I don’t feel like adding words. But here’s more Venice!  And a sneak peek of Rich on his dad’s old Minolta film camera, plus some Murano pictures at the end.  =)

In Venice we stayed on the island Lido.  It seemed like a vacation spot for the Venetians and was incredibly beautiful.  A perfect spot to explore, relax, and eat very well.

Recently I took an amazing trip to Italy with my boyfriend and his family.  We went from Venice to Florence to Rome to Ischia, spending about three to four days in each place.  This post has pictures from my favorite part of Venice, the island Burano.  The beautiful diverse colors of the buildings coupled with the many cats just lounging around easily put it to the top of my list.

Finally I was reunited with my friend Andrea who I spent a great deal of time with when we both lived in Florence. She is living in New York City this summer so we walked around downtown for a while; got a nice lunch and did some shopping.  We also stumbled upon the sets of Men in Black III and one of my favorite shows: Boardwalk Empires.

I tried to look around for cast members I would recognize but most of the cast was hidden in the alley.  Anyway, it was a fun day to reminisce on our time abroad.  Some throwback pictures from our time in Florence:

current distraction: the crappy internet

thats the view from our hotel room! i was trying to update yesterday but i dont think it worked. yesterday we had an orientation meeting that went pretty well. and then we went out to lunch and had pizza and went shopping for some random stuff around siena. came back and took a nap and then i was futsing with my internet. christina and I went out to dinner at this cute little place. we had to go back to the hotel since christinas shoes were killing her. on the way some italian local asked me where something was and i hope that means he thought i was italian, i couldnt help him though unfortunately. today was the placement test. i got into intermediate I, which im kind of nervous about because it seems like its going to be really hard. but i really want to learn the language. when i go out i try to speak italian the best i can but we'll see. anyway now im trying to get my phone to work, for some reason its not and im kind of confused. if you want the number let me know causeee i probably should put it on the internet.