Weekend in the Cinqueterre

Panini!

My final assignment in Photography was a Hockney Joiner of my favorite panino shop in Florence - Pizzicheria near the school. It is one of my fondest memories of Florence and what I will always remember of my quarter abroad. Panini's for 3 Euro and Stefano e Stefania were such beautiful, hardworking people. The tiny shop was always packed full of Italian's. I would walk through the streets eating my panino of focaccia bread with salame toscana (sliced fresh), fresh mozzarella e rugola - topped with olive oil, salt and pepper. Buonissimo!
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School Days

On the way to school...



La Professoressa...Antoinetta

Easter in Florence - Explosion Of The Cart (Scoppio del Carro)

I arrived in Florence on Easter weekend. My roommates and I took the bus to the Duomo, had delicious pastries and cappuccini at a nearby cafe and watched the festivities for hours in the cold wind. We were the only ones wearing dresses on Easter. All of the Italians were wearing jeans and cool jackets. Allora, so much for pastel. I remember it being very cold that day.

I saw oxen wearing flower headdresses and olive branches...


Flag throwing...

Little drummer boys...

Men in tights?

And an exploding cart! Buona Pasqua! The dove was blessed by the priest and flew back into the church, so it should be a good year...

Firenze - Piazza Michelangelo

Roma

Beautiful Mikki and Elena in the courtyard of their apartment in Rome.

Mom on a vespa! (This is as far as I drove it, of course.)

I rode with Roberta on the vespa and Federico and the girls rode their bikes all over downtown Rome. We visited a fantastic painting exhibit at the Quirinale museum called Ottocento, because that is what you do in Rome on the weekends. Bellisima!

The next day I went with Roberta and her elegant mom to see another exhibit at the Palazzo Venezia by an artist who studied with Michaelangelo. Roberta's mom was very knowledgeable about the artist and passionate about the paintings. Her mom only spoke Italian and shared with me the history of the artist. (I understood most of it.) What a beautiful experience in my favorite city!