Shepherd's Pie!

I made Shepherd's Pie for all my roommates one night during midterm week. I thought it would be a little nice something to do.. Two of my roommates had never even had it before!

Pictures from the"family dinner":

A wine filled weekend in Italy: Part two

Spent all of Saturday at La Tana dell'Istrice (The Porcupine's lair) which is Sergio Mottura's vineyard/villa.

I toured the vineyard and winery (a free planned trip thanks to SAI the study abroad program I am in) along with 35 other students in the same program. We visited the wine cellars and took part in a wine tasting of 10 different wines.

A wine filled weekend in Italy: Part one

Wine wine wine!

Went to the hometown of Frascati white wine

This is the view from the villa we happen to have come across while walking around the little town of Frascati

Rainy days

Today was a cold and rainy day. The sun came out every once and a while to make you think it has finally stopped raining... but the sky would suddenly darken and it would randomly pour again.

It was all okay in the end because I got to see this:

It was the most beautiful rainbow I have ever seen. It was amazing. So bright and right out side our balcony window!

Made me smile.

Sono andato Greece!

It takes a 30 min bus ride, a three hour train ride, a 13 hr boat ride, a ferry for 2 hrs, and THEN an other 30 min bus ride to get to Corfu. But it was worth it... I got to go to Greece : )

Four of my roommates and I went on a second trip with the travel company that organized our trip to the Amalfi Coast. It's nice to not have to worry about coordinating all the different means of transportation.

I saw part of Igoumenitsa, Greece (which is a port town on the main land) by walking from one boat to an other. I saw the majority of Corfu island from the back of 4-wheeler on a "Quad Safari" trip. I glad I didn't drive because a lot of the road were really steep and made me nervous. Also I was able to take picture since I wasn't driving : )

Although it was rainy and cold the first two days we still had a really fun time. Overall it was a fun weekend: I'm pretty sure I ate lamb, almost got landed on by a sky diver and his parachute while I was sun bathing, I got to watch crazy old men smash plates and dance, and even went to my first toga party (I know it's really cliche, but it was fun)