Saturday, March 31, 2012

Family Visit - Part 1

My mom, Adrien and Meghan came to visit me this past week. It was truly an amazing week and many memories were made. We spent last weekend in Santorini - literally heaven on earth. We spend most of our days walking around the small towns of Fira and Oia and relaxing on our balcony overlooking the sea. Words cannot describe how relaxing and beautiful Santorini is. I already know that i'll have to go back someday.
The rest of the week we spent in Athens. We did a lot of the touristy stuff - the Acropolis, the Acropolis Museum, the ancient Agora, the National Archaeological Museum, and we climbed up the Lycabettus hill. We also spent a day in Delphi. It takes 3 hours by bus to get there but it was definitely worth it. It's placed high up in the mountains and the views are incredible. I miss them all already but it's crazy to think that in 2 months i'll be back home in St.Charles!

I leave for Italy Friday for my spring break. I'll be there for 10 days visiting Milan, Venice, Florence, Pisa and Rome! I CANNOT wait to fully experience Italy (and eat pizza, pasta and gelato of course)!

Enjoy the pictures :) 











Friday, March 9, 2012

Herculaneum & Pompeii

It is official: Italian pizza is the greatest thing in the entire world. That is the only thing I ate while in Naples this past weekend. Thankfully I'll be in Italy for my spring break, which only means more pizza!!
I had a quick weekend trip to Naples, Italy where I visited Herculaneum and Pompeii, two cities that had been affected in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius on August 24, 79. It was definitely a little eerie to be walking around these cities knowing how they tragically came to an end.
I had always wanted to visit Pompeii after learning it early on in my history classes. Herculaneum was also really great. It is smaller than Pompeii, but it is better persevered than Pompeii. It was overall an amazing trip.
There isn't much to say about these cities, so enjoy the photos!  

 Herculaneum

 Pompeii!!
 Young boy trying to cover his nose/mouth


 Original famous Alexander the Great Mosaic...so so so cool!!



Teeth and skull from a body...ew!