We left early in the morning to head towards Florence. While waiting on the bus we say groups of oriental people dressed in completely orange outfits. Even the hair of some of the people was orange. We have been seeing them all over Rome. We saw at least 15 in the Vatican and over all probably close to 100. These two pictures were taken over 20 mins apart. They are everywhere and its kinda like a game of who can spot more of them! We thought they were only in Rome but we also saw them in Florence. A girl in our group asked them about their outfits and they gave her a card that said they were hair dressers and the color orange means happy so they want to make you happy. Everyone was loving them and asking for photos. On the way we stopped in the city of Orvieto. Here is Orvieto Catherdal. I really liked the striped stones on the sides. Orvieto was about 1 1/2 away out of Rome. The country side looks similar to Paris. Here is Jessica and I on the edge of Orvieto. We then went to a little market for lunch but none of the food was really like something you could quickly eat before getting on the bus. Mostly spices, meat and cheese. The cheese was so cheap compared to America! Some people in our group got huge (really huge) wedge of cheese for only 5 euros and it was good cheese. FlorenceAfter we dropped off our bags at the hotel we went to the Duomo. Its exterior really isn't that old which is intersting compared to all the other catherdals we have seen. Here is the baptistery that use to have the Gates of Paradise. Uffizi Gallery After lots of running around, we finally got to go inside the baptistery. We had to get tickets to climb the dome tomorrow before they ran out so it was a lot of back and forth which is why the photos are a little crazy. Climbing the TowerThere was over 400 steps to the top of the tower. It looks like we are higher than the dome but it is actually slightly lower. It was so windy and cold. Like freezing cold!! You could see our breaths and everyone had on all the clothes they brought. Thats the best picture of me I got becuase the wind was so bad in every direction. Then we split into groups after the dome and when and did our own thing. Molly and I wanted to go look for leather purses so we went to the leather vendors on the street. Theres no way that stuff is really. You feel it and it feels just like vinyl. They are all selling the same bags and the prices were crazy. Some of the sellers would go down on prices. If you asked for the price and they would say 35 but for you 25 and then if you walk away they say no no 20, 15 come back. If you need a self esteem booster go walk past the vendors. They say pretty lady come back and beautiful girl I give discount. It was hiliarous. You just walk by looking at their bags and they just start almost yelling compliments at you.
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Links to all the days 1/20 - Salt Lake City to Paris 1/21 - Eiffel Tower, Arche De Triomphe 1/22 - The Louvre, Notre Dame 1/23 - Musee d'Orsay 1/24 - Musee Rodin, Pantheon, Saint Chapelle, Conciergerie, Louvre, and Musee National De L'Orangerie 1/25 - Picasso Musee, the Pompidou, and Notre Dame 1/26 - Versailles, Paris Temple, and the Opera 1/27 - Top of the Arche De Triomphe 1/28 - Church 1/29 - Le Procope and Sacre Coeur 1/30 - Pere Lachaise Cemetery 1/31 - Homework Day 2/1 - The Catacombs, Shakespeare and Co. and Street Artists 2/2 - Natural History Museum 2/3 - Homework and Organ Recital 2/4 - Church 2/5 - Rouen Cathedral/Museum and Bayeux Tapestry 2/6 - D-Day sites (Normandy) and Mont Saint Michel 2/7 - Chartres Cathedral 2/8 - Disneyland Paris 2/9 - Petit Palace and Ballet 2/10 - Flight to Rome 2/11 - Church, Walk, And Saint Peter's Basilica 2/12 - Capitoline Museum, Ponte Saint Angelo, and Panteon 2/13 - San Pietro in Vincoli, Forum, Palatine & Coliseum and Imperial Fori 2/14 - Priscilla Catacombs, Piazza del Popolo, Masoleum of Augustus & Ara Pacis 2/15 - Santa Pudenziana, St. Maria Maggoire, Santa Prassede, S. Martino ai Monti, Baths of Trajan and Domus Aurea 2/16 - Free day to Tivoli : Villa d'Este 2/17 - Homework, Homework, Homework and Gelato! 2/18 - Church, more Gelato and Pizza! 2/19 - Santa Maria in Trastevere, San Frencesco a Ripa, Aventine Hill, Santa Sabina, Santa Maria in Cosmed, Temples of Hercules & Portunus 2/20 - Vatican Museum and St. Peter’s Basilicia 2/21 - Free Day 2/22 - Florence Trip: Orvieto, Duomo, San Brizio Chapel, San Lorenzo, Baptistry, San Lorenzo, Medici Chapel 2/23 - Santa Trinita, San Marco, Uffizi Museum, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo 2/24 - Back to St. Johns, Palazzo Ruccellai, Orsanmichelle, Bargello Museum, Brancacci Chapel 2/25 - Church 2/26 - Baroque Rome Bernini and Borromini Churches: Santa Maria Degli Angeli, Santa Maria Degil Vittoria, Santa Susanna, San Carlino, Sant' Andrea al Quirinale, Trevi Fountain 2/27 - San Giovanni Dei Fiorentini, Palazzo Farnese, Palazzo Spada, Farnesina, Tiempietto 2/28 - Villa Borghese and Review Session 3/1 - Sant’Agostino San Luigi dei Francesi, St. Mary & the Martyrs, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Sant’Ignazio, Il’Gesu, Sant’ Andrea d. Valle, La Sapienza, Chiesa Nouvo, Santa Agnes in Agone Foutain of Four Rivers, St. Maria della Pace, and St. Peter’s Basilicia 3/2 - Group Dinner (Finals and packing) 3/3 - Flight to London, Unpacking, and First London Walk 3/4 - Church and Homework 3/5 - First day of class, London Walk 3/6 - St. Pauls and Guildhall 3/7 - Tower of London, Primark (aka Heaven) 3/8 - Southwark Cathedral, Borough Market, South of Thymes walk 3/9 - Do Your Own Thing, HAHAHAHAH JK. Homework :-() 3/10 - Canterbury Cathedral, Dover Castles and War Tunnels 3/11 - Church 3/12 - Sick 3/13 - British Library, British Museum, and The Magna Carta 3/14 - Winsdor Castle and Mcdonalds 3/15 - Hampton Court and Ben's Cookies 3/16 - Jane Austen House, Bath, Roman Baths, Stonehenge 3/17 - Do Your Own Thing , but like not really because you have so much homework 3/18 - Church Categories |