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♡

New Years Eve Italian Style

I was so excited to celebrate New Year's Eve here in Florence. I was sure there were going to be tons of people, that I was going to dance the night away and have fun. Well, that's exactly what I did! I glamed up for the big night and had my two girls, Lucy and Lilly with me. It will definitely be a night for the books. :)

This is me dressed up and ready to go!

Lucy and I at Fish Pub.

I met the owner at the gym and he invited us so we got free drinks. :)

After we headed to Piazza Della Signoria for some Fireworks with some new friends.

 At the stroke of midnight we all had some champagne.

 This is one of the guys we met. Someone had taken a group picture but I'm not sure where it went. Anyway, these guys were from Pennsylvania.

The piazza was filled with hundreds of people. It was insane. All of Florence was like this!! Still, it was a pretty memorable night. I wish I could do it all over again.

Mia♡

My Roman Holiday

In December I was lucky enough to go to Italy's capital, Rome. I completely fell in love with the city. I visited the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps and the Vatican. It was not too expensive to go actually and only a 4 hour bus ride. I went with my friend Lilly and we stayed in a hostel called The Yellow, it was cheap and had some pretty interesting people. Here are some pictures from Rome:

Inside our room in the hostel. In front of the Colosseum.

Inside the Colosseum

 I was amazed by its beauty.

 Imagining all the Romans being here back in the day....daaaaang. Wish I could have seen that!

 This is why people don't mess with me.  I may seem sweet...but I puts it down when I have to!

 Me and Lil

Beautiful

 Foro Romano

 The Trevi Fountain.

Christmas lights decorating the streets of Rome - Appropriately green, white, and red.

 The Vatican!!!

 Looking out to St. Peter's Square

 The enterance

 Pietá - My favorite sculpture done by Michelangelo. I was beyond happy to visit this piece again.

 Lilly and I in front of the Spanish Steps

 Look at all the tourists. Rome is a beloved city to all.

 Me at the top of the Spanish Steps

 Harry Potter is world wide and Italians love HP as much as everyone else. So much they decided to have a HP flash mob in one of Rome's busiest piazzas.

This trip definitely left me wanting to visit Rome again. It would be nice to spend more than just a couple of days exploring the city. I couldn't have asked for a better holiday. :)

Mia♡