1st year of College Florence, Italy for FIT

This is my view from Golden View Open Bar (Via dei Bardi 58r) .. I went to this restaurant for New Year’s Eve 2011. It was a great restaurant (if you can afford the menu). Since my boyfriend came to visit me for Christmas break, we decided we wanted to go on a romantic dining experience near the Arno River. The food was amazing and the wine was superb. The service was great and the atmosphere was on point. Every day they put up a new window display of fresh sea foods, so you might know what I’m talking about if you ever passed it. Well, if you ever decide to go to Florence, this is a must on a romantic wine and dine.

I know it’s a really blurry picture, and you’re probably wondering: “who the hell is that?” Well, while I was studying abroad, I went to a couple of concerts. One in particular was the Lloyd Banks concert in Club Space. Haha, yeah, I know; random. The ticket price wasn’t so bad and I thought it would be cool, so I went. I was sure Lloyd had an Italian fan base, but when I got to the club, all I saw were a bunch of other study abroad students from other schools; the generic bunch of rich kids that study abroad for only one class and a score on an awesome vacation. When Mr. Banks finally came out on stage, everyone was hyped. He’s a pretty good performer (minus the excessive sweat) and he really got the crowd going. The claustrophobic that I am though didn’t enjoy the constant pushing and shoving everyone around me was doing. I got really annoyed by this one girl whipping her hair everywhere that I pinched her so she would move. LMAO! Sorry! I know, I’m weird… but she got a little fiesty and started pulling my hair…. so I bit her. oops! oh well! Besides that, It turned out to be a pretty good night.

In 1946, two legendary artists began collaboration on a short film. More than half a century later, their creation has finally been completed (x).

When I was studying abroad, I took a short weekend trip to Rome. Rome was amazing and it was probably one of my favorite cities in Europe. While I was in Rome, there was a Dali exhibition that I checked out. Dali is a fantastic surreal artist. It was cool to see all the different mediums he used for his work. I was even surprised to see clothing he designed; I never knew he designed clothes until then. 

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View of the Duomo from the Santa Maria del Fior bell tower. The whole view of Florence from above is almost magical. You can see almost every Piazza, the beautiful mountains, and the flowing Arno River. I took this picture when my mom came to pick me up and take me back home to America. I’m so thankful she helped me with everything while I was studying in Italy. Anyways, my mom has an extreme case of acrophobia (fear of heights) and she did not know what to expect when I took her here. I was motivating her to keep on moving so that we can get to the top. Well, we didn’t quite make it all the way to the top. By the time we got to the third floor, the bell started to sound. The whole tower was shaking due to the vibrations of the bell. I already knew what to expect since I’ve climbed the tower before, so it was really funny to see my moms reaction. She actually enjoyed the bell tower adventure, and I guess it helped her with her fear of heights.

My school! This is Polimoda in Florence, Italy. This campus was beautiful and it was right next to the Arno River.

This is the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy. I took this picture when I was on a FITSA trip to Venice for Carnivale’. It was my second time being in Venice. I wish I never went on the trip because it was freezing cold, I really wasn’t enjoying myself all too much. Also, it didn’t seem so festive since it was the first day and it was snowing. Italy had an interesting winter this year… 

the plane to Europe

Christmas Lights!

Here is a picture of Florence. I was walking along the Arno River with my film camera. I took a film camera with me to Italy (Nikon FM10) and took some amazing pictures around Europe. Here’s one of them!

My boyfriend and I at Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain. I actually surprised my boyfriend with a trip to Barcelona when he came to visit me for Winter Break. It was amazing; even though we were only in Barcelona for three days. It was so Romantic. We did so much together while he came to visit me. He also came to visit right before the new year. We spent New Years in Florence and took a flight to Barcelona on the 3rd of January. There was still a lot we didn’t get to see. I definitely want to go back to Spain and spend some more time there… hmmm maybe I’ll study abroad there next. lol