Well Hellllooooo everyone!
I have some very exciting news to report: As many of you know, my hard drive crashed a few weeks ago leaving me without a computer. This will explain the lack of photos and blog posts. I am happy to tell you that I have gotten a new hard drive and am back to using my own computer! Let the good times roll!
Anyway, now for the juicy part: This weekend my study abroad program sponsered an excursion to two cities made even more famous by William Shakespeare: Venice and Verona. Although the Bard never travelled to Italy himself, he must have heard great things about these two beautiful cities. We started the trip off in Verona, which I must say was wildly anti-climactic (probably because it was pouring and I was cranky) but we were able to have a delicious lunch and see what they claim to be the actual Juliet's Balcony. Apparently the two families in the play existed in real life (although their names were anglicized for the play). After our morning in Verona we were off to a lovely countryside villa where we were given a tour of the vineyard and villa and treated to a real wine tasting! This wine tasting was very interesting because they truly explained to us how to appreciate the subtle flavors in the wine.
The next day, we travelled to Venice (by boat, supposedly the best way to enter the city). Venice is absolutely beautiful. Although many people are turned off by the amount of tourists and the smell, I really love how there are no cars or vespas (so different from Florence!). I really felt like we saw the true Venice on our tour, which took us through many back streets before dropping us at the touristy center.
We were given 6 hours of free time during which my friends and I opted to get lost in the winding streets and do a little shopping (window shopping for me, because I am cheap.) It was truly an amazing day. To top it off, as we were getting on the bus back to Florence there was the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen. Picture is below.
Hope all is well with everyone!
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