Victoria the Germ: Firenze

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Monday, July 8, 2013

Up to Speed

I know, I know, this is way overdue, I'm failing pretty hard at blogging my travel life and au pairing experience so far, so let's bring you up to speed.

Since I have arrived here in January I have:

Been back to Florence.

Moved to Milan and in with my au pair family.

Been to London.

Been to Stonehenge.

Been to Dublin.

Back to Rome.

Been to Lake Como, Venice, and Mykonos, Greece with new found Texan friends.

Completed a language course with the Comune di Milano + more.

Taught American classiness to the girls.

Took a day trip back to Florence for a documentary premiere.

Eaten my weight in gelato.

Taught more American classiness for the 4th of July.

And now I am currently spending two weeks free from girls and work while they are at the coast with their aunt and grandfather. Two weeks from now we will all be heading out on holiday (long tour of Italy, spending most time in Sicily at a villa).

I hope to divulge into each of these places/events that have taken place in upcoming posts, maybe inspire someone else to travel or decide to au pair as well. I have learned that au pairing is in no way shape or form an easy job, and anyone who says contrary is straight up lying to you, but I wouldn't change this decision if I could go back. It has it's hard moments and I've become quite homesick, but I think in the long run it'll be a decision I can be proud of.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The Countdown

Time has been slipping away from me so quickly. It seems not that long ago that I moved back to Los Angeles, became a waitress, quit being a waitress, got the babysitting twins job, starting religiously saving up money, found my future Italian family, and bought my ticket back to Italy.

Today is officially t-minus 1 week (7 days!!!) until I leave. My mind is constantly being filled with things to add to the never ending "TO DO" list, while my stomach is in a constant state of feeling like I'm going to throw up combined with that anxious feeling of excitement you get before going on an especially frightening roller coaster for the first time. I wish I could just sit down and relax, but whenever I try to my mind races on ahead of me worrying about anything and everything possible ("Do I have enough socks!?," "What boots should I wear on the plane?," "Can I fit all my electronics in my carry on bag?!," "What does one wear in the snow?!," etc. etc.)

In the meantime, I have been trying to do as much stuff that I've wanted to do before leaving the country for a possible year. I'm not even going to try to tackle information on everything but I thought I'd share some photos from the past months or so to try to sum up my adventures in good ol' US of A before I say goodbye.

Dressed up as Fionna from Adventure Time at Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles.

Time spent with friends - Ralph and I

Bowie and me at Amoeba

Days and money spent at Amoeba

Movie/show night with friends

Show included a debate between presidential candidates Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman

Halloween spent with the twins

My wonder twins

My baby

Stanley Kubrick exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (which was AMAZING)

The Unhappiest of all reindeer

Love!

Fun learnings at the Natural History Museum with friends

Time spent with my best friend

My best friend is one supreme mother - Charlie's first birthday party!

This will most likely be my last update from Los Angeles, so here's to new beginnings! Next time I blog I'll be bloggin from another country! How crazy is that!? I still think over and over that I must be completely mad and totally out of my mind to have made such a life changing decision to abandon my American life in the way that I am, but hopefully at the end of it all I will look back on the decision and be confident that I made the right choice.

My next few days will be spent at Disneyland, one last dentist trip (you can never be too safe when it comes to proper dental hygiene!), going away gathering with family and friends, and my last two days spent packing and trying to organize a year's worth of necessities into one suitcase.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Firenze, Italia Through Flickr

So while I wallow in the sadness that is my withdrawal from Florence, I began looking through Flickr for pictures of Florence and might I say, some of these photos are beyond amazing. I wish I took photos that were this awesome, but I mostly took pictures with my small digital camera, and only for my own memories and to show family and friends. The photos on Flickr are in an entirely different world, and I thought I'd show you some of the amazing images I found while searching.

If you don't already have a desire to visit this beautiful city, you will now!