Oh what a weekend...

So, I believe I left off with having to go to bed early due to our crazy early call time for the Mediterranean Cruise on Friday...needless to say it was AMAZING! I mean it sucked getting up that early but it was totally worth it.  The water was so blue and beautiful and we went to these two tiny islands that were so well preserved and not modern at all.  The only bad part was I slipped a bit on the rocks and got pretty cut up on my hands and feet, but it was still awesome.  Oddly enough though the water was wayyyy saltier than anything I've ever experienced before haha.  Anyway, we didn't get in until like 10 pm and I passed out cause I was so tired from the long day...


On Saturday Maria and I decided we wanted to go somewhere because we didn't want to just sit around the apartment all day so we found the cheapest train fare we could (1.90 euro) and hopped on a train to Prato! Thinking back we probably should have done a little bit more research because the town honestly wasn't that interesting lol, we only stayed for like an hour and a half, oh well, guess you win some you lose some! 


Sunday we decided to take the whole day and go to that boar festival I was telling you about in the last post after stopping briefly in Pisa to see the tower.  We left around 8 in the morning and made our first stop in Pisa.  I had some apprehensions about this because I was told by my wonderful Aunt Jody that the tower of Pisa is not really that interesting and it is definitely something to skip.  Even though Aunt Jody is normally right about everything I'm sorry to say she was definitely mistaken about this one...the tower was really cool!!  It's crazy how tilted it is...only bad part was I went to lay on the ground to take a picture with my feet holding the tower up and I got stung by a bee for the first time in probably like 16 years! It was not pleasant lol.


Made our way back to the train station and decided to have our first Italian McDonalds experience!! Honestly, I thought it tasted exactly like McDonalds in the states...so disappointing haha.  Got on our train to Capalbio and arrived in the town the festival was supposed to be in around 4 pm....only to find that the festival was no where close!!


We slowly came to our senses (after walking around 2 miles in a residential area) and asked some of the locals where it was and apparently Capalbio City is located on the side of a mountain and is about a 10 minute drive...luckily we had the nicest cab driver who bought us both a glass of red wine when we got to the town on the mountainside.  The boar was delicious and the view from the mountain was even better, definitely a day trip worth taking :)


On other news....Stacey, Sarah and I had been struggling for a while to figure out plans for Fall break...first it was gonna be Barcelona, Paris, and Amsterdam...then Dublin, London, Paris, and Amsterdam...then major switch to Greece and Turkey...and after nixing all those ideas due to lack of interest from some parties of lack of funds from others we settled on an ALL INCLUSIVE MOROCCAN FALL BREAK!!! That's right! I've officially already booked and paid for a trip that includes a camel excursion in the Sahara Desert!! ahhhh I'm so excited! 


For those of you that are interested here are some of the dates I'm thinking for my other trips:
(Bold means the trip is already booked :) )
Sept 16-19-Montreux, Switzerland to visit Nishita
Sept 23-25-All Inclusive Tuscany Tour with school
Sept 30-Oct 2-Sicily?
Oct 7-8-Venice with a stop in Naples for pizza :)
Oct 9-Wine Producer field trip with my Organizational Behavior Class
Oct 15-Cinque Terre Day Trip
Oct 22-29-Morocco!
Oct 31-Nov 2-Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
Nov 4-Seina wine tour with school
Nov 5-Parma day trip with school
Nov 11-13-Paris and Amsterdam with Stacey
Nov 19-20-Rome trip with school
Nov 24-27-Possible Dublin trip with Snow or Sand...?
Dec 2-4-Skiing in the Alps
Dec 8-11-London for Harry Potter Tour--possibly doing Dublin here instead...


And that's all...for all of those following this blog I would love to hear your thoughts on my trips!!