Montreal Photo Diary Pt 2

Pictures taken at the Montreal Biodome

Holiday Outtakes

Let me tell you - it is hard to get two gals, a bunny and a cat all in one photo AND looking good. Chloe and I decided spur of the moment to splurge on a lil Charlie Brown christmas tree of our very own. We then proceeded to take a bunch of pictures with it, wearing our holiday sweaters of course! If you're on the east coast, then you've been enjoying the snowfall! I have spent the last couple days going back and forth between my bed and the library. In between you'll see me bundled up with my head down, power-walking to my next warm location. I wish I could say I'm enjoying watching the city getting ready for the holidays, but I felt like I haven't had a moment to breathe! I'll be done soon and then enjoying some quite time at home. In the mean time, please enjoy what I think are some hilarious outtakes! Truth be told, about 95% of the photos we took were outtakes...like I said, it's hard! Glamour shots taught me that hand-utilization is key and whenever possible, include accessories (in my case a bun)!

Spring is in the air

All pictures from tumblr

It's been getting warmer for a while, but I finally feel like Spring is just around the corner. I can't wait to wear short shorts, drink iced coffee and start exploring the city. It also means I will be looking for apartments soon! There's nothing I love more than warm afternoons where I can wander around and see what the city has to offer. Last Spring Francesca and I would often take day trips to Brooklyn to go to the Flea market, thrift stores and get away for a little. The cold weather makes me lazy. I often choose watching a movie in my bed to exploring new places. The warm weather will also mean shedding my dark, winter layers in exchange for bright colors and floral dresses! What are you excited about for Spring?

The Beginning

The fox all ready to go (Dad's feet in the background)

I just got to my new apartment and I'm so happy to be able to sit and digest the last 24 hours. It's been a hectic whirlwind, but the second I got off the plane it seemed to be worth it. On my flight from JFK to Rome I sat next to the nicest man. He was from Montenegro, the former Yugoslavia, and was going to visit his parents. The entire flight he couldn't have been more pleasant about helping me with my bags and moving when I needed to get up. We both had connecting flights, so when our plane landed 50 minutes before I was supposed to be on my flight to Florence, we banded together to shove our way through security (he managed to get a closed security line to open up for us) and then again through customs. I managed to make it on my flight, but only because of him.

To my pleasant surprise when I got to my apartment I found out that I am not only am I in a triple, but in a suite that sleeps nine! There is one bed that is empty, so right now it is just eight girls. I honestly couldn't be happier. I think this is a great environment to be in. All of the girls are so nice. Three of the girls are from NYU, one is from Duke and the other three are from a school in North Carolina.

Today we spent the day in orientation. We covered everything there is to know about Florence - how not to get pick-pocketed, expected behavior, emergency numbers, ways to stay healthy, etc. It was then followed by a tour of the neighborhood around the apartment. My building has three floors of NYU girls, 9 girls to a floor. It is directly sandwiched between the Duomo on one side (via Ricasoli dead-ends into it) and the statue of David is on the other side.

After orientation my roommates and myself got our first experience food shopping. Luckily everything has pictures of what it is on it, though with my small vocabulary of food probably I probably could have squeaked by without buying something like cat food thinking it was tuna. I have decided that I'm going to try something new every time I go on a big food shop. Today I bought tiny glass bottles of yogurt with honey. ALSO - I managed to find notebooks with animals on them at the grocery store. "Un mondo di cuccioli" means a world of puppies...yes.