We both lean!
Views from the top of the Duomo!
Campanile di Giotto! It's 414 steps to the top of Florence's bell tower, but I got an incredible view of Firenze (and a great workout)!
Venice is by far my favorite place in the world.
A subtle reminder that Milan is the fashion capital of the world
Il Duomo in Milan! Beautiful both during the day and at night, paired best with a side of Gelato and new friends!
First pizza in Italy! Era delicioso!
curewanderlust reblogged
One of the most useful tools for an abroad student at NYU is the beautiful proxy! The NYU proxy can be used to access any site that your new country may ban or have different rules for like Netflix or Hulu. To use it is simple. Go to this site.
But just for fun, if you...
So I am an NYU student, if you haven't noticed yet, and I am praising the universe for finding this online, albeit one month before I head back to the good old US of A. I use it to keep up with Degrassi, (yeah, yeah, I've watched since Drake was "starting from the bottom" as Jimmy Brooks, and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon) but you can certainly use it for useful things. If you use Google Chrome, you can also download the plugin Hola if you prefer to procrastinate with the US Netflix.
Tulips, tulips everywhere.
As seen outside of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
THE CARDIFF POST!!
This post is long overdue, but better late than never, right?
I may have mentioned this in previous posts, but I'm lucky enough to have one of my best friends from high school (all the way in Texas, y'all!) studying abroad in London this semester also, so instead of going to Dublin like I had planned, we decided to take a day trip to Wales on March 16th! We've discussed Wales in class a few times, but other than that and the late Princess Diana, I've never really thought about Wales so it seemed like it would be a nice trip to take.
We took Megabus Gold (it's like regular Megabus, but they charge more because they serve water and snacks and it's fancy and red) from Victoria Coach Station to Cardiff around 7 am, and we got there around 10 am. Cardiff has a very small town vibe, and as it was a Sunday, there were a lot of families out and about shopping. We visited Cardiff Castle, and went to a few museums, but it was really just a relaxing day. We walked all around Cardiff listening to the Welsh (what a strange language!) and seeing how the locals lived. There wasn't too much to do, actually, and we ended up heading back to London around 8 pm.
Even though there wasn't too much to do in London, I still loved visiting Wales and it made me really want to plan a trip to Scotland and Ireland. Before I got to London, I didn't really have a clear idea of the divide between the United Kingdom and Britain, and even still, when I thought of either of them I primarily thought of London.
FYI: The United Kingdom consists of England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Great Britain consists of only England, Wales, and Scotland. In September, the people of Scotland are voting on their independence, which (if passed) will remove them from the United Kingdom, which they have been a part of since 1707.
I'd really like to see the differences within the countries of the United Kingdom. England and Wales (from what I've seen) are very similar, but also very similar. It's so interesting how two countries can be part of the same kingdom, but not even speak the same language! It really puts into perspective the issue of defining what it means to be British.