Last Friday Accademia Italiana took the 33 of us to a small city outside of Rome called Tivoli. Tivoli used to be home to a Cardinal during the 1500's at most incredible villa I have ever seen and one of the largest gardens in Italy. We spent the day there walking around the open air market and the Villa. I still cant believe I amhere...even with concrete pictures to prove it!
On Saturday we all decided to spend some time being tourists for the day! We went to the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps. The Trevi Fountain is said to be a must see place in Rome to come to just before you leave the city. The coin throwings of the fountain vary but the one I like the most is: throw one coin and you ensure your return to Rome, two coins will lead to a new romance and three will ensure either a marriage or divorce. I have also read that it is lucky to throw three coins with your right hand over your left shoulder into the Trevi Fountain and all three will come true. I did not throw any yet...we all vowed to come back right before we leave to come home because at that point we hopefully wont want to leave at all!
The Spanish Step were beautiful, but packed with people so I will have to get back there again during the week when it isnt so busy. Good news is, I found all the wonderful designer shops right by the Steps!!
Some girls and I started planning our weekend trips throughout the semester so I am finally getting really excited that I am here. Having these trips to look forward to has already helped calm my nervous and make me think less about missing home so much. We are still working out all the details but we've booked flights to Paris, Florence/Tuscany, and Barcelona throughout April and are checking out flights to London, Greece, Berlin, Sicily and Southern Italy (for Spring Break). And then of course my lovely parents and I will be taking a romantic weekend to Venice and hopefully Trieste (which is supposed to be even more beautiful than Venice) when they come! This is going to be an incredible semester and I am beginning to love living in a huge city...most especially this city!
Tivoli, Italy
The Villa at Tivoli, Italy
The Villa at Tivoli
The girls and I at the Trevi fountain
The Spanish Steps
My Roommates and I at the fountain
SO GORGEOUS!
Stephanie!
Lookin good in those shades.
ReplyDeleteKeep the pics coming.
I agree with Kev. Sexy shades.
ReplyDeleteI notice all those landmarks from the Lizzie McGuire movie! I'm really cool. I'm glad you're having a good time!
Shan, I'm so glad you have this blog so we can experience Italy (and soon other countries!) with you. Glad you are finding some time for fun while taking all those classes :) Remember I'm expecting some secret italian recipes when you get home!
ReplyDeleteYou forgot Dublin, Shannon!! We really should plan a weekend to meet up somewhere this semester.
ReplyDeleteAre you picking up an Italian accent? Like maybe "Mama Mia, that's a spicy a meat a ball!!"
ReplyDeleteLooks beautiful there, must look great through those awesome sunglasses.