Venice was a great city....definitely a unique experience navigating around all of the little canals to get where we needed to go. Apparently Venice is well known for its glass products, so naturally we shopped for glass jewelry on all the little side streets. We visited San Marco--I have never seen so many pidgeons in one place in my life! We saw some great shops, ate gelato, and hit our 3 scheduled museums. On the second day our group stayed in Padua for the mo...

So, Florence was incredibly fun! We saw some great museums, ate delicious food and gelato (my favorite, who's surprised...), had a blast dancing at night, and had some fun adventures! We just arrived in Padua today (near Venice) from Rome. That was a fun city, although completely different from Florence. Travelling throughout the city was a little more difficult simply because it was so huge. We toured the Roman Forum, Colisseum (sp?), Capitoline Museum, Borghe...

So, apparently I'm not very good at keeping up with this blogging thing... Madrid was a great visit. As a group we saw all kinds of great places, people, etc. However, I definitely have to say that I enjoyed visiting Barcelona much better. I just felt more comfortable navigating that city. While I was there, friends and I went to the beach (yes, I stuck my feet in the Mediterranian), shopped on La Rambla (way too much...), drank sangria, and eventually picked u...

Hello! So, this is the first official blog entry, here goes! Madrid, Spain:  I just finished up a 4 day stretch in Madrid, where I saw all these amazing sights! The first day we arrived we took a walking tour of the historic area of Madrid, to get acquainted with our area, where we saw lots of great back alleys with delicious restaurants, beautiful artwork, and incredible architecture.  The second day after class (yes, I said class...) we headed off to ...