it was a looooong way down!
Kate and I acting like true tourists at the Haufbrauhaus with our bier and bretzel.
For one of our London as Visual Text classes, we went to the Hampton Court Palace. A picture from inside the kitchen.
Outside in one of the Gardens.
One facade and another garden. This palace was huge. It also has the oldest maze in London. We made it to the center and out again.
Sitting by the fountain eating our baguttes with borsin cheese spread and various meats. One of the best place I've ever had a pic-nic!
Another path way at the palace. I think I liked the outside more then the palace itself!
