Amo l'Italia

Throughout my four months of studying abroad in Italy I have traveled to Spain, England, Czech Republic and France. Each country was wonderful, but none of them compared to Italy. Each city I have visited in Italy has been magnificent in their own specific way. Besides Rome, I have traveled to Florence, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, Salerno, Sicily and Venice. My main focus in each city was to explore their culture and eat as much of their food as possible. I became obsessed with trying region specific food and writing about it in this food blog. Being encouraged to taste new cuisine in each city turned me from a plain eater into an experienced one. The food only helped me fall more in love with each city - they were all amazing. Venice was a city of pure fascination; Florence was a city full of sophistication, Sorrento and Capri were cities oozing with romance and of course, Rome, which I have become to love as my home. 

all 32 of us in Salerno

Royal Wedding!

Every girl grows up dreaming of her wedding and future family. Or maybe that’s just me, because I can personally tell you what month I will get married, what color dress my bridesmaids will wear and the names of all my future children (all will have extremely Italian names, of course). I am obsessed with weddings, which is why I had to go to the Royal wedding. Ellen & I went to Hyde Park to watch the wedding because I couldn’t have waited on the side of the street for hours just to possibly see a quick glance of Prince William & Kate. Hyde Park was filled with British people and British flags. There were two gigantic television screens set up at the park to broadcast the processional and the ceremony. I was in sappy girl heaven. Every time Prince William smiled at Kate, a little bit of me melted on the inside. 

After the wedding concluded, Ellen & I made our way over to Westminster Abbey. Even though I couldn’t go into the church because they were deconstructing it from the wedding that took place a few hours before, it was an unbelievable sight. 

Ellen & me at Buckingham Palace

 At Big Ben