5 Things I Love This Week.

1. Klab: If you are my friend on Facebook then you have seen me mention Klab a few times. It is the gym that I go to at least 4 days a week. It is literally 2 minutes walking distance from my house and I love it! Sure, it is super expensive, I registered when I had a pretty good income. Now it is my escape where I love to go to to let loose.

 2. FACE: Florentine Association for Culture Exchange, aka FACE is a group that puts events together for foreign students. The club is also open to anyone who wants to meet people from other countries and practice different languages. It's pretty cool cuz my roomie and I go to practice our Italian, sing at karaoke and have met some pretty nice people. It's nice to make some new friends since I lost pretty much all of my Via Lingua crew, except for Vicky. Everytime we get together it is a good time for sure. :)  

3. Adriana: is my new roomie that I've had now for about 3 weeks. She is here from Mexico studying architecture and likes to have a good time. Like no seriously, last week we went out 5 days in a row.  Well, she went out with me 4 out of the 5 times. lol. I'm glad she is our new roomie.  

 

4. Bag Tax: Anytime you go to the supermarket here you have to take a reusable bag. If not you are charged for every bag that you need. It's not much but of course everyone is trying to save some cents so we try to take our bags everytime. This is a nice way to be eco-friendly and is something we should consider doing back home.

5. Clean Streets: You would be surprised how clean Italy is. The streets are washed every night by these big machines, men go around picking up any trash seen around. It is beautiful. Italians know that they get most of their money from tourists and tourists like clean streets. More than that, they like having a clean home. Every night, without fail the streets are cleaned. I love it!

Mia♡

Piazzale Michelangelo

Two weekends ago my roommates and I finally had the chance to visit Piazzale Michelangelo here in Florence. Piazzale Michelangelo has the best view of Florence. Here are our pics from this lovely afternoon.

This place is named after Michelangelo Buonarroti who created the David.

Me and my homie David

Laura, the artist. 

Basilica di Santa Maria Novella

Il Palazzo Vecchio

Il Ponte Vecchio

A pic with the Basilica di Santa Maria Del Fiore aka the Duomo. 

A pic with the Ponte Vecchio "Old Bridge"

Me and my roomies :)  

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A collage of my favorite moments here in Italy. Making this made me realize that I have done so much here. :) I truly feel blessed.

5 Things I Heart About Italy This Week

1. Street Art: Everyday artists make these on the sidewalk only using chalk. They spend hours doing them and at the end of the day they are washed away. The next day the artists start over again. I wonder how much money they make because as you can see they have a plate so people can leave €€€s.

2. Roomie Dinner Nights: Every Saturday the girls in the apartment and I have dinner together. We each are in charge of a course - main course, side dish or salad. We get to enjoy each other's cooking and company. It's all in good fun. :)

3. I Saldi: In January all the stores in Italy are desperate to get rid of their winter clothes to make room for their Spring collections. As a result, there is a huuuuuge sale here. You can save anywhere from 20-70% off of some pretty awesome stuff. Unfortunately I didn't do as much shopping as I would have if I had a job but I did manage to do a little bit of shopping. I'll start saving my little pennies so I can save next year. :)

 

4. Yamamay: It's like a Victoria's Secret here in Florence. Besides Kiko I have spent the most €€ here. What is more essential than makeup and lingerie??  lol.

5. Giorgia: She is an Italian singer that I just cannot stop listening to!!! I've downloaded so many songs from different Italian artists but she's been my favorite so far. :) If you want to listen to her, her new single is this but the song I keep on repeat is this one.

 Mia♡

Going Out / Pre-partying in Florence

I do like to go out and have fun here in Italy. My usual spot is the Old Stove in Piazza della Signoria and then to dance I go to a few clubs here in Florence. I don't take my camera out EVER - have you seen my camera? lol So most of these pics are pre-partying pics. The last two are at a bar tho. :)

 This is me and my lovely roomie, Lucy.

 Lucy did my make up again. She should go pro. I bought the earrings in Rome.

 This is my bestie, Vicky.

 We were listening to music and dancing. A few glasses of wine and we really let loose!

 A pic of me :)

 We always have fun together.

Me and Lucy again. Doesn't she look good? Damn mama!! 

Not sure why I made that face but it works.  

 Me and my friend Silja out in Red Garter.

She's from Germany. I have a few German friends here. They all speak German with each other and it makes me want to learn German! Maybe one day...

Mia♡

Palazzo Pitti

In the first days of January my friend Lilly and I decided to go visit the grand Palazzo Pitti that belonged to the infamous Di Medici family. This palace is here in Florence. Here are some of our pics from that day. :)

 This pizza is from one of my favorite pizza places here in Italy, Gusta Pizza. The guys in Italy like to flirt with pretty much all women. Sooo when we walked in and ordered pizza they decided to make ours heart shaped. Real suttle guys, lol.

 Heart of a Lion.

 Showing the lion some love ;)

 It is so ferocious!!

 My friend Lilly posing with the lion.

 In Italy I am much more open. I do things like dougie in public. Haha.

 In front of the grand Pitti Palace.

 We went to the Pitti Palace to go see their beautiful garden but when we got there it was closed. :(

 We wanted to see the garden badly so we figured we would sneak in.

 Making sure no one is around.

haha jk.

 Since we couldn't go in I figured I would take some pics through the gate. From what I saw it is very beautiful. I can only imagine how even more gorgeous everything is from the inside.

 I plan to go back eventually. The Palace is so big that if you buy the combo ticket to see everything it is good for 3 days. :)

 Posing by the famous Ponte Vecchio.

I am so lucky to be living here. There is so much art and history in Florence.

Mia♡