As you might know, I got back from Switzerland on the 3rd (at 10 pm) and then had to be ready to leave for Bologna at 6 am the next morning. We arrived around lunch time and were given free time to eat and walk around. Bologna is the location of the first university in the world. Yes, world. So it is filled with college students, which is always fun.
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| Bologna's Main Square |
Our visit to Bologna was very brief... the next day we checked out early and were headed to Milan! On the way we stopped in Maranello to visit the Ferrari Museum and a local balsamic vinegar factory, Acetaia del Cristo. We had a guided tour around the Ferrari museum and got to see Ferrari's from many different years.
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One room of barrels! The vinegar stays there for at least 15 years... and some have been fermenting for 200 years!!! Crazy! Each barrel has a hole on top but it covered by a film (like above). The oldest vinegars are extremely thick because they have had more time to evaporate. |
... and by dinner time we had finally made it to Milan!! The fashion and design capital of the world!!
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| The Duomo |
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| The Galleria Victorio Emmanuele |
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| Later that night, the program treated us to an "Appertivo" with yummy drinks |
On Wednesday we met Max! Max is a professor in Milan who works at the Portaluppi Foundation. He gave us a lesson on "Modern Milan" then spent the rest of the day taking us to exhibits to see awesome designs and Italian showrooms!
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we had Japanese for lunch...
Teriyaki Chicken, Rice, Seaweed Salad, Egg rolls! :)
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Back to the art... This is on the side of the Duomo... essentially a huge pile of salt with horses.
Kinda strange if you ask me. |
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| I don't understand how this is art.... |
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| unique flower vases |
Our few days in Milan flew by and before we knew it we were getting on a plane to Barcelona, Spain!! This trip was definitely one I had been looking forward to.. all 20 of us decided to go together for the weekend and I had heard so many great things about the city! Well... they were all right! Barcelona was so much fun and beautiful. The city is so clean and easy to get around. The only downside was there are very sketchy men wandering around at night... good thing we were in a big group! and I thought the Italian men were bad... nope, Spain wins.
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| La Sagrada Familia! |
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| we love American chain restaurants :) |
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| Agbar Tower! |
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We spent out last evening enjoying a great 'Tapas' dinner!
Trying not to eat Subway and KFC for every meal : |
Flights are around 30 euro round trip... but you certainly get what you pay for! haha They never leave on time... sell smokeless cigarettes and cellphones down the aisles the entire flight... and everyone cheers when you land! I know.. this doesn't even sound real... but believe me, it is. So as sad as it is that my time abroad is coming to an end I am happy I can say I never have to fly with Ryanair again! but also very thankful that they did get us back safely after all. The cheering after that last flight was very necessary. We made it back to our nooks around 1 pm due to the delay and everyone crashed from being up all night!!!
We just got back from Positano and slowly realizing our time here is coming to an end. I can hardly believe it!!
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