After a year, I finally saw my mom again when Eri, Megu, Sei and I got back from our trips to Spain and France. It was a nice reunion, and on the same day we met with Uncle Larry, Auntie Anita, and Jon. We had dinner at Pizzaiuolo, and gelato at Vivoli. We also climbed up to the top of the Duomo for some beautiful views of Florence. It was an interesting climb!
After a couple days in Florence, Mom, Eri, Megu, Sei and I hopped on a train headed to Rome to meet my dad. As soon as he got to the hotel, we were off to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. It was still awesome and interesting the 3rd time - there's always something to learn. Later on we went to the Trevi Fountain. My favorite spot in Rome so far! After gelato at San Crispino we went to the Spanish Steps.
The next day we went to the Vatican and its Museum. It was a free day so the line was long and the museum was packed, but hey, I'm not complaining...It was my 2nd time seeing the Sistine Chapel but it's still a crazy sight, as is Michelangelo's Pieta. We left the mini country of the Vatican to go see the Pantheon, where I only just discovered is the buriel place of Raphael.
Our last day, we did something I've never done in Rome before; we went to see the Boca della Verita! Remember the famous scene from Roman Holiday with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn? We walked around the Campo di Fiori area and the surrounding shops. Then it was time to head back to Florence.
The next couple days was spent packing...it was really difficult to move everything out but I was lucky; I had my wonderful family to help me take stuff in extra suitcases. It was really sad moving out of my apartment, but I'm also grateful because it prepared me for leaving Florence itself.
The fam and I also went to Cortona where we saw that they were filming a movie, something connected with the Cannes Film Festival. We saw Juliet Binoche acting! Cortona was as cute and beautiful as I remember, and it actually rained for about 10 minutes! Later we went to a Oltrarno typical Florentine family style restaurant called "Sabatino" with Uncle Larry, Auntie Anita, and Jon, and said our goodbyes.
The night that Dad, Eri, Megu and Sei left, we had dinner at Pizzaiuolo again, and then at about 4 AM they began their 27 hour journey back to California.
My last two days in Florence with Mom were very relaxing. On Saturday (4th of July) we walked around and did some last minute shopping...on Sunday we went to an early mass at the Duomo and then took a trip around Florence in the red doubledecker "City Sightseeing Bus." It went all the way up to Piazzale Michelangelo and Fiesole. It was really interesting to see the city I've lived in and walked in for 10 months from the perspective of a double decker bus.
It was a good last day.
more to come...
~photo album~
After a couple days in Florence, Mom, Eri, Megu, Sei and I hopped on a train headed to Rome to meet my dad. As soon as he got to the hotel, we were off to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. It was still awesome and interesting the 3rd time - there's always something to learn. Later on we went to the Trevi Fountain. My favorite spot in Rome so far! After gelato at San Crispino we went to the Spanish Steps.The next day we went to the Vatican and its Museum. It was a free day so the line was long and the museum was packed, but hey, I'm not complaining...It was my 2nd time seeing the Sistine Chapel but it's still a crazy sight, as is Michelangelo's Pieta. We left the mini country of the Vatican to go see the Pantheon, where I only just discovered is the buriel place of Raphael.
Our last day, we did something I've never done in Rome before; we went to see the Boca della Verita! Remember the famous scene from Roman Holiday with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn? We walked around the Campo di Fiori area and the surrounding shops. Then it was time to head back to Florence.
The next couple days was spent packing...it was really difficult to move everything out but I was lucky; I had my wonderful family to help me take stuff in extra suitcases. It was really sad moving out of my apartment, but I'm also grateful because it prepared me for leaving Florence itself.
The fam and I also went to Cortona where we saw that they were filming a movie, something connected with the Cannes Film Festival. We saw Juliet Binoche acting! Cortona was as cute and beautiful as I remember, and it actually rained for about 10 minutes! Later we went to a Oltrarno typical Florentine family style restaurant called "Sabatino" with Uncle Larry, Auntie Anita, and Jon, and said our goodbyes.
The night that Dad, Eri, Megu and Sei left, we had dinner at Pizzaiuolo again, and then at about 4 AM they began their 27 hour journey back to California.
My last two days in Florence with Mom were very relaxing. On Saturday (4th of July) we walked around and did some last minute shopping...on Sunday we went to an early mass at the Duomo and then took a trip around Florence in the red doubledecker "City Sightseeing Bus." It went all the way up to Piazzale Michelangelo and Fiesole. It was really interesting to see the city I've lived in and walked in for 10 months from the perspective of a double decker bus.
It was a good last day.
more to come...~photo album~
1 comment:
aww your mom is cute :) welcome back to america avery!
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