February Night Life

I typically don't take out my camera on a night out. My friends smartly do the same, however, we lose the opportunity to take some pictures of our fun times. Every once in awhile someone does manage to take a few snaps here and there which makes me forever thankful. :)

 A night out with my favorite German Girls at Babylon.

The thing I like about Babylon is that there aren't as many annoying American girls. You know, the kind that get wasted and are completely obnoxious? Trust me, there is never a shortage of those kind of girls running around Florence. I also like that you get a drink included with the cover charge. The best part about Babylon? The music. They mainly play electronic stuff. Music I can just dance all night too. I don't go there as often as I'd like and writing this makes me want to go now! 

 The night ended with a stop at the photo booth. Sadly, I don't know what happened to those photos but I cherish the memory, and this pic. 

 Here, is a night at twice with Lucy, my ex roomie Kiki and Silja. Twice is a club that I love to hate. I hate it because of those American girls I mentioned before. Well, Twice is full of them. Even worse it is filled with desperate guys trying to dance with you no matter how many times you say no. I love it because it's free, the  music is pretty decent and because it closes late. Meaning, even when the plan isn't to go to Twice we go there after leaving another club for an hour or two. 

This is me and Vicky right before a night out of madness. We went to a few places around town and had ourselves quite the adventure. :) 

 Lastly, this is me at Salamanca. I was here with the lovely people of FACE and Adriana. Salamanca is my typical Thursday stop. Here you will find me chugging sangria and dancing on table tops. That's just what you do in Salamanca. The music here could do with some improvement. The songs are good but the DJ always repeats them. I can listen to a song three times in one night. Not cool.  The guys here usually know how to keep their distance here which is good. Although my roomie always finds someone to run off and have a conversation with. No really, she just spends the whole night talking. Where are the people I can do that with? lol.

Mia♡ 

Carnevale a Venezia

A few weeks ago I took a trip to Venice for the Carnevale there. It's pretty much a religious holiday bringing in the start of Lent. Everyone is dressed in elaborate costumes and out showing off their beauty. It's a holiday for people of all ages. 

This trip almost didn't happen for me. I had actually declined going because I have already been to Venice but I had that gut feeling you know that I was making a mistake. So, the day before the trip I searched for a reasonable priced hostel and got a train ticket. I am so glad I made that decision because I would have regretted not going for sure. 

I stayed at a hostel in the city center that was anything but glamorous. Finding it took two maps and two hours. It was an adventure that I experience with my roomie Adriana. Then hunting down a meal at a reasonable price was almost impossible. Shortly after we went site seeing all over Venice. I got to experience different streets from my previous trips and of course saw many people dressed in costumes.  At night there was a show on the big stage. It was dance and music from the 20's,30's and 40's. It was brilliant! We had a few drinks, pizza, took pics and just experienced the Carnevale to the fullest. The next day was pretty much the same. Of course we took plenty of pictures. Some of these are my favorite pictures of me in Italy period. I loved everything about this trip! 

 Beautiful Venice. :)

 These are the lovely ladies I went with Adriana, Lucy and Silja. Missing is Kiki who is taking the picture. 

Venice in a popular destination always but on the week of Carnevale there are ridiculous amounts of tourists everywhere. 

 Venice is known for their masks and on the week of Carnevale it is almost mandatory to be sporting one of these. 

 Venice never disappoints me. 

 This was my third visit to Venezia and I still have not been on a gondola. Maybe I would go on one if the gondoliers actually sang like in the movies. One day I will give in and pay the ridiculous amount required to have a ride on a gondola but not this year!

 Some of the streets are so narrow I almost don't fit through them. 

 Venezia bliss. 

 For me Carnevale was the Italian equivalent to Halloween. Sure most people were in full traditional costume but then you ran into characters like this. We didn't even know what this was!

Adriana and I went around asking "Man or Woman?" Because really, you couldn't tell behind those masks and some of those women were suspiciously tall. 

Loved spotting families in full costume. 

Black Angel

This woman had a live bird in her hair. True Story.

Me among the crowd.  

The had a gondola show with everyone dressed in elaborate costumes. There was music and tons of people crowded on the Realto Bridge desperately trying to get a glimpse of all the beauty.

Non vedo l'ora per ritornare a Venezia.

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♡