For those of you who have been upset by our lack of touristy enthusiasm, you shall be disapointed no longer! We have taken Rome (or Roma, as the locals call it) by storm. We have been site-seeing with the most avid of tourists, and have taken in some amazing sites...thanks to Matt! I would prefer to wander around to various cafes, searching out the citys greatest coffee. However, he is a true rock hunter at heart! He has systimatically taken me to see as many ancient ruins as is possible to see in 2 days. I periodically get disheartened by the hot weather, lack of shade, and similar looking ruins (essentially rocks), yet he pushes me to press on. As a result, we have seen the entirety of Vatican City, a castle (please do not ask me to remember the name right now...they are beginning to run together), the ruins of the steps where Julius Ceasar was assasinated, the Pantheon, the Colloseum, and the Roman Forum....wheeew, you can imagine my exhaustion! Nonetheless, it has been great fun, even if I have had a few moments of temporary insanity, brought on by the heat :-)
We will be flying home tomorrow morning and will be so excited to see everyone! We have hundreds...yes, hundreds....of pictures to show off and maybe a few untold stories! It has been wonderful keeping in contact with everyone through this blog! Thanks for taking the time to check in and write...it has been a great link to home. Love you all and see you soon...Kristin
Verona, Roman Arena
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About Me
- To Italy I go.....
- Hi! I'm heading off to Italy to teach English to Italian children, through an organization called A.C.L.E. In July, Matt will come to Italy and we will travel around the country to see what Venice, Tuscany, Positano, and Rome have to offer us :-) I'll be gone for about a month and a half and have decided to keep a journal, of sorts, so that friends and family can track my progress through Italy!
Ludriano, my familys home
Village of Sirmione
Sirmione, boats on Lake Garda
Sirmione, Lake Garda
Milan, Castello Sforzesco and its grass moat
Milan, Santa Maria delle Grazie
Milan, The Duomo
Verona, Juliets Balcony
Verona, view from the Roman Arena
Verona Architecture
Lake Iseo in Lombardy
Roccafranca downtown
Sanremo, dinner in a little piazza
Sanremo Alley
Sanremo, in front of my hotel with friends
2 comments:
Welcome home, Kristin!! It was so exciting to read of all of your adventures and, now, to hear of them in person only adds to the excitement.
During your last days abroad, I heard a story on OPB about a woman-- an American-- married to an Italian and living there for some time, who has written a book about Italian cooking (from the Italian perspective). Faith Willinger has a web site that I thought you might be interested in exploring further: www.faithwillinger.com/.
/hs
PS Don't stop the blog now, just because you are home. I know that you'll be going through your vast store of pictures in the coming weeks; please continue to post!!
Thanks, Heather! I will check out that website...I am already missing the food in Italy, so it would be great to find some authentic recipes. Everyone has asked me if I brought any secret recipes home from Grandma Flora (better known as Rosa-hahah), but I am sorry to say that I never saw her use one recipe. She would just through stuff together and it would come out as a delicious meal. So, this website could be quite helpful!
I will try to get some more pictures posted within the next few days...Keep an eye out :-)
Kristin
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