Monday, March 3, 2008
Italian adventure- PHOTOS
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LA DOLCE VITA- Its better than I ever dreamed of
Well, Once again I am so sorry that I have been so terrible about keeping up with my blog. But here it goes... the past month.
I cannot believe that it is already March. I do not know where the time has gone. All I know is that I have not wasted a minute of my time!
well.... So, First things first, School is good. It has finally become something of a routine. But then there are random times where things are changed or we go on field trips. I have mastered the art of being laid back! Things are never what they seem and are never going to be how you originally planned. But i think that it is a great lesson to learn.
So, lets see. recently I have been going to dinner parties a few nights a week. Some of my friends through some friends... ahaha have me over for dinners a lot. They are really nice guys. It is so funny to have guys cook the food while the girls sit and wait! I love it. HAHA. Maybe american guys could start learning how to cook as well. :) Its always really nice. I really love eating dinner here, because it is such an event. We always start with wine (really good wine, bc my friend owns his own vineyard), then cheese and meats, pasta, salad, desert, coffee, lemoncello, everything. And we start at 8 and finish after 12. its always so nice though!
Anyways within the past 2 weeks I have had 2 great events happen. Actually I think they might be the two best events that I have ever experienced in my life... haha I know its easy to say that a lot about things right after they happened. but i really think that these are pretty high up on the list
Well, 2 weekends ago, I went to a party hosted by some of my friends. It was called the bathrobe party! It was so much fun. My friends francesco, daniele and i drove out to this villa in chianti. called villa casagrande. It was beautiful. About 30 minutes away from florence. There was a huge villa and i had a room there (my 4 friends came and met me there later that night), i went to my room got changed. it was so strange to change out of my clothes and put on a bikini and a bathrobe. But as all of you know I love to swim so anything that has to do with water, i love it. So there were about 150 people at the party and all night long you danced in your bathrobe, went in a sauna, turkish bath, jacuzzi. There were people giving massages and there was food and drinks! Then at 12:30 everyone jumped into the pool! It was unbelievable! Then the next day after we all woke up about 50 of us had a big lunch together at the villa and then we changed back into our suits and went to the spa all day! it was amazing. Its so great hanging out with italians because they always want to have a good time and they never want it to end! I'm telling you...never. Even after the long weekend together my friends wanted to go back and make a big dinner at his house that night! haha they are really crazy!
So then , this weekend... which was one of the best of my life! On Saturday morning I woke up and met 3 of my girlfriends and we went with francesco to his friend francesco's horses (i know they all have the same names) Francesco number 2 ahha plays polo here in florence. He has 6 polo horses and he invited us to come and ride. It was so much fun! We got all dressed up like we knew what we were doing! And We got on the horses and we were running all around the hypodrome (never heard this word until now ahha) it was so great. francesco invited us to come out there as much as we want. its really close to school! I was having so much fun. I have never gotten to go fast on a horse before! especially not one that spoke italian! ahhah it was so much fun. took lots of photos, i will put them on ofoto right after this!!!
Well anyways, that would have been enough but ... then we all got into the cars and went to francescos villa in chianti. It was amazing. It was about a 45 minute drive from florence. He lives in a town that consisted of 7 houses. I even met this 82 year old lady that was walking the streets. We started talking and she told me that she was married in the church in 1947 and lived there her whole life!
Anyways so we arrived about 6 and we just walked around the house… well I mean castle. The church was attached to his house, it was built in 1018ad. Then the next part of the house was from the 12th century and the last part from the 14th century! There were 10 bedrooms but probably 40 rooms in total. It was incredible there were small rooms with random things in them. But the whole place was decorated perfectly. With portraits of random people all throughout! I cannot even express to you how amazing it was. We sat down and had a butler that brought us tea! Heaven. Haha We all just hung out and talked by the fire and then went to his sauna! It was so nice. Then at about 10 we ate dinner. He made barbeque and risotto! Yummy. ( I really and truly wish I could express this all in words, but I cant. It was just that amazing) After dinner we all just talked, francesco taught me how to play batgammon. Then we went to bed around 2. The next day we woke up and looked outside, it was one of the most beautiful days yet!!!! We all got dressed had some tea and crackers and then began to explore! Francesco has an old vintage car from the 40s that I am going to make him take me for a ride in when it gets warmer! I couldn’t believe it! I felt like I was in a movie! So anyways, we all walked around went for a hike, then we layed around by the pool (well what will be the pool in the summer. He is also building a huge pool at the top of the hill. And he invited us for a huge summer party! Cant wait. I have no words to explain this weekend. Just check out the photos !!! Oh and francesco has the cutest dog ever, next to chloe, a little jack russel terrier, appropriately named JACK! He and I have become great friends. He never leaves my side. Francesco cant believe how he is so attached to me! I love it. I am going to be taking care of him some days when francesco is busy! I love it! He was like a free dog walker! Perfect.
Anyways, so now I am back getting back into school again for the week. But who knows what next weekend will entail! We might go to monte carlo!!! But on the 20th I am going to vienna and I cannot wait.
Well that’s all that’s new over here. I have to start planning somethings to do! Its getting nice and warm!
