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---