O, The Places I'll Go...: Carnevale Crazies

What a great weekend spent in Italy! On Wednesday Elizabeth and Devin came over to join us for dinner, then we went out to enjoy the first night of the weekend. We went to a club called Full Up which was a lot of fun and a lot of dancing. Elizabeth, Holly and I enjoyed the sunset from the Piazza Michael Angelo with some wine on Thursday. Later on we enjoyed some Florence night life. Brooke and I went to a club called 21 they had a promotion going on where we wore handcuffs and got a deal on drinks it was a lot of fun and we met some great people. Friday I had to finally be productive with my school work so I spent a good portion of my day in the computer lab. For some reason on Friday I got my first case of homesickness, thankfully it didn’t last long. I had talked to Abby and Cooper the night before and was looking at pictures of the girls back home so it all hit me when I was typing an e-mail to my mom. Once I got out of the dreary computer lab I was doing much better. Saturday morning we woke up and knew just what we all needed: a delicious meal from the American Diner. This time we had cheeseburgers, they gave the pancakes a run for their money. Everything was delicious once again. After our brunch Brooke and I headed up to Fiesole which is a little town above Florence. We brought some wine up there and walked around the narrow streets of the little town and let ourselves get lost off the beaten path. The views and experience were just as I imagined I would have being here. All these little findings we would come upon were fun. We made it to a top point and could see all of Florence, once again being amazed at the size of the Duomo. We enjoyed the sunset up there and then it started getting very cold so we headed back home. Yesterday we left early for Venice! We watched Casanova on the way down and it got us all very excited to get there. We had to take the canal to actually get into the heart of the city but once we were there we were taken back by the amount of people around. We all rushed to see the glass blowing demonstration, which was amazing. This man made a glass vase in about 5 minutes. Then we went to San Marco square to see all the festivities going on. Everyone was dressed up in elaborate costumes-even dogs and babies. There was a big stage where musical performances were going on as well. We felt out of place without masks on so we started our search for the perfect mask, it took us awhile to find the ones we wanted but when we did we were finally content. We went to the Rialto Bridge where there were a lot of shops and pretty views of the city. All the little canals and gondolas strolling through the water made the city breathtaking. There were so many people that at times we could not make it through the streets. It also got a little cold, but beside the rush and weather it was a wonderful day. We enjoyed some Bellini, since this was where the drink originated. The city on water was amazing as I imagined, now it is off to another week of classes!