Greetings from Italy!
This has been a wild week so far. I've been here for 5 days or something and this is the first chance I've had to sit and write something. Its also the first place I've had internet at the hotel. We're in Florence right now, just got in last night from Siena. We're at a cute little Bed & Breakfast in the heart of the city. There is an amazing view: there's actually a beautiful old church across the street, right outside our window. Incredible.
Siena was awesome. I completely fell in love with that city. Its so cute and nice and...medieval. It was built a long long time ago by the Etruscans so its very different from the Roman cities of Florence and Rome. It used to be huge (over 200,000 people) a long time ago, but when the black plague came through it wiped out over 90% of the population and it hasn't really started building back up since the Marshall Plan gave it lots of money after WWII.
Wow, I just had to stop writing for a second because the church bells across the street started ringing...awesome! I shot a little video of it on Mad's camera, hopefully it comes out.
Anyway, so Siena is this awesome Tuscan city that's just oozing with character and history. You'll have to see the pictures to get a better idea. I wandered around there for hours upon hours while Madeline was in class and I had a great time.
Before that, we spent a day in Rome, since I flew in Saturday night. It was cool, but incredibly warm (80 degrees, at least). I was worried because I had brought lots of cold weather clothing and it was so hot! We saw some of the staple things, including the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, the Pantheon and St. Peter's Square (we were a little late and walked up at the end of the Pope's address to the masses, he did tell us to have a good week though, which is close to a blessing, right?
Before that I spent some time in London's Heathrow Airport, which was, well, ugly. We did circle around the city for 20 minutes or so before landing and that was awesome. I think London is next on my list.
I'm downloading pictures from the camera right now and we've taken close to 250 so far. I'll weed through those and post some good ones.
Well, breakfast is calling, gotta go!
Siena was awesome. I completely fell in love with that city. Its so cute and nice and...medieval. It was built a long long time ago by the Etruscans so its very different from the Roman cities of Florence and Rome. It used to be huge (over 200,000 people) a long time ago, but when the black plague came through it wiped out over 90% of the population and it hasn't really started building back up since the Marshall Plan gave it lots of money after WWII.
Wow, I just had to stop writing for a second because the church bells across the street started ringing...awesome! I shot a little video of it on Mad's camera, hopefully it comes out.
Anyway, so Siena is this awesome Tuscan city that's just oozing with character and history. You'll have to see the pictures to get a better idea. I wandered around there for hours upon hours while Madeline was in class and I had a great time.
Before that, we spent a day in Rome, since I flew in Saturday night. It was cool, but incredibly warm (80 degrees, at least). I was worried because I had brought lots of cold weather clothing and it was so hot! We saw some of the staple things, including the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, the Pantheon and St. Peter's Square (we were a little late and walked up at the end of the Pope's address to the masses, he did tell us to have a good week though, which is close to a blessing, right?
Before that I spent some time in London's Heathrow Airport, which was, well, ugly. We did circle around the city for 20 minutes or so before landing and that was awesome. I think London is next on my list.
I'm downloading pictures from the camera right now and we've taken close to 250 so far. I'll weed through those and post some good ones.
Well, breakfast is calling, gotta go!
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