Monday, September 19, 2011

Salvatore Ferragamo

a sneak peek into my licensing class

found this on the way to class this morning! 

this afternoon, we had the pleasure of going to the Salvatore Ferragamo shoe museum in Florence. It was truly amazing. sadly we weren't allowed to take pictures, but I managed to sneak a few!


inside the museum, I had to sneak behind a curtain for this one! 

inside the Ferragamo store

some pictures on the way home from the museum. hopefully I will get to go to this Gucci exhibit next


Amazing

Carousel in the Piazza della Repubblica 

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Vernazza to Monterosso to Firenze

woke up in the morning to see people painting the beautiful lanscapes

around town in Vernazza


had an "American Breakfast" this morning with shaken iced coffee, scrambled eggs, & bacon. It actually wasn't bad! 



on the ferry to Monterosso al Mare, the last village 


Monterosso al Mare 




Beach Day 




instead of sand, the beaches here are composed of rocks, while beautiful, they are very painful! 


tunnel to the beach


a jewlery vendor at a local market



on the ferry back to Vernazza and then back to Florence! There was a train strike on this day so we needed to get back before 9pm! Ofcourse this announcement was made at the last minute, typical Italians.