We were only in Florence for one week but we packed a lot in and it was amazing to be in another happening city again. We visited all the sights that I lvoe and have studied. I actually got really excited about seeing all the paintings and architecture that I studied for A levels again. I love Florence as a city and we were staying RIGHT in the middle next to the Baptistery and main square. It was really good to get away from the mosaiques and see some more moder...

For half term we visited Bologna. We mainly visited it because it had lots of things to do, was a student town and was easy to get to by train (and cheap!) We basically had three days and after full on lectures every day and lots and lots of culture we wanted something completely different! We did lots of shopping, got to know the city, visited very few cultural sites and went to lots of shops and parks. There aren't many of those in Venice! We also went to some ...

Venice.. I can't describe how in love I am with this city. Staying their for the 6 weeks was one of the best times of my life. I expected to learn a lot but I learnt so much more. Just being in the city was a big enough experience but we also had private visits to the Uffizi, the Peggy Guggenheim art gallerya dn even a private night visit of San Marco Basilica. I made some amazing friends, some of which i will remain in close contact with. Their were so many amaz...