Taking Florence & The Globe!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Oh Man, We We're Living...We Talked And Drank And Danced And Said Goodbye...We Laughed Until We Cried

Gonzaga-in-Florence End of the Year Dinner:

Sums the Night/Year Up:

Oh Man, We We're Lving

We Talked And Drank And Danced And Said Goodbye

We Laughed Until We Cried

Getting ready at 85... Nothing New.

Nazionale for Lyfffe... Some of the best times of our entire life.

Snuggle-in-Florence! The reasonS why this year was the best ever!

Merchedes Carrara... The most wonderful woman I have ever met!

Daddy!

Loooveee

Photobommmbed... the way I like it!

Keifs and Chanel for ever!

CMSE for ever. True Loveee!

Serenading MollGall... only one of my favorite things!

Neverrr let go!

Snuggle when times get tough...

Will YOU be at our birthday party??

A once in a lifetime moment... taller than my midge sister Kpaiiin

The love of mine and Mauro's life!

Manollla <3

Ohhh I love you!

Manola and Matteo with their fave residents!

Music Guide: "Laughed Until We Cried" by Jason Aldean

I'm in the South of France Trick!

Nice is Nice!

Clare and Her midge friends in da South of France

Nice's port! That boats little!

Foammmm dance flash backs!

Just for kicks in Nice!

Nothing better than friends, vino, and the beach! Makes me want Summer!

Looooove

Provence is adorbs!

Pizzzza Partay!

Lassssst night on the beach!

Monaco... Richhh dawg!

Let's Get Rich and Buy Our Parents Homes In The South of France!

I just have to state that I CAN'T believe that this was the last weekend trip of the year.. where has this year gone! It was such a bittersweet moment when we were driving back into Florence after a beautiful weekend in the South of France and we all came to the realization that this was the last time we would be packing our lives into tiny suit cases until the time comes to back our last year into a couple of big suitcases! But, regardless of the emotions we all felt... the weekend was beautiful and fun.

It all started on Thursday with a nice long bus ride to the South of France. We drove along the coast of Italy, which was absolutely beautiful! I wish I could have explored that area more in my time here, but I guess its more reason to come back. We got into Nice at around 1030... just in time to get some vino for a last weekend toast on the beach! The little moments in Europe are truly the best ones. The next morning we had a walking tour of Nice which was beautiful! We climbed to the top of the lookout and got to see the coast line on one side and the harbor with the massive yachts on the other side. It was also a lovely 70 degrees outside.. which was absolutely fabulous. We then spent the afternoon on the beach! So pretty! So warm! So nice to spend time with my friends during the end of the journey! That night a few of us found this cute restraunt and then came back and were in bed by 12. Day drinking and sun call for an early evening!

The next day we had a day trip to Aix En Provence! That town is exactly what I imagine cute French towns to be like. There were markets all over, beautiful colored flowers, pastries, and lavender everywhere! It was sooo hot there too, so while some people did the walking tour, a couple of us chose to just explore on our own, and managed to go shopping and enjoy a little bit of France. We came back to Nice just in time to go to pizza, which was thick just like America, which was a wierd moment for all of us. We spent the evening on the beach, which was a perfect last night of our travels.

The next day we left, but not before we made a quick stop in Monaco. It was cold and grey there so it wasn't as nice to explore. We did get to see some MASSIVE yachts in the harbor. The bus ride back would have been more enjoyable if someone didn't puke and we didn't have to spend 6 hours with the smell. But, all in all, it was a pretty fabulous end to the travels. I can't believe I'm almost home... its been a wild ride.

Music Guide: "You and I" by Ingrid Michaelson

Monday, April 11, 2011

One Shining Moment... It's All On The Line!

So it was time once again for the Semester annual calcetto (soccer) tourney between pensiones and Nazionale was in it to win it last semester after a rough semi-final loss last semester! We started off the tournament with two wins against Sigorno Laura and Gallo d'Oro. Then it was off to 85 Cavour. We were up the entire game, but ended up losing in a sudden death shoutout... so that was TERRIBLE. The next night was a rematch with Gallo d'Oro for a chance to go to the Championship... which of course we won. So we were off to the shipppp right after... and ofcourse we beat 85 twice to take it all... Victory is sooo sweet! I love it! So fun to have a little competition!