Friday, January 9, 2009

Italia!

I fell in love in Italy...with Italy!! What an awesome, beautiful and charming country. I would love to live there...but don't worry! Maybe one day!

ROMA!!
My friend Leah(whom is also an Au Pair in Madrid) and I flew out of Madrid very early on Christmas Eve. We started our trip in Rome where we stayed in a great hostel and met many young people from around the world. We spent three days there and on Christmas Eve we were lucky enough to attend midnight mass at the Vatican. Pictured here is my friend Leah(from Wisconsin) and in the middle is our new friend Glauci(from Brazil) whom we met in the hostel.

Here are a few more pics from Rome....


FIRENZE!!
Our next stop was Florence where we were hosted by a really nice guy named Leo. He is from Brazil but is living in Italy where his grandfather is from. We had the best time with him. He plays guitar and sings in a band and we were lucky enough to witness the first show with his new band mates. He also showed us around Florence and took us to a really cool bar in his little town.(He lives 20 min outside of Florence by train in Pistoia)

The Cathedral in Florence...



VENEZIA!!
OK so Venice...if you have never been you must go! It is soooooo incredible! We lucked out and found a great hostel the evening we arrived. It was steps from the main canal and we made quick friends with everyone who was staying there. Our original plan was to stay two nights then return to Rome for New Years, but we were having such a great time with our new friends that we decided to stay in Venice! I am so happy we did because it turned out to be one of the best New Years ever!

Our first day and its sunny!



Our new friends...from New Zealand, Australia, Uk and Canada. Our hostel host Gustavo made us authentic Italian dinners every night..we were spoiled!


The island called Burano, known for the lace made there.

Hmmm...which house do I want...pink or yellow??

Our friends from Australia..


New Years festivities commence and the beauty of it all...it snowed! For those who are sensitive to pasty white skin, I apologize for the last pic! But, how many people can say they ran around in their undies in the snow on New Years in Venice???





If you have Myspace or Facebook you can view all the pics from my trip!
Happy New Year!!! xoxo

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