Been awhile.. I know. Bad Ally.
Nothing really exciting happening here. We just finished our midterms (finally!) and so we're back in the swing of things, as it were. Get up, get cappuccino, go to class, come home from class, gym, library, dinner, homework, bed. That's pretty much my daily life. I'm not complaining, mind you. Just stating.
We had acqua alta yesterday. It was raining SO hard and there was over a foot of water in San Marco. We had boots, so we didnt have to walk on the silly platforms to get around. It was hilarious. The water was disgusting, though.
We leave for Rome at the end of the week! I can't believe how fast the time is going! AHHHH!! After Rome, Im going to Manchester to visit some CODA friends and then to Ireland with my roommate. I can't wait!
OH! Speaking of CODA, I ran into one of my CODA friends here! She is from Rome and I saw her outside the fruit boat last week. How weird is that?!?
Its still cold here. But, I am not sick anymore, which is good. Umm.. I guess that's it for today!
Amore da Venezia,
Ally
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Midterms.. yuck
That's basically what's going on. We have our language midterm tomorrow, lit on wednesday, art history on friday and archaeology next monday. I forgot how much i hate midterms. Boo. It should be fine though.
Amanda's sister and roommate are here for the week. It's nice having new faces about. They're both really awesome too, so we're having a good time. Made dinner last week. Stuffed egglplant with stuffed peaches for dessert. Sense a theme? It was really good. Everyone enjoyed.
Everyone is also getting a little bit sick, which sucks. But it's that time of year. Right now, sitting in the library getting ready to do some studying. Yuck.
The weather has turned definately fall-ish, which is very very nice. I love fall.
Guess that's it! Lots of love from venice,
Ally
Amanda's sister and roommate are here for the week. It's nice having new faces about. They're both really awesome too, so we're having a good time. Made dinner last week. Stuffed egglplant with stuffed peaches for dessert. Sense a theme? It was really good. Everyone enjoyed.
Everyone is also getting a little bit sick, which sucks. But it's that time of year. Right now, sitting in the library getting ready to do some studying. Yuck.
The weather has turned definately fall-ish, which is very very nice. I love fall.
Guess that's it! Lots of love from venice,
Ally
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Florence, Banfi and Vienna pictures
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Australians + The Opera
So, I ended up seeing a total of 2 operas and 1 ballet, all for under 15 euro. YES. it was all amazing. I saw Otello by Verdi and then this really weird Puccini opera. It was good though.
I met these Australians at the opera. They were hysterical. So they invited me out to this bar with them. I went and I had a blast. It was the 3 australians, 1 chilean girl and me. We had so much fun. They were playing really bad 90's american music. hilarious. got home really, really late. but it was worth it.
yesterday, i just wandered some more. went to the museum of sound, which was all about viennese composers, music, and the way that humans process sound. it was really really cool. you even got to make your own cd (if you paid, i didnt) and there was a really cool part where you sat in a chair and every move you made corresponded to a sound. i really liked it.
i guess that's it! overall vienna = good trip. but i can't wait to get back to venice and sleep in my bed and have a fridge and just some sense of home.
midterms week after next then rome then mom then home! crazy how fast the time goes!
love love love,
Ally
I met these Australians at the opera. They were hysterical. So they invited me out to this bar with them. I went and I had a blast. It was the 3 australians, 1 chilean girl and me. We had so much fun. They were playing really bad 90's american music. hilarious. got home really, really late. but it was worth it.
yesterday, i just wandered some more. went to the museum of sound, which was all about viennese composers, music, and the way that humans process sound. it was really really cool. you even got to make your own cd (if you paid, i didnt) and there was a really cool part where you sat in a chair and every move you made corresponded to a sound. i really liked it.
i guess that's it! overall vienna = good trip. but i can't wait to get back to venice and sleep in my bed and have a fridge and just some sense of home.
midterms week after next then rome then mom then home! crazy how fast the time goes!
love love love,
Ally
Friday, October 5, 2007
The Opera that Wasn't Really an Opera
So, yesterday, I went to the opera. Well, it was in the opera house, anyway. We saw Romeo and Juliet, the ballet. YES. It was SO amazing, AND i only paid 3.50 euro for the ticket. Going again tonight.
One of the guys who is staying in the same hostel room as me went with me (name: murray, australian) and while we were in line for the standing room tickets, we were talking about colgate and the girl behind me goes "you go to colgate?! no way! I went to hamilton!" seriously? how weird is that?!?! we talked for a while and all went out for dinner and a drink after the show. good times.
today, murray and i grabbed bad coffee and then went our separate ways. i went to a cheap bookstore and bought some pretty cool books and sat in the park and read. I know, i'm in vienna, i should go out and see stuff, but doing that, with a loaf of bread and some cheese, was exactly what i wanted to be doing. it was a very nice, relaxing day. i enjoyed it.
came back to the hostel to change clothes and then heading back to the opera. it's Othello by Verdi (i think) tonight. Should be sweet.
