Allora...

Allora, ognuno, ciò è tutta... This is my last day in Italy! I spent the day train hopping and visiting Riomaggiore in Cinque Terre. It was one of my favorite spots and I wanted to visit one last time! I can't believe I'm flying home tomorrow already, the semester went by so fast. It feels like just a month ago I just moved in! It's hard to believe it's been over four!

Grazie mille, for keeping up with my silly blogging while I've been on this trip! I haven't posted half as much as I should have liked though I believe I'll try to keep up with this blog when I return home more as an art blog than anything, so you may want to poke your head in the blogging world's door once or twice a month :)

In the next few days I may post a few more times because I've surely missed some really cool things! I'll see most of you soon, those who follow this blog, as I return to the west! Thank you again everyone, I learned so much here and I can't wait to come back!

Spain

Ciao, ognuno! I don't have many pictures to show you of Spain. The friends I stayed with there are both artists and we were so excited to see each other and watch each other draw that we did a lot of sketching! They showed me around Barcelona a bit, though we were all just so eager to draw and hang out I forgot to take pictures!

I arrived later in the day on Monday and so we stayed in their apartment to hang out, draw, chat, watch movies, and eat chips and popcorn together like any friends should ;) The next day though, they showed me around the main areas of Barcelona. The more famous piazzas, some of the beautiful buildings (usually banks and hotels, but gosh was it gorgeous!), the side streets that donned music shops and curiosity shops, and they took me to a few parks.

There was so much green in Spain! I keep saying this, but Florence, as marvelous as it is, is really only brick. The architecture is beautiful and the way the light hits the walls and streets and bridges, it really makes the city glow, but aside from the tiny scattered parks and the green along the Arno, there really is very little green to see. Spain was lush with trees and grass! Along with the old archways and buildings and walls, green seeped its way into every free space and it was really amazing to see again!

The next day they brought me to Parc del Laberint, a labyrinth park! Along with waterfalls and small paved paths in multiple garden spots, right in the middle of the park was--you guessed it, a maze!

It was so much fun! We kept running in opposite directions and tried to find each other. Despite it  being pretty small, it was really easy to get lost in.

We visited a gothic cathedral, completely different than the ones you see in Italy which was a nice change. The gothic architecture was beautiful and the inside just as elaborate as the out.

The last place on Wednesday they took me to was a castle! The view from up in the hills was stunning. The castle itself is now an Art Gallery, that if I return to Spain (with more money and time!) I'll definitely want to check out!

Va bene, sorry to make this short but I'm stuck in bed with a nasty cold today! I might go in and write more later!