Monthly Archives: June 2015

Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 17: I musei (museums)

Florence is a lot about museums, a lot about art in general, so last night Katie and I began making plans for how to cover it all without wearing ourselves. Ha! That may be impossible. Of course we had class … Continue reading

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Cover Reveal: A Reluctant Assassin by J.C. Morrows

We now take a break from our regularly scheduled travel blog to bring you a cover reveal! A few months ago I was asked by fellow ACFW young adult author J.C. Morrows if I’d help her celebrate the release of … Continue reading

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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 16: Siamo stanche e sporche (We are tired and dirty)

Last night, I left off with our leaving Siena, so I’ll start today with a quick recap of our arrival in Florence yesterday afternoon. The bus from Siena to Florence took a little over an hour and dropped us off … Continue reading

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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Days 14 and 15: Benvenuti a Siena!

I started typing this blog post out in the hallway of our little second-floor hotel in Siena. It’s the kind of place where you have to drag your luggage up the stairs because there’s no elevator and second floor really … Continue reading

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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 13: Roma è la mia “montagna.” (Rome is my mountain.)

When people think of Rome, they often think of its seven hills, but after today I will always think of it as a mountain–my personal mountain. This may make you think of my post from Monday when I was talking … Continue reading

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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 12: Il Tempo Vola (Time flies)

How could it possibly be that I have only one more full day left in Rome? Where did the time go? I’m sure to my mother it must seem like I’ve been away forever, and while I miss my family, … Continue reading

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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta: Day 11 – Ho scritto un libro. (I wrote a book.)

Today’s Italian class was a continuation of our lesson on passive voice verbs, but we were also talking about books and libraries. During the opening part of our lesson, we had a series of questions to ask a partner about … Continue reading

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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 10: Niente speciale (nothing special)

Tonight’s blog post will be short because nothing too unusual happened today. In the morning, I stumbled my way through Italian class. (We’re learning passive voice verbs. Ugh!) After class, I stopped in Chiesa Nuova for some quiet prayer time. … Continue reading

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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 9: Sulla Collina (Up the hill)

Today I went uphill both figuratively and literally. Let’s start with the figurative. After a weekend of mostly speaking English, it felt like I had to shake my brain back into Italian. Even walking to school this morning, I was … Continue reading

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Mi Piace, Mi Gusta – Day 8: Buon Compleanno (Happy Birthday)

Today was Katie’s birthday. Celebrating your birthday in Rome is pretty special, but I was hoping we could find some ways  to make it extra special. As you know, things don’t always work out as planned. We started by meeting … Continue reading

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