Guess that's it for now!
Love from Vienna!
Ally
One of the guys who is staying in the same hostel room as me went with me (name: murray, australian) and while we were in line for the standing room tickets, we were talking about colgate and the girl behind me goes "you go to colgate?! no way! I went to hamilton!" seriously? how weird is that?!?! we talked for a while and all went out for dinner and a drink after the show. good times.
today, murray and i grabbed bad coffee and then went our separate ways. i went to a cheap bookstore and bought some pretty cool books and sat in the park and read. I know, i'm in vienna, i should go out and see stuff, but doing that, with a loaf of bread and some cheese, was exactly what i wanted to be doing. it was a very nice, relaxing day. i enjoyed it.
came back to the hostel to change clothes and then heading back to the opera. it's Othello by Verdi (i think) tonight. Should be sweet.
Guess that's it for now!
Love from Vienna!
Ally
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Life Plan
So, while on the metro in Vienna today, I think I figured out what I want to do with the rest of my life. Big day.
Here's the basic plan: I want to teach high school Latin and Greek (not even sure if anyone teaches Greek, but that's totally a small detail right now) and live in D.C. Vienna reminds me SO much of DC its ridiculous. It's not huge, but not small really either. The metro is amazing. Thats what made me start thinking about this. Or, anyway, at least go to Grad school in D.C. and then see from there. Yeah. Woot life plan.
I went to the U of Vienna today. AWESOME campus. It was really beautiful. I also went to the Sigmund Freud museum and saw his old house. Pretty cool. Tonight, in about two hours, i will leave to go to the opera. If you get there at 5:30 (for a 7:30 show) and get in line, you can get tickets for only 3 euro and 50 cents. not too shabby. They are standing room seats, but HOW COOL IS THAT anyway? should be a good time.
Guess that's it for now. I dont know if DC has grad schools for what I want to do, but that's all small stuff. At least ive got an idea, right? i guess i will start looking when i get back to venice. sweet.
Love from vienna,
Ally
Here's the basic plan: I want to teach high school Latin and Greek (not even sure if anyone teaches Greek, but that's totally a small detail right now) and live in D.C. Vienna reminds me SO much of DC its ridiculous. It's not huge, but not small really either. The metro is amazing. Thats what made me start thinking about this. Or, anyway, at least go to Grad school in D.C. and then see from there. Yeah. Woot life plan.
I went to the U of Vienna today. AWESOME campus. It was really beautiful. I also went to the Sigmund Freud museum and saw his old house. Pretty cool. Tonight, in about two hours, i will leave to go to the opera. If you get there at 5:30 (for a 7:30 show) and get in line, you can get tickets for only 3 euro and 50 cents. not too shabby. They are standing room seats, but HOW COOL IS THAT anyway? should be a good time.
Guess that's it for now. I dont know if DC has grad schools for what I want to do, but that's all small stuff. At least ive got an idea, right? i guess i will start looking when i get back to venice. sweet.
Love from vienna,
Ally
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Vienna!!!!
Okay, biiiig, long busy post today. I think the best way to do it is bullet point. I've been busy.
Thursday (last week): Packed for Florence and Vienna. Cleaned my room as well as the rest of the house, INCLUDING the bathroom. I think my parents would be proud.
Friday: AM - woke up tooooo early and lugged all of our stuff to the train station (about a 40 minute walk) boo. Arrived in Florence and got lost almost immediately. Our hotel was less than stellar. Get this -- to get to the 3rd floor, where we were, you had to take the elevator to the 1st and then walk up 2 flights of stairs. Go figure. But it was just somewhere to sleep, so it was fine. We saw a few sights -- Uffizi and something else. Then went shopping at the San Lorenzo market. HUGE leather, pashmina, etc... market. Amazing. I bought a lot of pashminas. Turned in early cause we were EXHAUSTED. BUT we got CNN on our TV. Yes.
Saturday: Got up, had breakfast, went on our "Dante's Florence" walk. We saw his old house, his church, another church, a really cool palazzo that would've been around in Dante's time, the Duomo, and the baptistry. We got to walk up the side of the Duomo to get to the top. Mom and Patti, we should do it. It was reallllly cool. Then we went to the Accademia and saw the David and got in trouble for taking illegal pictures. Oops. Then we had planned to go to Pisa the next day, but there was a huge train strike, so we didn't want to risk it. We went shopping some more and i bought some jeans and some leather boots. Yay! We all went out that night with Lisa's (one of the girls we're with) boyfriend and his friends. It was a blast. We went to an awesome two story club and met a group of American Army kids. They were hysterical. Got in super late.
Sunday: Shopped some more, went to the Palazzo Pizzi and the gardens. Beautiful. In the palazzo, they had some rooms left as they were originally. Sumtuous and amazing!!! Then we went to an AMAZING dinner. (Read: best dinner i have ever had) Mom -- got the name, we'll go when we go to Florence. I had an amazing Florentine bread and veggie soup with Steak Florentine and an amazing apple crisp dessert. Yum.
