Welcome back! I apologise for being so slack with my updates, but I've passed the halfway point of my time here & I will definitely be writing more regularly now!! For the Easter Holidays ('Spring Break' according to all of my American friends) Hannah, Maeve, Sydney & I ventured to Italy to enjoy the warm Tuscan sunshine.
Sydney & I have both been to Italy before & it was wonderful to be back! I forgot how great gelato is & how bad the streets of Florence could smell. We arrived in Pisa on Sunday the 6th of April & caught a bus to Florence where we spent a wonderful three nights in a beautiful apartment we found via Airbnb.
We loved every minute in Florence (except for the ones spent hungover after a night out with Limoncello...)! Every day we explored the city on foot, almost got run over crossing the street, & of course ate plenty of pasta, pizza & gelati! The four of us got through a few bottles of wine at lunch each day, & then a couple more at dinner & thoroughly enjoyed all of the markets we could find! I bought some gifts for friends & family back home... & found some for myself too.
Does Dwayne Wade get dwunk at the Duomo??
Next we headed to Rome on the train & loved seeing some of the Tuscan countryside on the way. In Rome we stayed at an even more beautiful Airbnb apartment, complete with an entirely glass loft! After all of the stairs in Florence to the top of the Duomo & back, we took on the steps of the St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City for more stunning views.
551 Stairs... ONE WAY!!
Needless to say we spent the short amount of time we had in Rome visiting all of the most tourist-y places possible & making Lizzie McGuire references at least 5 times a day. It was great to hear (& speak a bit of) the language again & I was surprised at how much of the cities I remembered. I found the hotel, Pensione Pendini, in Florence that I stayed at 6 years ago on a school trip! Even on the last day in Rome I spotted the tiny little gelateria that Mr Parry insisted was the best in Italy. We all enjoyed that thoroughly!
By the end of the adventure Sydney & I both got a little sunburnt on our faces, something I doubt would happen back here in London! Here is the Italy vlog ~ Enjoy!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Currently listening to John Legend's 2013 album Love in the Future ♬ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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