UPDATE!!

Hello everybody! Sorry that we haven't had a chance to update in a while, but better late than never. Since we left Italy we have gone to Croatia for a couple of weeks to stay with Dunja's family there. We also went to Bosnia for 4 days and visited Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Mostar. Bosnia was awesome and we ate some delicious cevapi and went rafting in Banja Luka. I (Andrew) also learned the Cyrillic alphabet. After Bosnia we went back to Croatia for a week and then we took a plane from the island to Stuttgart, Germany and then a train from there to Hof, where we were picked up by Dunja's friends from Schoenwald, the Raimers. We had a great time in Schoenwald and we were there for Wiesenfest, which was awesome. Tons of people and great music and great food. We went to a couple of museums in the area too. One was a porcelain/rosenthal museum (what schoenwald/selb is famous for) and one was a cold war museum. We stayed there for 1 week and then took the train Berlin, where we are right now. We are staying with Wilson Dunlavey, a high school friend from my sister, Emily.
We have added tons of pictures since the last post on the picassa website, so check it out!
--Andrew

Quick update..possibly the last post from Italia!

I can't believe that our time in Firenze is coming to an end. It feels like we just arrived here yesterday and now it's almost time to leave. We have gotten so used to being here and going back to the US in a month is going to be weird. This week we only have some things to finish up for school and enjoy the town while we can. Thursday is the last day of school and that night we have our farewell dinner at Ganzo, the restaurant that is part of the APICIUS culinary school. On Friday Andrew and I will just enjoy the day in Firenze before we leave for Croatia on Saturday.
I guess I will update everyone on what has happened since the last post. On Wednesday we went to this little city near Florence called Prato. It used to belong to Florence but eventually became it's own city. It was a really nice place with no tourists. Andrew, James and Luis bought little portable soccer goals and then we spent a few hours hanging out in a park while they played soccer with some Italian guys. We took the train back to Firenze and just went to our usual hang out spot by the Gelateria by the bridge across from Ponte Vencchio. On Friday James, Luis, Andrew and I took a trip to Venezia. When we got there the weather was bad so we ate first and then started to walk around the city. We went to the Piazza St. Marco and got attacked by a million pigeons. Later we took a ride in a Gondola which cost us a fortune but was worth every Euro. We got to see the whole city and it is incredibly beautiful. It was strange to see all the houses in the water and crossing millions of bridges just to get from one place to the next. We had some cappuccinos and then headed back to Firenze that night.
The next day we got up really early again and took a trip to Rome. At first we went to Vatican City and spent a few hours at the Vatican. It was enormous and very interesting to see. We saw the tombs of prior popes and went inside the church...which is ridiculously big. After that we went to the Vatican Museum and saw the Sistine Chapel. Later on we made a trip to the Hard Rock Cafe and enjoyed a very fatty American Meal....which sounded great at the time but we all regretted soon later. To work of the 1000000 calories from our meal we decided to walk to the Trevi Fountain where we took some pictures and hung out for a while. Later that day we went to see the Colosseum and then we took the train back to Firenze.
Sunday we spent in Florence just studying and eating Gelato...that's the story of our life in Italy...we just eat ice cream about three times a day. It never gets old..
I have new pictures up on my website picasaweb.com/dunjak from all of th trips so don't forget to look at all of them. Happy belated Father's Day! And Happy Birthday to my mom!!!!
---Dunja---

What a weekend!

First of all...we're in love with Italy and don't want to leave. This weekend was a lot of fun and we got to visit some great places. First on Wednesday, we went with a group of people to Pisa to see the tower. That was fun but we were only there for a few hours.
On Friday we went on a field trip with school to San Gimignano where we visited some vineyards and got to do some wine tasting. It was a beautiful town and we definitely had a great time drinking wine and eating some delicious Italian food.
Yesterday we went with Luis and James to Cinque Terre which was one of the most amazing places I have ever seen. Everyone needs to go there when they get a chance. We went hiking there for five hours which was tiring yet amazing. We had dinner in the last of the five towns and then took a train back to Pisa where we were supposed to get on a train to Firenze. Unfortunately we didn't make it to the last train to Firenze because it was late so we ended up having to take a bus back to Firenze. We got here at 3:15 this morning and now have to do homework.
So it was a great weekend overall but now it's time for school again. Check out the pictures on my picasa website.
Hope to hear from you all soon. Feel free to comment on the pictures.

Italy Update

So far everything is going well in Italy. We spent last weekend in Croatia with Luis and James. We had a lot of fun and pictures are up on the picasa website
(the link is in the previous post). Today we went to Pisa and spent the afternoon there. Now we are back in Firenze and waiting for the weekend to start. We will update again soon

Siena

Hello everyone,
So the first week in Firenze is over and it has been very exciting. Yesterday Andrew, Luis, James and I went to Siena which is just south of Firenze and is less touristy. We had so much fun and took lots of pictures. Just check on the website that I had previously posted.
It was nice talking to some of you this week. Thanks for the phone calls and web chats.

