When in Rome

After a busy day having a great time at the Expo, the girls and I all headed to bed early to rest up for our day trip to Rome on Saturday. Andrea worked with us and planned out a nice day for us to see as much as we could in the one day we had to spend in Rome. We took the earliest train that morning and got to work. As typical tourists, we planned on doing a "Hop on hop off" bus tour. Since there was a big morning crowd, Andrea walked us around a little bit on our own to start off. We made our way to our fist stop, the Spanish steps.

You can't take 8 fashion students on a trip to Rome, Italy and not involve fashion in some way. So around the corner from the Spanish steps, Andrea showed us the Valentino headquarters.

We continued our walk to the Trevi Fountain. Unfortunately, this was the most disappointing part of our trip. The Trevi Fountain is under construction and will not be fixed until later in the year. They still had a small bowl of water for tourists to throw their coins into, but it just wasn't the same.

For lunch, we went to the Pantheon and got some Carbarnara (famous to Rome) and gelato.

After grabbing lunch and shopping a little, we finally hopped on the bus (pun intended). Before that, we stopped and got some pics in front of the beautiful Victor Emmanuel II Monument. 

The total bus ride was about an hour, taking us around the city to various historical spots. 

Unfortunately, we were only able to see St. Peter's Basilica from a distance. Time didn't allow for us to stop and enjoy it. 

 Palace of Justice

         Basillica di Santa Maria Maggiore

Our final stop on the bus and of the day was, of course, the Colosseum.

"THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF" -Lizzie McGuire

We had a wonderful day together despite heat and time crunch. Thanks, Andrea for showing us a great city! 

Milan Expo 2015

Milan is currently the host of the Universal Exposition or World Fair that opened last week on May 1 and will last until October 31. The event covers 490 acres of land and expects over 20,000,000 visitors. The theme for this World Fair is Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. This theme combines technology and innovation along with cultures and traditions and how that relates to food and diet. The event hosts 145 countries with their own pavilion and a significant amount of international organizations. 

Today, Andrea took all of us girls to the event to get a taste of what it was like. None of us knew what to expect, we only knew a little bit about it from what our Italian teacher had explained to us. We were all a little overwhelmed when we first arrived because we didn't know where to begin. There were so many different things to see, different foods to eat, and different cultures to experience. Since it was around lunchtime, we all split up and got some food. Christine, Christine, Megan and I went the American pavilion (really branched out). The American theme for food was "Food Truck Nation". Chris and I got pulled pork sandwiches and Christine and Megan got burgers. 

After lunch, we wandered around and came across mini pancakes in Holland. Perfectionnnnn.

 Kiki, you need one of these stoves. Haha

The rest of our time there we walked around and visited as many countries as possible.. with some snacks along the way. 

 Spain

 Morocco

 Turkey for my little turkey, Aral.

 Malaysia

 Thailand

 Sudan

 Israel

 Vietnam

 Argentina

 Mexico

 Ecuador 

 France

 Hungary

 Colombia

 Ireland

 Brazil

China

Belgium Fries

Tree of Life to represent Italy

At the end of our day Megan and I got to enjoy a concert put on in the Qatar area.

Thanks, Andrea for taking us today. Since it will be going on for the remainder of our time here in Milan, we will definitely be paying another visit. Ciao for now!