Well, I would love to hear from some of you, I would also love to have some visitors!!!
Love u all
I cannot believe that it is already March. I do not know where the time has gone. All I know is that I have not wasted a minute of my time!
well.... So, First things first, School is good. It has finally become something of a routine. But then there are random times where things are changed or we go on field trips. I have mastered the art of being laid back! Things are never what they seem and are never going to be how you originally planned. But i think that it is a great lesson to learn.
So, lets see. recently I have been going to dinner parties a few nights a week. Some of my friends through some friends... ahaha have me over for dinners a lot. They are really nice guys. It is so funny to have guys cook the food while the girls sit and wait! I love it. HAHA. Maybe american guys could start learning how to cook as well. :) Its always really nice. I really love eating dinner here, because it is such an event. We always start with wine (really good wine, bc my friend owns his own vineyard), then cheese and meats, pasta, salad, desert, coffee, lemoncello, everything. And we start at 8 and finish after 12. its always so nice though!
Anyways within the past 2 weeks I have had 2 great events happen. Actually I think they might be the two best events that I have ever experienced in my life... haha I know its easy to say that a lot about things right after they happened. but i really think that these are pretty high up on the list
Well, 2 weekends ago, I went to a party hosted by some of my friends. It was called the bathrobe party! It was so much fun. My friends francesco, daniele and i drove out to this villa in chianti. called villa casagrande. It was beautiful. About 30 minutes away from florence. There was a huge villa and i had a room there (my 4 friends came and met me there later that night), i went to my room got changed. it was so strange to change out of my clothes and put on a bikini and a bathrobe. But as all of you know I love to swim so anything that has to do with water, i love it. So there were about 150 people at the party and all night long you danced in your bathrobe, went in a sauna, turkish bath, jacuzzi. There were people giving massages and there was food and drinks! Then at 12:30 everyone jumped into the pool! It was unbelievable! Then the next day after we all woke up about 50 of us had a big lunch together at the villa and then we changed back into our suits and went to the spa all day! it was amazing. Its so great hanging out with italians because they always want to have a good time and they never want it to end! I'm telling you...never. Even after the long weekend together my friends wanted to go back and make a big dinner at his house that night! haha they are really crazy!
So then , this weekend... which was one of the best of my life! On Saturday morning I woke up and met 3 of my girlfriends and we went with francesco to his friend francesco's horses (i know they all have the same names) Francesco number 2 ahha plays polo here in florence. He has 6 polo horses and he invited us to come and ride. It was so much fun! We got all dressed up like we knew what we were doing! And We got on the horses and we were running all around the hypodrome (never heard this word until now ahha) it was so great. francesco invited us to come out there as much as we want. its really close to school! I was having so much fun. I have never gotten to go fast on a horse before! especially not one that spoke italian! ahhah it was so much fun. took lots of photos, i will put them on ofoto right after this!!!
Well anyways, that would have been enough but ... then we all got into the cars and went to francescos villa in chianti. It was amazing. It was about a 45 minute drive from florence. He lives in a town that consisted of 7 houses. I even met this 82 year old lady that was walking the streets. We started talking and she told me that she was married in the church in 1947 and lived there her whole life!
Anyways so we arrived about 6 and we just walked around the house… well I mean castle. The church was attached to his house, it was built in 1018ad. Then the next part of the house was from the 12th century and the last part from the 14th century! There were 10 bedrooms but probably 40 rooms in total. It was incredible there were small rooms with random things in them. But the whole place was decorated perfectly. With portraits of random people all throughout! I cannot even express to you how amazing it was. We sat down and had a butler that brought us tea! Heaven. Haha We all just hung out and talked by the fire and then went to his sauna! It was so nice. Then at about 10 we ate dinner. He made barbeque and risotto! Yummy. ( I really and truly wish I could express this all in words, but I cant. It was just that amazing) After dinner we all just talked, francesco taught me how to play batgammon. Then we went to bed around 2. The next day we woke up and looked outside, it was one of the most beautiful days yet!!!! We all got dressed had some tea and crackers and then began to explore! Francesco has an old vintage car from the 40s that I am going to make him take me for a ride in when it gets warmer! I couldn’t believe it! I felt like I was in a movie! So anyways, we all walked around went for a hike, then we layed around by the pool (well what will be the pool in the summer. He is also building a huge pool at the top of the hill. And he invited us for a huge summer party! Cant wait. I have no words to explain this weekend. Just check out the photos !!! Oh and francesco has the cutest dog ever, next to chloe, a little jack russel terrier, appropriately named JACK! He and I have become great friends. He never leaves my side. Francesco cant believe how he is so attached to me! I love it. I am going to be taking care of him some days when francesco is busy! I love it! He was like a free dog walker! Perfect.
Anyways, so now I am back getting back into school again for the week. But who knows what next weekend will entail! We might go to monte carlo!!! But on the 20th I am going to vienna and I cannot wait.
Well that’s all that’s new over here. I have to start planning somethings to do! Its getting nice and warm!
Well, I would love to hear from some of you, I would also love to have some visitors!!!
Love u all
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