switzerland!

 pics from tiffany's hang gliding!

 king of the world- my 10 euro fake ugg boots were the best purchase i've made in europe

 wha-da-hell-is-dis!!

hahahahahhah such a poser - we all sat in this same spot and posed here hahahah i'm such a doofus

 FOOD IS SO EXPENSIVE. a CUP of soup is 15 dollars.... but so gooddd. typical swiss dish is hashbrowns and sausage and bacon smothered with swiss cheese....RRREAAL swiss cheese (so good)

 i skied the swiss alps??? what!

 awesome teepee bar we loved at the top of the mountain

 the water is TURQUOISE!!!!!! even in cloudy weather!!!!! seriously like disney land blue

i was such a happy girl this weekend- will probably be my favorite trip but we will seee!!

chocolate festival

 

 rusty chocolate tools!

 don't know how bad i wanted to stick my face under here

 drooling

  

chocolate kebabs just like the meat kebabs

 hahah their way of handing out free samples

 chocolate kebabs

 yumm

 chocolate salami is huge here- i think it's chocolate and pistachios and other nuts

 lil roomie

florence is doggy heaven- but it's awful because i just want to pet them and squeeze them but florentines don't like it when you touch their dogs....weird




next weekend interlaken, switzerland!

venice carnivale

 seriously serenading me from my window!!!

 crazies

 vinny!

 my two favorite dutch gals

freeeeezingggg

carnivalllee

this weekend we went to the venice for the italian equivalent of american mardi gras- super super fun.  even though it was freEEEEEzing cold (yep still breaking records since the 1970's), it was still pretty as ever.  at the grocery store, which was super busy, i saved a spot for an older women and all the other women got so mad and were yelling at us and so the woman bought my bar of soap!!!! grazie MILLE!!!!  on the way home on the train, something broke one of the back cars, and so we were stuck in a DARK TUNNEL for THREE HOURS.  i started getting claustro!!!! but yeah, good to be back- it felt so weird/crazy/awesome coming back to florence feeling sooo comfortable like i own the place.  miss you all!!! i miss cuddling and hugs and lovin!!

cars

 hahaha why do i always look like an idiot

i take pictures of cars all the time while i'm here because they are just so darn cute.  and, they're all electric here

weekend

 fun decoration at a cute vintage shop

 manager doing the favor of re-tying the foot model's shoe back on after he insisted on showing us his "perfect bone structure".  His manager/agent insisted that he's making it big! ha!

Apparently the best gelato in florence....i believe it!!

 Hanne, the awesome awesome fun LDM student from the Netherlands. LOVE her and her accent

 Really fun Beatles cover band

 Italians don't mess around with their hot chocolate- this ain't no swiss miss

 bridge to the other side of Florence

 went to a club. never going back. yes, I wore a turtleneck sweater dress to a club

 Piazza down the street

Best meal ever- the secondi sampler