Now that the weather has finally (HOPEFULLY) decided to cooperate and participate in the season; we have been able to do more outdoor exploring. The past few weeks have been a mixture of venturing into the pouring rain in the City Center for a dinner or drink and hiding in the confines of our apartment safely out of the harm of the treacherous weather outside. Saturday: My friend Georgette found a special AEGEE trip (for students abroad) which we were welcome...

Yesterday we had the pleasure of joining our friend, Alessia our friend from Sydney, in her home town of Lucca! Lucca is a small city about a one hour drive from Florence and closer to the sea. Lorenzo has already been to Lucca two or three times, and here is the kicker, for a big comic book convention they hold each year. Anyone who didn't believe me when I said my boyfriend was a nerd... here is your stone cold proof (Mom, remember all those "books" y...

I have had a busy month! I am thankful for that since I have began to feel kind of idle here recently. After weighing all of the options Lorenzo's parents decided that it was safest and best if I go home and get a student visa so that I can stay here legally for the next six months and travel around Europe without having to look over my shoulder every time I crossed a border or came within 10 feet of a police officer. They did a lot of research and took a lot of...

The photo is actually from Volterra, but we saw both cities in one day. Last Sunday we headed out on another adventure around the Tuscany hills! We made sure not to get up too early because we didn't want to be crabby for the trip! So we climbed into Lorenzo's brand new Mini around 11am. Volterra was only about an hour and half drive so it didn't make a lot of difference if we left early. We drove through the beautiful hills of Tuscany and up a lot of winding r...

In the last two weeks I have had two trips to Roma but I knew that this last one would be the big one so I have saved all of the photos and updates until now. Trip #1: 15 February (Day 1): My friend and TEFL mate, Thomas, and I had to go to Rome for an interview for a teaching position with the well-known language school Berlitz International. We hopped on a train at 6:40am Monday morning to be there with plenty of time to get to our interviews at 12pm and 2pm....