Milan

For the past few days we have been in Milan. We departed Rovereto and traveled by bus to Milan. We are still having a great time, and even went to the opera last night. Tomorrow we will go again by bus to the Cinque Terra for three days. After this we will fly home. I recently posted more pictures on Facebook, so please check them out.

Venice and on

I would just like to tell everybody sorry for not updating the blog for a while. Most of the hotels that we have been at don't have internet, so I may not be able to update it for a while.
We traveled by bus to Venice, where we stayed for 2 days. We had a great time there, and it was my favorite so far. Today we left Venice and traveled again by bus to Rovereto. We are staying here for 2 nights. These are some pictures of some of the stuff that we have packed into our few days in Venice and other places. Hope you are all doing well back home. ellie

Last Week in Florence

This marks our last week in Florence. We are still having a great time, and look forward to move on to Venice and Milan. Today we went to San Miniato Monestary and the Santa Croce which is a few blocks from our apartment. This is where Dante and Michelangelo were buried. We also hiked up the huge hill to piazza Michelangelo and saw some really cool grave sites. This piazza also has one of the greatest views of Florence.

Back to Sienna

Yesterday we rode a bus back to Sienna. We went into a few museums, took a lot of pictures, and saw the interior of the duomo. We stayed up there for the entire day and had a lot of fun. These pictures are from Sienna and other places we have been.

Florence, Italy

We have been having regular classes now, and have enjoyed every minute of being in Florence. Here are some photos of Florence and past adventures. I am sorry that I have not been updating this blog as quickly as I used to, once we get back on the road it should be a little faster. -ellie-

Pisa, Lucca, San Gimigimiano, Sienna, Volteria, Florence, and too many other places.

On Friday we rented a car with Blair and Mandy and zipped around Tuscany to all of these little towns. We took these day trips over the two days that we had away from the students and classes. Today, we went to the small LDS branch for church. Our student group overwhelmed the entire branch, so we ended up going to class while we waited for the first group of students had sacrament meeting. Of course, we understood very little of what was said, but we still had a good time, I almost nodded of in Sunday School. We are still having a great time, and hope you are all doing well. Buona sera?

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First day of Class

Today was our first day of class. We went into the gardens and had our Plein Aire class. Dad then had his first typography class in our new home. The rest of the day was up to the students.

I POSTED NEW PICTURES ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE

I POSTED NEW PICTURES ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE

Our First Day in Florence

Today we climbed the huge Duomo, found our permanent apartment, and walked around Florence. We found a great sandwich shop for lunch and settled on the streets for a break after walking around all morning. Bethanne showed us where we would be meeting for our upcoming classes, and we bought a lot of paints for the students to use in the days to come. We later transfered our luggage for the final time to our apartment and went grocery shopping. Tonight we await the arrival of Blake and his daughter.

Finally in Florence

We finally made it to Florence! To start the day off we went to an amazing hill town a little ways away from Florence. It was amazing to see how the people lived in this little town. We even saw Rick Steves. After taking a two hour break in this sweet town we traveled to Florence. The rest of the day was spent on fixing our apartment fiasco. After realizing where we are going to spend the night, we unpacked and settled in. Tomorrow we will climb the Duomo and see more of Florence.

Colosseum in Rome, Italy

Yesterday we got on the Subway and rode over to the Colosseum. We had a great time, took lots of pictures, and looked over the enormous space of Roman ruins. The pizza is great and so are the gelati. I am sorry if I have not updated this blog, we have really bad internet at the hotel. All of the 25 girls fight for the 2 internet spots as soon as we get home. Some of them stay up till 12 pm to email their parents for 5 minutes. Tomorrow is the "moving day." We will take a bus to Pompeii and Naples, go to three museums, and all in one day. We are all having a great time, and hope you are all having the same amount of fun as we are. These pictures are my newly taken panoramas. Just to let the Gilletts know, I am not homesick. Ciao!

LAND OF ITALIANS

We finally landed in Rome with sore butts and dead feet. Next we took a train to our hotel and settled in. These are pictures of our lovely plane food and comfortable stay in the ten hour plane ride, we had gay, German stewards that served us on the plane. Other pictures are from our day trips to the Vatican,(we saw the pope), tons of museums, and three trips to the gelatoria. We did see the missionaries, they were from Arkansas and Indiana/Wisconsin. Clark and I both asked for Italian books of Mormon, and are looking forward to bringing them home. Rome is amazing and we are having a lot of fun. Clark and I both have very sore feet, and dad has so far lived up to his promise: "I will not stop walking until I have seen everything and done everything." Right now it is eleven o'clock at night. These pictures are from our tireless journey of Wednesday the 29th.

Getting Out of Utah

Tomorrow we officially get out of Utah. Our flight leaves at 3:00 pm to Denver, Colorado. We will then get on the German plane and fly for 12 hours to Frankfurt, Germany. After Germany we take a one and a half hour plane ride to Rome, Italy.

Getting Out of Utah