Author: Sophia

Milan

Today we came to Milan. We were picked up by Paulo’s Dad and his wife at the airport. They dropped us off at Paulo’s Mom’s house and we ate dinner with a bunch of other people. We had pesto pasta and meat pasta. I liked the pesto. I had 4 servings of pasta. I was full. But I didn’t know that there was 2 other servings. So I just skipped the rest and had dessert. I had pistachio, stratiatella, and hezelnut ice cream. It was delicious! We stayed up and talked for a while and then went to bed. By the time we all fell asleep it was around 1:30! We had a really fun day.

image Today was really fun. We went to go see the one of the most famous statue’s in the world, it was created Micheal Angelo. I also got to get a charcoal picture of myself done. It turned out really good. When we got back to the apartment, we got to meet one of Lucas’s friends and his Mom. They went to the park but Julia and I stayed home, we were super tired from walking so much. And we couldn’t make much conversation because they didn’t know much English. Today  is sadly our last day in Florence, next we are going to Milan. So far  Florence has been my favorite place we’ve been so far. It has a lot of cool things to see and has been a really great experience.

Capri

I had an amazing time in Capri! We had a lot of gelato! And we played soccer with other Italian kids. They were a lot better than us. We also took a boat ride along the Mediterranean Sea. We were gonna go to the Grotto that day but it was a two hour wait! So we decided just to wake up early the next day so we can do the Grotto. We had to enter the Grotto in little row boats because the entrance is too small for the motor boats that we took. People have gotten stuck in the Grotto for hours because the tide came in while they were inside of the Grotto. Thankfully we didn’t! But I am sad because we are leaving Capri today. We get to take a two hour train to Florence!

Touring

Today we went touring. We went to the Coloseum, the Vatican City, and the Spanish Steps. We also got to go to a Mass. The first place we went to go see was the Coloseum, the 2nd most visited sight in Italy. At the Coloseum people fought against people for entertainment, or animals that hadn’t been fed for weeks were put in the Coloseum with people. The match wasn’t over until one of the men (or animal) dies. After the Coloseum we went to the Vatican City. The Vatican is the smallest country in the world. Only about 800 people live there. The Pope lives there. The Vatican has many famous paintings and statues. The last place we went to was the Spanish Steps. The Spanish steps are the widest steps in Italy. A lost if artists go there for inspiration. And it’s nice just to sit down. In 2007, a drunk man drove his car down the Spanish Steps. Other than the steps being chipped, nothing was hurt. The man was arrested. It was a very long day. We started at 9:00 and ended at 5:00.

Rome

Today we arrived at Italy. We had to take an overnight flight, and I couldn’t sleep. So I just watched a bunch of movies. But as soon as we got to the apartment I fell asleep on the bed. Our first stop in Italy is Rome. Rome is nothing like I imagined. I thought it would be a very clean and fancy place. But it was the opposite. There are a lot of people called Gypsies who beg for money. It is very dirty and everyone had a cigarette in their hand. But the food was amazing! I had penne pasta with vodka sauce. But I think my eyes were bigger than my stomach. I finished about half of my pasta and then was full. Tommorow we are going I see the Vatican City. I am super exited. But we have to wake up very early for our tour.