Singing I See The Light

I thought I would dedicate this post's title to the fact that ever since I started singing "I See The Light" from Tangled randomly in Berlin, Ashley and I have been known to randomly start singing it or when we are traveling we will listen to it on my iPod. Actually anytime really. Last night we played it after Backstreet Boys and sang along while we packed for Milan. Haha yay for having our own room. We also sang I'll Stand By You, by The Pretenders at the Victory monument on Berlin and these boys started staring. Haha it's my fault really, I don't know how these songs get stuck in my head! On planes we will also crack up when one of us says "There is something they aren't telling us...THERE IS A COLONIAL WOMAN ON THE WING!!!!" hahahah we just that was one of the only really funny parts of Bridemaids. Plus we travel on planes a lot! Surprisingly way more than trains. On 23/9/11 we woke up early again to go to one if the oldest and most famous art museums, the Uffizi! Home of Mr. Gregory's favorite Botticelli's and other great Renaissance and classical art. We saw it all some Rafael's, DaVinci's, Michelangelo's, Giotto's. So many! I liked seeing one of Duccio's famous Madonnas. Sienna and I did a whole project on him in AP Euro and we painted a giant cathedral with glitter on the poster board. It was awesome, I'm not going to be modest haha. Duccio isn't as famous as Giotto and his worn doesn't capture Giotto's emotion, but he is special to us. My favorites were Botticelli's Spring and the most famous Birth of Venus. His faces are just so beautiful! This day in Firenze was terrible for my allergies! (update just had a cold) It was the worst I have ever been I think. I constantly was stuffed up and would sneeze and need tissues like no other, my little unopened pack is gone now. In the Uffizi gift shop there was Birth of Venus and Spring tissue packs but as I explained to Ashley..."I don't want to wipe my nose on Botticelli" hahahahh. In the Uffizi there was also a cool post office where you could get stamps of the art and also jewelry that showed what painting it was from. So great. After we experienced that slightly uptight, but cool museum, we took a leisurely stroll around Firenze and shopped! For things like postcards though because we can't afford the fleur de lis earrings we want on the Ponte Vecchio! Also in case I forgot to mention the Ponte Vecchio is Florence's oldest bridge that was spared by the retreating Nazi's during WWII. It's beautiful and super touristy like a lot of Florence and jewelry shops line the inside of the bridge. We walked through it multiple times a day because it was on the way to things from our hostel. However when going to our favorite gelato shop where Ashley would get chocolate orange and I would get a strawberry coconut mix, we used a different bridge haha. On one of our many walks throughout the city that day we found Palazzo Strozzi which is a palace that was built to complete with the Medici's but I think Cosmo actually took and it was finally returned to the family 30 years later. Inside this building that has a open roof, there are benches, arches and pillars. It is marvelous and has free wifi! There was an exhibit upstairs but we decided to save our money, enjoy the internet and get off our feet. We went shopping some more, headed back to our Pitti residence and then set out for dinner. I didn't want to spend too much, and I can be picky haha so we walked a bit looking at menus until we found the perfect little place! We think it is pretty popular because there were a lot of reserved tables and so busy the whole time we were there. I got spaghetti with tomato sauce and Ashley got pesto. For our first time Ashley said yes to vino (wine) and they brought a half liter pitcher haha we probably could have done well with a quarter one. We did manage to drink some though! Haha at first I was not liking it, but we got the full Italian experience. And then we got gelato for the last time in Florence and passed out at our hostel.

Right now as I write this we are traveling on a train to Milan. I am also listening to the Beatles but just switched to Disney songs. For the first time we were separated because these tickets actually have compartments and seat numbers! But I like compartments because of the Hogwarts Express of course.(Speaking of which, I finally got my Pottermore email!!! I basically freaked out this morning while Ash was in the bathroom, too bad I can't go on yet!) When the trolley came by I got a chocolate frog! Haha I actually didn't get anything because the wonderful Ashley had ventured out and got me a muffin earlier. It's our last time traveling together though! (and we are not together haha) After Milan I head for Cairo and she goes to London! Craziness. Ciao Bella!

I was behind sorry! Now need a Milan one