What a busy and fantastic week! An American girl and I flew to Italy. We stayed in Pisa, Florence, and Rome. Each town was different from each other, but I loved all three! Pisa was quiet and smaller than the others, but extremely relaxing. We saw the Leaning Tower and just strolled aimlessly in Pisa for two days. After taking the train, we stayed in Florence for three days. Florence was packed full of museums, cathedrals, shopping districts, and gardens. We saw Michelangelo’s David in the Academia Museum, Bottecelli’s The Birth of Venus in the Uffizi Museum, walked up the 463 stairs to the top of the Duomo to get a 360 degree view of Florence, and also visited the Boboli Gardens and Museum. After the high speed train, we arrived in Rome - our final destination. Rome was definitely the busiest city of the three, and it was full of many different attractions. We saw the Vatican, including the Sistine Chapel and the Basilica, the Spanish Steps, the Fountain Trevi, the Pantheon, the Coliseum, as well as many other fountains, statues, historic ruins, and monuments. Everywhere you turn in Rome you either see an amazing piazza or historic monument/statue/building - it’s no wonder I came back with 562 pictures! I saw everything I wanted to see and so much more!
My feet were killing me when we got back on Friday, but I had promised my flatmate that I would go out with her to see a ska band perform live at a local club - The Skabadivers. They were pretty good, but the ‘pogo’ dancers were extremely entertaining (and dangerous)! And Sunday, a friend and I went biking in the north out into the country. It was beautiful!! The weather here is really gorgeous and it totally makes up for the rainy season. I am about to go out for another bike ride (I just got done with classes). This time we are all going to bike to Belgium.
I’ll leave you with some of the main highlights of my trip…
Leaning Tower of Pisa:
Florence River Walk:
The View from the Duomo in Florence:
The Front of the Vatican:
The Back of the Vatican:
The Coliseum:
