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We landed in Rome. Frankfurt was a mess. There was a long line for immigration. By the tine we cleared that we only had 30 min to catch the plane. Then security took a long time. They wanted to look at the camera. By the time we were done we had 6 minutes and had to sprint to the...

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slrcrow on September 20, 2009 from Rome, Italy

from the travel blog: 25th Anniversary Mediterranean Cruise

first look at florence

The first few days in Italy we had a lot of orientation stuff with API but it was alot of fun. We stayed at Hotel Bagoilini in Florence and had a nice dinner on the rooftop of the hotel. Here are a few pictures of where we had our dinner. I had ziti with pesto and didn't really like it but i...

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michellemo on September 18, 2009 from Florence, Italy

from the travel blog: beginning of fall 2009 semester

cooking class/first few nights out

Api set up a program with us that had us go to a cooking class one night. We made gnocci and some sort of salad (I forget the name of the salad but it was good) then we also made tiramasui which was my favorite.Our instructor was really funny and reminded me of my uncles on my dads side of the...

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michellemo on September 18, 2009 from Florence, Italy

from the travel blog: beginning of fall 2009 semester

Venice

Yahoo we're in Venice. Venice has always been a city I've wanted to visit. The ship docked a ways away from the centre of the city, so we took a water shuttle to St. Mark's Square. The square is absolutely amazing, I loved the architecture. We wandered a bit and ended up on this back street...

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Caroline on September 11, 2009 from Venice, Italy

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Napoli

Today we're in Naples, or Napoli. We didn't book a tour today, so it's off the ship and walking around the city. Once off the ship we were basically attacked by dozens of taxi drivers encouraging us to get in so they could show us the city. But no, stuck to our guns and kept walking. Donna...

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Caroline on September 8, 2009 from Naples, Italy

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Rome & Vatican

1st cruise stop - woohoo! We decided to book a tour to visit Rome and the Vatican. The ship docked at Civettechia which is approximately 1.5 hours from Rome. We spent the morning driving around Rome; the tour guide explained what we were looking at. Can't remember half of the information,...

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Caroline on September 7, 2009 from Rome, Italy

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

Italie

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ketc on September 5, 2009 from Bari, Italy

from the travel blog: Europe

Italie

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ketc on September 2, 2009 from Venice, Italy

from the travel blog: Europe

Benvenuti a Italia

I am off to Italy for the semester and I am extremely excited. I was a little nervous about the flight over to Italy since it was my first time flying BUT there ended up being a girl in my program sitting beside me on the plane that was on the same flight so we figured out how to get to our...

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michellemo on September 1, 2009 from Florence, Italy

from the travel blog: beginning of fall 2009 semester