12:03 PADOVA - Finally back from a great week of good times with good friends. After Berman came last week Saturday we made it to Rome on Sunday and met up with Lisa and Nadia for a pub crawl that night. Pub crawls are fun, however they are totally Americanized. The people running the show are mostly Americans and barely (if at all) know the language. The hostel we were staying at was putting on a pub crawl/night tour of Rome however they even spelled the main drink they were serving wrong! They spelled it PERSECO instead of Prosecco. It was kind of sad but I got over it. Pub crawl was still fun, and we got up quasi-early the next day and did my standard "Rome in a Day" trip. We hit the Vatican, Roman Forum, Spanish Steps, Pantheon, Jewish Ghetto, Colleseum in no particular order. Then we met up with Nadia's friend who is studying in Rome at this really nice restaurant where we had a nice dinner and some great wine. Tuesday came and Berm and I were off back to Padova. We made it in time for some spritz in the Piazza and then a dinner in the mensa (Italian cafeteria).
Berm and I took it easy that night and were off the next day to Verona to pick up Kristy and Liz from the airport. After a debacle trying to figure out where the airport was we made it in time to greet the girls and we came back to Padova for a pizza dinner with some of the Americans.
Wednesday night in the piazza was pretty crazy as usual and we ended up at the discoteque for a little bit of dancing. It was really nice to see Kristy :-)
Thursday was spent in Venice... it was beautiful weather and great company. Berman left Thursday night and Liz, Kristy and I were out to Paris Friday afternoon.
Arriviamo in Paris and we went to eat near the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Then we found a great gyro place and then a bar in the Latin quarter of Paris (student district).
Saturday we did Paris in a day. We started off at the Musée d'Orsay, made our way to the Louvre! and down the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe. We ate some crepes on the way and then made it to the Tour Eiffel where we saw a freestylin' footballer named Iya Traore who was fun to watch. Then we made it back to Notre Dame to see inside and then it started to rain so we grabbed some food, etc. and called it a day. Kristy and I went out to an Italian restaraunt for dinner and then we were off in the morning - she and Liz to Detroit and I to Milan.
Made it to my hotel in Milan after three hours in the Italian airport (they lost the bag I knew I shouldn't have checked) and walked around town with an older couple who showed me around the city. I got some Burger King! which I haven't had in a long time, saw a pretty sweet old castle with a moat and drawbridge and then made my way over to the Teatro dal Verme where I waited with some enthusiastic Dave Matthews fans for the much anticipated Dave and Tim show. Made some Milan friends and then retired around 1 because I had to be up at 7 to try and get to class (which I missed most of:-/ ). Oh well, it was a good time all around I can miss a little bit of class. THis week has been full of class and Megan and Jess are arriving tomorrow from Spain! So here we go again this weekend! Speaking of Norseman, Congrats to Billy-Boy and the boys' basketball team who won their district game the other night vs. Detroit Southeastern! Go Norsemen. Alright it's back to class, Have a good one!
5 comments:
Stevo,
Great note! Sounds like more fun! Glad to hear some of your friends are taking advantage of your stay in Europe! Also, gald to hear that Kristi was able to get over there again. Man are you sure getting around Europe while over there.
By the way, I was just wondering from you note, "Then we met up with Nadia's friend who is studying in Rome at this really nice restaurant where we had a nice dinner and some great wine." ~ what restaurant is Nadia studying at? What is she studying? Cooking? Restaurant management? Hospitality? It is nice to know that Nadia's school serves nice dinners and wine where she is studying:)
Tournament action begins next week ~ get your brackets ready!!!
Ciao,
Uncle Bruin
how awesome that you got to see davey and timmy in milan. that set looks pretty great... id love to hear some of that some devil stuff live and ummmmm the maker?? ive never seen it EVER, and youve now seen it on two different continents. theres some major jealousy on this side of the atlantic. im also pretty curious about "cornbread."
cramer and i watched dave on the tv show house last night.. part of it anyway, we got bored with it because neither one of us watches the show and had no idea what was going on. pretty much dave played a savant, and so all his acting entailed was playing the piano and giving people one word answers. a pretty good role for a musician i guess.
when do you get back to the states again? im trying to get over to europe at least for a little visit again this summer, so hopefully ill do it when youre still there.
anyway, its good to see you having such a blast while youre away, ciao ciao stefano!
Yeah bro--central connecticut state is going all the way!!
We're going to be there before you/i know it--so clean up your room, wash your face, take an axe shower and we'll be there!!
-dan
Stevo,
The brackets are out and so are your Wolverines ~ unless of course you consider the NIT in:) Hope your are doing well with your studies and adventures.
We will keep you posted as to the tournament as it gets underway ~ Kansas, UNC, Ohio St., and Florida are your #1 seeds. The action gets underway Tuesday night with the play-in game (FAMU vs. Niagara) ~ maybe the Wolverines can strive to make that game next year;O
Bruins have not been playing well at the end of the season hopefully they can regroup and make a run! Although they are in a tough bracket with some tough matchups.
Ciao,
Uncle Bruin
Stevo,
As far as the important games go -- Xavier wins their first round!! Unfortunately, they play OSU next. Uncle Bruin -- Congratulations -- They could be on their way to the final 4! Later Dude.
Uncle Rick
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