Rome

The Colosseum

Relaxing in the clovers outside of Bocca della Verita`

Villa Borghese

Cinque Terre

Noah, Jeff and I hiked to three of the 5 towns along with the program group. We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was hot, but it made for a great hike and then refreshing cool down at the beach in Monterosso.

Monterosso

San Gimignano and Siena

Hanging out in Piazza del Campo in Siena


Piazza della Cisterna in San Gimignano

Wine Tasting in Tuscany

Jeff, Noah, Fede and our close friends Matt and Jenny all headed out to the countryside one afternoon for some spur of the moment wine tasting. We found a winery villa and had a fantastic time picnic-ing and tasting. Matt and Jenny live next door to us in Athens and they came to visit us in Florence. We had a really great time and loved showing them Florence and the countryside.

Cappuccino Time

VIVA IL CAPPUCCIO FIORENTINO

L'ORA DI CAFE

San Miniato al Monte and Piazzale Michelangelo

VIEW FROM PIAZZALE MICHELANGELO

VIEW FROM SAN MINIATO AL MONTE

CHIESA DI SAN MINIATO AL MONTE

Visit to the Certosa

The Certosa is a monastery outside of Florence where the monks live in silence. They are only allowed to speak for one hour each week. Fede, Jeff, Noah and I took a guided tour and Noah stayed quiet the entire time! After the Certosa we drove to a nearby town in the countryside for a glass of wine before heading back to Florence.

OUTSIDE THE CERTOSA

INSIDE THE COURTYARD

COLLE DI VAL D'ELSA