Uffizi

Botticelli, Primavera
Botticelli, The Birth of Venus
Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck



Today we woke up early to go see Sandro Botticelli at the Galleria degli Uffizi. While waiting in line for an hour and a half we studied Italian, French, and Spanish. After being inspired we planned language parties for ourselves and anyone cool enough to join us in Boston. Once inside, we saw many wonderful things. We arrived at the exit and realized we had somehow missed the Botticellis. We had to backtrack through the whole maze of masterpieces to see The Birth of Venus at the beginning. We know the musei by heart now!

Kristen and Shelby
Firenze, Italia

Happy Campers

So we are "roughing it" a bit at Camping Michelangelo in Firenze, Italia. The view is amazing as we can see the whole city from the resturant's terrace. Today we walked across the Ponte Vecchio to the Duomo. We found an amazing little paper and hand-crafted book shop. The owner let us peek back into his studio where he creates marble dies paper. When we got back to our tent we needed to take showers again just to cool off from the heat.

SPF 50 !

Fitenze, Italia

Aurevoir Collioure

It was so nice spending time with Steven, Brian, Thomas, and Sarah this week. We will never forget our time here.

Merci Beaucoup!

Lost Key!

After spending a lovely day at the beach, the group realized that the keys were missing. Steven checked his pocket after coming back from a swim, but they were not there! The search team headed in to the sea with their goggles and high hopes. With no luck we all came up with a plan B; we would scale the chateau walls. After Steven and Thomas tried to hoist Kristen up to the window, we decided we needed a ladder. Once the ladder arrived it was not long before Kristen shimmied up and let everyone else in.

Collioure, France

Collioure

Collioure, France

Le Cactus

Kristen & Shelby

Collioure, France

La Lune

Kristen Hatgi
in collaboration with Steven Levisalles

Collioure, France

A Night at Le Petit Cafe

We were accompanied by our friend Steven, his brother Brian and friend Thomas.


Good Night.

Kristen and Shelby
Collioure, France

Hike to a French WWII Fort

Inside the Bunker


Collioure, France

The Beach by Night

Shelby skipping Rocks




Amazing Pictures by Shelby!

The Beach by Day

Saint and Demon ( The two sides of Shelby)

In Collioure with Steven

We are in the building with the green shutters

An Unexpected Day in Paris

Long story short: we decided it was better to spend the day in Paris and buy a night train ticket for 1.50 euros then get the earliest train to Perpignan for 90 euros. Good thing, because we both ordered two coffees by accident at a cafe. Hyped up on caffeine, we walked through the Jardin des Plantes. It was nice to stretch our legs and get some exercise with our backpacks before the long night journey to Collioure.