Monday: Went to Tuscany. We stopped at this town that was left as it was in the 1300s. Still walled, it's awesome. Monteriggioni. Then we got to the Banfi Vineyards. We took a tour and saw all the places where they make wine and everything and it was amazing. But here's the good part. We did a wine tasting/lunch thing. But it wasn't so much a tasting as we had a full glass of every wine they brought. Oh. My. God. It was so good!!!! I bought a bottle of Brunello and a bottle of the dessert wine we had. Couldn't resist. I have all the names of the specific wines written down, but i'll let you know later if you want. Then we got home and Chris (one of the guys) and I walked up to Piazzale Michelangelo to see an amazing view of Florence. It was good
Tuesday: Amanda and I got up early to catch our train to Milan. We were both going to Milan and then she was flying to Amsterdam to see her friend and I to Vienna. Well, we were not paying attention and almost got on a train to Rome! Oh how bad that would've been! But we got it fixed and ended up in Milan, she then in Amsterdam and me in Vienna. I arrived in Vienna and took the train here. Walked. Met a really cool Australian girl last night and we hung out. She is leaving today though, so I'm just planning to go into town and wander around. Should be fun.
Oh! I left my phone on the bus in Florence, so I don't have one. The bus driver found it and called our professor after I'd left Florence. I'll be fine, but just FYI.
Okay, I guess that's it! We have really cheap internet in the hostel I'm staying in, so I should probs update often this week!
Love love love love!
Miss you all!
Xoxo,
Ally
Thursday (last week): Packed for Florence and Vienna. Cleaned my room as well as the rest of the house, INCLUDING the bathroom. I think my parents would be proud.
Friday: AM - woke up tooooo early and lugged all of our stuff to the train station (about a 40 minute walk) boo. Arrived in Florence and got lost almost immediately. Our hotel was less than stellar. Get this -- to get to the 3rd floor, where we were, you had to take the elevator to the 1st and then walk up 2 flights of stairs. Go figure. But it was just somewhere to sleep, so it was fine. We saw a few sights -- Uffizi and something else. Then went shopping at the San Lorenzo market. HUGE leather, pashmina, etc... market. Amazing. I bought a lot of pashminas. Turned in early cause we were EXHAUSTED. BUT we got CNN on our TV. Yes.
Saturday: Got up, had breakfast, went on our "Dante's Florence" walk. We saw his old house, his church, another church, a really cool palazzo that would've been around in Dante's time, the Duomo, and the baptistry. We got to walk up the side of the Duomo to get to the top. Mom and Patti, we should do it. It was reallllly cool. Then we went to the Accademia and saw the David and got in trouble for taking illegal pictures. Oops. Then we had planned to go to Pisa the next day, but there was a huge train strike, so we didn't want to risk it. We went shopping some more and i bought some jeans and some leather boots. Yay! We all went out that night with Lisa's (one of the girls we're with) boyfriend and his friends. It was a blast. We went to an awesome two story club and met a group of American Army kids. They were hysterical. Got in super late.
Sunday: Shopped some more, went to the Palazzo Pizzi and the gardens. Beautiful. In the palazzo, they had some rooms left as they were originally. Sumtuous and amazing!!! Then we went to an AMAZING dinner. (Read: best dinner i have ever had) Mom -- got the name, we'll go when we go to Florence. I had an amazing Florentine bread and veggie soup with Steak Florentine and an amazing apple crisp dessert. Yum.
Monday: Went to Tuscany. We stopped at this town that was left as it was in the 1300s. Still walled, it's awesome. Monteriggioni. Then we got to the Banfi Vineyards. We took a tour and saw all the places where they make wine and everything and it was amazing. But here's the good part. We did a wine tasting/lunch thing. But it wasn't so much a tasting as we had a full glass of every wine they brought. Oh. My. God. It was so good!!!! I bought a bottle of Brunello and a bottle of the dessert wine we had. Couldn't resist. I have all the names of the specific wines written down, but i'll let you know later if you want. Then we got home and Chris (one of the guys) and I walked up to Piazzale Michelangelo to see an amazing view of Florence. It was good
Tuesday: Amanda and I got up early to catch our train to Milan. We were both going to Milan and then she was flying to Amsterdam to see her friend and I to Vienna. Well, we were not paying attention and almost got on a train to Rome! Oh how bad that would've been! But we got it fixed and ended up in Milan, she then in Amsterdam and me in Vienna. I arrived in Vienna and took the train here. Walked. Met a really cool Australian girl last night and we hung out. She is leaving today though, so I'm just planning to go into town and wander around. Should be fun.
Oh! I left my phone on the bus in Florence, so I don't have one. The bus driver found it and called our professor after I'd left Florence. I'll be fine, but just FYI.
Okay, I guess that's it! We have really cheap internet in the hostel I'm staying in, so I should probs update often this week!
Love love love love!
Miss you all!
Xoxo,
Ally
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