Law school is more fun in Europe
In and around Europe
We're studying... sometimes.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Abbey-and-Jen
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London, Day 1 - the London bridge is NOT falling down... and in fact, it kinda sucks.
Well, we finally made it to London after flying all night long... and we were exhausted!! But, no time to rest... we took the train and the t... Continue reading »
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Jerez - DETOUR
So we got up at 4:00am and headed for the train station for our flight to Sevilla, Spain - we made it there ontime, with 5 minutes to spare, i... Continue reading »
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VENICE!
Well, we finally arrived in Venie!
We were supposed to fly Ryan Air out of Girona airport in Spain... But, that airport was 150 miles f... Continue reading »
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Class is more fun in a 1400's Venetian Palace
We officially have international cell phones!
It is free for us to recieve your calls, and probably not that expensive for you to call... Continue reading »
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a little culture and a little smut
Since we are done with class everyday by one o'clock, we decided to take advantage of our afternoon off and went to some museums.
First, we w... Continue reading »
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ABBEY: "What's Torcello famous for?" JEN: "Malaria." ABBEY: "Oh good. Lets totally go."
Every week we go on a field trip with school, and this week we went to two islands in the Venetian Lagoon.
About 30 people from class came on... Continue reading »
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Vienna, Day 1 - the hiiilllllls are alllliiiiiiiive with the sound of Abbey and Jen's muuuuuuusic
On Friday night at around 8:00, we arrived at the Venice train station - excited for our journey in the sleeper car.
Jen had been on a... Continue reading »
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Vienna, Day 2 - If you're ever in a strudel crisis, we now have the hotline.
We started out our morning at a cute Viennese coffee shop called Aida, it was very cute - we had delicious Austrian coffee and strudel.
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ABBEY: "Look how cool, he's blowing the glass through that tube." JEN: "Um, yah - that's why he's called a glass blower." ABBEY: "Oh... Right."
For our Law and Development class, we are all broken up in to four groups of 10; instead of the entire class doing the entire reading for the cours... Continue reading »
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Croatia, Day 1 - Lift up the iron curtain... we're comin' in.
Since Friday was an Italian National Holiday, we had no class - horay!
A group of us decided to go to Croatia, since we heard it was beautifu... Continue reading »
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Croatia, Day 2 - We make ATM withdraws look sexy... and we revel until dawn.
We woke up this morning on our sailboat - our very own sleep machine with the rocking and the waves.
Our skipper, Josko, took us all for some... Continue reading »
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Croatia, Day 3 - Jen's sailing!!! She's a Sailor!!!
When we got up in the morning, it was cold and rainy outside -- yuck!
We were thankful that we had beautiful weather the day before, and deci... Continue reading »
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Croatia, Day 4 - You know you have a great life when you don't want to go back to Venice!
We all slept in on Sunday morning while the world's best skipper, Josko, sailed the boat back to Split.
We had to get back by noon... Continue reading »
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Grappa tasting + delicious, free dinner = best field trip ever
Today, after class, we departed for yet another field trip.
Since we were going to be gone all afternoon and not back until at least 10... Continue reading »
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Florence, Day 1 - "To Firenze!!"
In the morning, we took a final for our first class, Law and Development.
The exam was only one hour, open book, and consisted of one broad q... Continue reading »
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Florence, Day 2 - Sightseeing is WAY better with a headset on!
We got up really early in the morning, since there was so much to see!
We tried to make online reservations for the art galleries to avoid wa... Continue reading »
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Florence, Day 3 - Shop 'till we drop!! (AKA: Sunglasses? What Sunglasses? I don't have any sunglasses!)
Well, we slept until 10:30 - which is really late for us! But, it felt great.
We left our hotel and headed to sightsee -- but got... Continue reading »
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Florence, Day 4 - An entire museum dedicated to shoes? Yes, please.
Since we spent the majority of the previous day shopping, we got up really early to see the rest of Florence that we had missed!
We walked to... Continue reading »
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Who gets kicked out of a restaurant? Oh that's right... we do.
We decided to meet Vanessa and Lauren for a "girl's night" dinner - since every weekend everyone heads out of town in their own directions, we neve... Continue reading »
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Wine and Cheese... our two favorite things.
After class, we had another field trip - this time to the famous Opera House Theater in Venice, La Fenice.
Jen decided to opt out, but Abbey... Continue reading »
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Venice Sightseeing - get those damn pigeons away from me!
Since we had been living in Venice for a month, but hadn't done the "tourist" thing yet, we decided to devote an entire day to seeing the sights.Continue reading »
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Art and alcohol... what a fantastic afternoon!
Today, a whole group of us from school decided to get some culture in our lives and went to the Peggy Guggenheim Museum.
The museum was only... Continue reading »
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