The River that runs through Padova

Tuoni e Lampi "Thunder and Lightning"

So that rain turned into a full blown thunder and lightning storm, which was awesome!

A peak at the city

 Its practically my last name!

 Basilica di San Antonio, the towns most popular church

 some street art

 What raining in the middle of summer? that doesn't happen in California!

Our First Communal Dinner

 This is Patrizzio, Julia's basil plant, he made our dinner delicious

 Leave it to college students to buy wine in a box in Italy, it was less than a euro

 The dinner

 the people!

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 These are the signs on the fridges, this one translates to "you close the freezer!"

This one is just hilarious, if you read it it is obvious that english is not the writers first language

Tasting the Town

 There is a farmers market in Padova everyday! I saw these purple oval shaped fruits near the pears and had to try it because it was new to me. It is basically just a plum, but a delicious one

This is my first gelato of the trip... took me long enough. This tasty treat put me in such a good mood (I skipped my nap) the top is Berry and the bottom is lemmon, so refreshing!

Temporary Home

For the first 3 weeks in Italy I am staying in a dorm, then I need to find an apartment.

 This is my room for the 3 weeks

 this is the view from my window

And this is my entire life for one year. This is all of it! including my camera bag and cloths for all seasons.

Venezia!!! aka Venice

 The Symbol of Venezia, in such a great color

 Oh just a worker mopping her store with the water from the canals

 So Pretty

 A couple of nuns roaming the streets, we thought if we followed them we would get to the Basillica San Marco, we were wrong

 Some hot blooded Italian men fighting while their gondolas were occupied

 This Bridge is quite the spot

 St. Marks square! we found it

 The Basillica of San Marco

 More Gondolas

 Some souveneirs

 There are tons of pigeons in Venezia and they are not scared of anyone, they will fly onto you if they think you have food, because so many tourists hold out crumbs or put them on their hats for pictures

 Everything looks like a post card here! such an easy place to take pictures

 Modern day Gondola Man with his tattoos and his cell phone

 PACE! it means peace in italian, this is the italian peace flag (not a gay pride flag, like the rainbow it has would lead you to believe)

The city at night