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Category Archives: Travel
How to get a bus from Rome to Siena
During the Mi Piace, Mi Gusta tour of Italy and Spain, there were several times when I was trying to find information online and couldn’t get it, and I thought, “Someday I’m going to write a blog post about this … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 24: Holy Toledo!
Did you know the expression “Holy Toledo” came from the hilly town of Toledo, Spain? It was one of the few places Jews weren’t persecuted in Europe. They thought of it as a holy town . . . hence, holy … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 23: Non ho le parole! (I don’t have the words!)
I don’t have the words to describe today, so instead I will just list what happened. 1. On our way to find breakfast, we saw Kermit the Frog walking through the Plaza del Mayor. I should have known right then … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 22: El Domingo Ocupado (The Busy Sunday)
You would think that with temperatures in the 100s that Katie and I would be taking it easy in Spain. Despite drinking lots of water and walking slowly, we still managed to fit in a lot today. This morning for … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 21: Hola, Espana! (Hello, Spain!)
Today is my very first visit to Spain! I am happy to be here with someone who speaks Spanish! This morning in Florence it took at least 5 phone calls to different taxi companies to get a taxi to the … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 20: Tre Cose Buone (Three Good Things)
I was happy to see today that the Spin Cycle writing prompt for this week is about “three good things.” It was saving me from writing a post that would probably come out sounding unintentionally negative. You see, this morning, … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 19: Le Chiese di Firenze (The churches of Florence)
Today after school, Katie and I visited the two major churches of Florence: the Duomo (a.k.a. the Cathedral of Santa Marie del Fiore) and Santa Croce (Holy Cross). We headed first to Santa Croce, stopping for lunch along the way. … Continue reading
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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 18: Ciao, David!
We took it pretty easy today. After our classes this morning, we headed to a restaurant recommended by our school only to find out it was closed for repairs. So we just headed in the general direction of the Galleria … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 17: I musei (museums)
Florence is a lot about museums, a lot about art in general, so last night Katie and I began making plans for how to cover it all without wearing ourselves. Ha! That may be impossible. Of course we had class … Continue reading
Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 16: Siamo stanche e sporche (We are tired and dirty)
Last night, I left off with our leaving Siena, so I’ll start today with a quick recap of our arrival in Florence yesterday afternoon. The bus from Siena to Florence took a little over an hour and dropped us off … Continue reading