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hmm okay, after we got back from the hilltowns we had to adjust to life in Rome again like when you come home from a vacation. The week was filled with more history, studio (our new design project is a Baroque art museum along the river), and we visited the Ara Pacis museum which now has the Valentino collection. A few pictures of the dress displays:












THEN a group of us (me, Chelsea, Brian, and Andrew) went to Florence over the weekend - forgot my camera battery in Rome so was camera-free for once - saw the David sculpture by Michelangelo, took contraband pictures at the Uffizi and Academia art galleries (not allowed to take photographs but Andrew managed to snag one of the David), visited S. Lorenzo, S. Maria Novella and the exterior of S. Spirito (ohh the days of BTA), crossed the Ponte Vecchio (the only bridge in Florence not bombed during World War II)... saw the Duomo (one of my favorite buildings) where we also climbed the bell tower for a great view down onto the dome and the city. We have seen so many different types of cities and towns in Italy and Florence seems to be a mix of all of them - hills like Urbino, waterfronts and bridges like Venice, and an urban center like Rome. I also bought a track jacket which had been on my to-do list, tried a liver pate appetizer one night, and we also had waffles with gelato. We packed a lot in the two days we were there and tacked on a quick 2-hour trip to Pisa to pose with the leaning tower; I am so happy we took the initiative to take the trip and my only regret was of course that I don't have my own pictures. but here are some from the others:













THEN this week was studio studio studio for our midterm review today. Late nights and all-nighters so I should be tired and sleeping now but I'm excited to pack and prepare for our trip over break week - we leave tomorrow night on an overnight train to Vienna! It's suppsed to be pretty cold and rainy throughout the whole week but hopefully it won't affect our plans. Our basic itinerary is:

10/26-10/30 - Vienna, Austria (possible daytrips to Salzburg and Graz)
10/31-11/1 - train to Prague, Czech Republic
11/2-11/3 - Munich, Germany (daytrip to Neuschwastein castle)
and flight back to Rome in time for history class @ 9 am Monday morning

so off to do some errands and packing, live through our review, have some fun tonight, visit the new Zaha Hadid museum building site tomorrow, and start the adventure. Ciao, Auf Wiedersehen!