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Jun 14 2011
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Music, Travel, Visitors

Preview of Dan’s 2-Week Visit

Rooftop of my residence overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Juan-Les-Pins, FRANCE.
Touring around Cannes a week after the Film Festival chaos and hoopla had ceased.
Dan’s birthday celebration at Pam-Pam in JLP.
Leaving France via train – heading to Italy to experience Cinque Terre during my week off between programs.
Walking to dinner in Riomaggiore, ITALY (our town in Cinque Terre)
In Manarola, ITALY hiking on the Via dell’Amore (neighboring town in Cinque Terre)
Gondola ride our first morning in Venice, ITALY. This picture has not been edited.
Finding out that pigeons love Dan (and vice versa) in San Marco’s Square in Venice, ITALY.
On the Rialto Bridge overlooking the Grande Canal in Venice, ITALY heading to dinner.
Heineken Jammin’ Festival in Venice, ITALY to see Coldplay headlining on our last night in Italia.
“Yellow”
Back in France. Up early on June 12th so Dan can head home and I can check in more students for our second and final study abroad program, The Cannes Lions Advertising Festival.


All in all, one of the best two-week-stints of my life.
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Jun 08 2010
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Travel, UGA Students

Firenze

aka- Florence… is where I am now and where I will be for the next 2 days. Not originally a part of my plan – although I didn’t really have a plan – but alas this is where I am and I like it.

We left Cinque Terre early this morning after a good day and a half of eating, hiking, swimming, and lounging on rocks at the water’s edge. Noticing that our train to Florence connected in Pisa, I suggested we stop there for a touristy and snapshot-heavy pitstop at the famous tower. Beaucoups of pictures to follow…

After Pisa we had a slight mis-step in all catching the same train, but we YOLO’d our way through it and found each other at the hotel lobby in Florence just fine.

…which brings us to the present momen. We arrived to the hotel in Florence – knowing that three girls (half of our group) had a reservation scheduled here. The Hodge Twins and I had no reservations anywhere in Florence. Our mis-steps turned into mini-miracles as the guy working the front desk of the hotel (which was ENTIRELY BOOKED, mind you) somehow arranged to switch our rooms so that ALL SIX OF US can room together in mac-daddy Florence suite. We have a king bed, a double bed, and two twin beds AND our own bathroom. Not to mention enough extra space with which we could accomodate a middle school dance. There’s also a chandelier. Oh la la. So, needless to say, I have sidelined my plans of arriving earlier in Rome and will now be in Florence for a couple of days. Hard to pass this deal up.

Well, I’m off to find some gelato. Ciao.

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