David-post 7

Today we reached a town called Florence and went to the well know museum named galleria dell' Academia and saw michelangelo's david and many other paintings and other artworks. I happy we a chance to this work before we went to the next museum called Uffizzi and enjoyed all there was there after that we went to our appartment and had a homemade dinner. I am sorry I cant go deeper into this subject but the time I have to write is growing smaller by the second. So this is where i leave you, goodbye.






Isacco Hochenedel

Pisa-post 6

on the wonderful Wednesday afternoon we stopped in a small town named Pisa. I know I make it sound like its no big deal and I'm wasting time to write about it but it is home to a beloved monument named the leaning tower of Pisa. this crooked bell tower is a widely know tower all across the world. We climbed the many steps to the top of the tower and saw a breath taking view. At the top of this tower we learned that in sunk into mud therefore giving it a lean. I'm glad I saw this and got a chance to climb it. I will never forget it.





-Isacco Hochenedel

Happy Birthday!-post 5

Today is my mothers birthday. After we went to the 5th town of la cinque terre we had a small party among ourselves. I bought my mom a card,a small cake, and a expensive jacket that she had planned to buy. I also asked if could do anything else for her and she asked me to write of her birthday in my little blog she is letting me do. So this being one of the reasons we came to Italy I thought it best to right of this small event of our wondrfull trip in the paridise that is called Italy.

La cinque terre-post 4

we reach our apartment aroud 6:00 and go to the store for our first meal we have made ourselves. We get some pasta and some pesto sauce, a bottle of wine,chesse,Nutella,and breackfast food and go home to put it away. We take a walk down a tunnel that comes out on a trail hugging a cliff leading to 4 other towns. We tern back to the marina and sit by the ocean befor turring back to the cassa. We cook our dinner and get to be knowing we have a big day ahead of us. The next morring we make coffe and bread with Nutella and are on our way to the long trail that goes through the 5 or cinque towns of la cinque terre. We have a luch consistening of a tommato and chesse panini and a soda. We finnish our five town trip and return to our home to enjoy a small dinner of trofie a special pasta and get ready for the long drive ahead of us to Firenze to see what the town has to offer and look at some bella (beautiful) art of the renaissance.




-Isacco Hochenedel

Bolzano-post 3

When we reach a place called Bolzano we checked in at the hotel and got ready for a dinner with my mom's old friend Stefano and his wife Antonella. Stefano is a police cheif for Bolzano, he tells of the crimes that have been commited in Blozano on our way to a Pizzeria for dinner. When we reach the Pizzeria we are immediatly served because of Stefano being a Police chief. After our personal pizzas we eat a wonderfull desert with a name I do not know.after dinner it is about 10 o'clock and we head to bed. The next morning we have breakfast in the hotel restaurant we meet Stefano and Antonella for some time to see the town and castles that border it we have a smal lunch on the way to one of the castles and finnish the hike right after lunch. When we reach the top I lost lost my breath from the ammazing veiw of the Alps. we sit at the top for a half of an hour and get ready for the climb down. We have a small dinner of pasta and go to there house for a cup of coffe. When we reached the hotel it was well after 12 o'clock so we fell asleep fast for a vary slow morning drive down to La cinque terre affter we say our good byes to Stefano and Antonella.




-Isacco Hochenedel

Lina-post 2

when we travel in the small town my grandmother is filled with memories of her days as an Italian mother. Soon we reach the house of a woman named Lina who took care of my mother from a very young age. When we reach the old house just as my mom had left it, a old lady walk out from the doorway greating us in a very loud manner. Kissing us on both cheeks as is custome in Italy,she walks into the door, motioning us to follow. I sit down in the quaint little kitchen and see a wonderfull pice of pannetoni and an steaming cup of coffe. I bite into the pannetoni and sip my coffe as my fammily and Lina get up to speed with each other. Then Lina asked me "come ti chiami?". I search my mind and say "Isaac". She looks at me in a funny way and says "Isaac?". Apparantly Isaac is not a name in Italian, so we ask of the name in the Bible and she responded whith an "OHHHHH, you mean Isacco.", and I play along and go "Sì". Next we take a photo (which saddly I am unable to get) and walk out the door for a long drive to send us to a place called Bolzano or Bozen in German. This is where my mom's ex boyfriend still lives today.



-Isacco Hochenedel

The flight-Post 1

Yesterday we finished our 10 hour flight followed by another 2 hour flight to Venice. Next,
we went on our we to Aviano were my mom spent the first few years of her life.
Plagued with jet lag we slowly drove to a small restaurant next to our hotel and had "Little"
Italian dinner. Slowly we chewed our 30 euro meal (45 dollar) and were soon taken by the
many flavors of Italian Cuisine. Forgetting our jet lag we laughed and had a good time and finished with a nice
tirasu and drove to the hotel. The very next day we awoke and went down stairs for a lovely Italian colazione or breakfast. We drank a cup of great coffee, had a piece of bread with Nutella,
and were on way to my mom's old friend's house. This is were I will have to leave you my friends
for the has not unfolded.


-Isaac Hochenedel