Firenze

Hi everyone,
so we have finally had a chance to take some pictures here in Firenze. Today we went to Assisi where we visited a church and then had lunch in a convent with a bunch of nuns. It was very interesting. Tomorrow Andrew and I are going with some friends to Siena and hopefully that will be fun too. We have new pictures up, here are the links,
love you all!

New Pictures

Milano

Last night we arrived in Milan after a long day of traveling...four countries in less than 16 hours. We are getting ready to take the train to Florence and meet up with everyone from UCF.
We spent our last day in Barcelona just walking around town, shopping and relaxing. It is a great place for anyone looking to go on vacation, I especially recommend staying at Hostal Orleans. That's where we stayed and it was the perfect location with the nicest people working there. You should all check it out...and it's very cheap compared to everything else.
We'll write again later when we arrive in Florence.

Barcelona

So yesterday was very exciting. We met up with Luis and James (UCF students that are also going to Italy). We walked everywhere...all the way from the beach to Las Ramblas to Saguarda Familia (cathedral) to Park Guell where we climbed a mountain and met a guy from Panama. We took tons of pictures and we'll put the link to those on here as well. For those of you who want to look at more pictures from our trip to Switzerland, we added more to the photo album and the link will be posted at the end of this.
After our long journey through Barcelona yesterday, we had dinner at a restaurant in the city and enjoyed some Sangria and other goodies. Now we are sitting here in an internet cafe and updating this blog. It's our last night here and tomorrow we leave for Milan. We hope all of you will enjoy the pictures and we will update you again soon.

Barcelona Pictures
Switzerland Pictures

Trip Update

Hello everyone!
We arrived in Barcelona last night and have spent all of today just walking around the city. Everything is extremely expensive so we have been very picky about what to do and where to eat.

We´ll write more about Barcelona tomorrow. Now a quick update on Switzerland:
We went hiking most of the days and pictures will be up for all of you to see.
On Monday we went to Lindau in Germany and explored the city.

We will put up some pictures on picasa. The website is http://picasaweb.google.com/DunjaK/Schweiz

We will be online every night at midnight our time...so at 6pm in Florida. If anyone wants to chat on Windows Live...we´ll be waiting.

Spain

Hi Everyone!
Andrew and I arrived in Barcelona tonight after a long day on the train. We will call everyone tomorrow when we buy a new phone card and find a better place to use Andrew's laptop. Hope everyone is doing well. We love you all.

Still in "der Schweiz"

So I'm finally putting some pictures on here from the trip so far. Yesterday we made a quick trip to Friedrichshafen in Germany. We took a ferry from Arbon and it took about fifty minutes to get across the lake...it was worth it. We had a great view of the alps and got some good pictures. We spent the day just walking around, eating ice cream and pizza...and of course taking pictures. Today, after breakfast we went hiking in the woods with Ljilja and Hans. It was definitely a workout. Andrew and I stepped into cow poop...not fun.
Tonight we'll probably go and walk around the lake a little bit and then call it a night. Hope everyone back home is doing well, Happy Mother's Day!


Here's the link to the pictures: Schweiz

Arbon, Schweiz

We arrived in Switzerland on Tuesday and have been spending our time just walking around the lake and in the mountains. We don't have access to the internet from Andrew's laptop so I still can't put up pictures. Hopefully I will be able to do that when we get to Spain on Wednesday. I'll write more then. Hope everyone is doing well in the U.S.

Packing

So it took me less than half an hour to pack...I hope I didn't forget anything. I leave for the airport at 6am and hopefully I'll be able to write again when I arrive in Europe. Arrivederci, and I'll write again soon.

Last Weekend in Nokomis

So I finally got my Visa, I thought this day would never come. I still haven't packed but hopefully I'll get it done tomorrow. Tonight I'm going with my family to Sharky's and tomorrow to the beach for a "going away"party. If I don't post anything tomorrow I'll write again when I'm in Europe.

Getting Ready for Europe

So in about 8 days I will be leaving for Europe, the only thing that I'm still waiting for is my Schengen Visa. Hopefully that will be here within the next couple of days. For those of you who are interested in keeping up with my travels for the summer, I hope to post on here regularly and keep everyone updated on everything that is going on. Andrew and I are leaving on May 5th and will arrive in Frankfurt on May 6th. From there we are planing on going to Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, back to Germany, and then July 22nd we'll be back in the US. I'm really looking forward to seeing some people that I haven't seen in a while and hopefully get some great pictures that I can share with everyone.
So the only thing left to do besides get the visa is pack. I'm really bad at packing. I tend to pack too much and then get stuck with a bunch of clothes that I don't wear. I'm only taking one medium sized suitcase with me and a backpack. Hopefully I'll have enough space to pack everything that I need. I'm hoping that I'll be successful in squeezing everything in that limited amount of space. I'll make sure to let everyone know what I packed and if I had enough space...hopefully I won't have to take a second suitcase.
I'll write again when I'm done packing,