Slowly adjusting

So I've been living at a family friends place in Shanghai. They live in the Gubei area which is a super nice area! I kinda just wanna quit apartment hunting and stay here with them! They are so nice! Hah, already enjoying living the luxurious lifestyle, haha.

People here in Shanghai move so fast! It gets kinda hard to keep up sometimes. They walk fast, they talk fast, they work fast, they eat fast. Gotta step up my pace a bit just to be on the same level.

Shanghai

Arrived in Shanghai and have been feeling sick ever since I got here. Apartment hunting with no luck at all. Starting work on Monday! Excited and nervous! Eeeeek. Missing lots of people back home : (

Videos that make me smile! :)

In one of Florence's churches. They play the organs every Tuesday or something. It sounds creeeepy, but so cool at the same time!!!

Clarinet player on the streets in Florence! Adding a vibe to the atmosphere!

Little kiddos playing with bubbles! Hahaha, man bubbles are a sure thing for entertainment with kids! And I also really like the music playing in the background! Does anyone know what it is??

Oh god, Antonia looks so beautiful! :')

Hehehehe! Too cute!

I will.... upload more later! 

Milan - Fashion Capital of the World

Milan

Milan's train station was as fashionable as the city itself! 3 stories filled with shops all inside the train station! It's like a mall inside! Took me like 10 minutes just to get out of the train station! Haha

Piazza del Duomo

Milan's Duomo! Looks sooooo cool! More of a gothic style rather than Renaissance style like most other Duomo's!

Inside there are paintings everywhere.

Watermelon granita - it was dericious! 

More gelato!

The Duomo after the sun has gone down

This was like the biggest pizza EVER! I got a truffle sauce, mushroom pizza. With that green stuff I got no idea what it is. But the main thing was that it was BIG. AND YUMMY!!!

Waiting at Linated Airport in Milan. Going to London Heathrow airport then going HOME!

Can't believe I was outta the country for a whole 3 months by myself. Can't believe I was in Italy. Can't believe my parents let me come alone. Can't believe what an amazing journey this has been. 

Verona - Where Romeo and Juliet Began

Verona's Roman Theater. It's like a mini-Colosseum!

Got some sweets!

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Got a Juliet and a Romeo! Chocolate and Vanilla! Chocolate one was better!

Piazza Erbe

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Munchin' on my sweets

House of Juliet!

The entrance walls were covered in graffiti from lovers all over the world.

Hahahah, reminded me so much of the movie - Letters to Juliet!!! Exactly the same!

Rub Juliet's boobs in hopes to find a lover. Hahaha, this guy's expression seems a bit unpretentious. Smile a bit! :) Hahaha.

One of my favorite quotes!

FULL OF TOURISTS

The actual Juliet's Club that writes back the thousands of love letters to people.

Love letters from all over the world written in different languages but all conveying the same feeling

So I wrote a sweet and short letter to Juliet too. And I put it in this red mailbox.

Venice - The Sinking City (Others called it the City of Love)

Arrived in Venice! FINALLY! I had to make two changes. Do you know how difficult it is trying to lug all your luggage around with you and carrying it up and down stairs? It's like 50 pounds! PLUS I got my backpack and another bag! My arms are definitely getting their workout! I got a 48 hour Vaporetti pass which lets me ride unlimited Vaporetti's! (They're like buses that run on water!) How cool! :) I rode the vaporetti's so much that even after I had left Venice, I still had that feeling of swaying back and forth! Hahaha

Water water everywhere! 

A few things that you'll see alot in Venice: 1. Bridges. 2. Water. 3. Boats. 4. People

Full moon that night! ;)

Sun was already setting as I was trying to get to my hostel.

The next morning! It gets super cold in Venice in the mornings!! Brrrr!!

Meoowwwr

My hostel was on the Guidecca Island. There's no bridge that connects it was the main Island so getting that Vaporetti pass saved my life a bit. 

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Now entering St. Mark's Square. Probably the busiest place in all of Venice because of all the tourists. Oh look! An Asian tour group! Those are VERY common all throughout Italy.

So many exhibitions going on in Venice! TAIWAN!!!!!!!!!

The Bridge of Sighs. A famous enclosed bridge. Supposedly, a condemned man would be led over this bridge on his way to prison, take one last look at the glory of Venice, and sigh. 

Gondola rides are a whopping 80 euros! DAMN! So poor me didn't get one. :(

St. Mark's Basilica. It was like 9:00am and there was already a long line waiting to get in. It doesn't open till 9:45am

The clock tower marks the entry to the main shopping area, called the Mercerie, which connects St. Mark's Square with the Rialto. 

St. Mark's square early in the morning when there's not much people yet. Locals are just now setting up their stands that sell souvenirs. Must get crazy throughout the day. 

The Campanile - the bell tower of St. Mark's Basilica. 

La Salute Church. Like Venice itself, this church rests upon pilings. To build this city, more than a million trees were piled together, reaching beneath the mud to the solid clay. 

It's like completely covered! :)

Riding the vaporetti!

The Rialto Bridge!

It's actually cheaper to ride the gondola's in the daytime than the nighttime!

DROOOOOOL~!

Visited Murano - another small little island near Venice. The Glass-making island.

Got to see glass in the making! It's a long and hot process.

Churches everywhere... they're beginning to look the same

My lunch for the day. Chicken with potatoes and zucchini. 

I really like the buildings in Venice! The Ca' d'Oro (House of Gold) is a good example of Venetian Gothic architecture. 

Mercato Rialto - the Rialto Market! 

That was a HUMONGOUS pizza!

sunset!

Nightime in Venice!