bella roma!

Lining up at the bar…., originally uploaded by callieo!. Will, here are the Italians…lining up at the bar. We went here, Sant’ Eustachio, after dinner tonight. I had an espresso con panna for one euro and 75 cents. Perfetto! Anyway, one of those spent demi-tasse cups is mine….

, originally uploaded by callieo!. In Aix-en-Provence. One of my favorite spots. Aside from Monoprix, of course! Doot-n-doot-n-dow, doot-n-doot-n-dow….although actually, I don’t think they play that song anymore. 🙁

Aix-en-Provence, originally uploaded by callieo!. Que bella! Aix is very similar to Rome, but at the same time very different….

Italiani!, originally uploaded by callieo!. These guys cooked our last dinner as an entire group (we ate out last night before everyone left, but you-know-who and you-know-who-else weren’t there). Anyway, I love the hamminess of the Italians! And the dinner here was good, but not as good as the

Inside the Pio., originally uploaded by callieo!. These are the first flight of stairs I climbed several times a day while I was here. They lead to our design studio on the 3rd floor (or piano, as they say in Italy) of the Palazzo Pio. It’s a beautiful building

Gros bisous., originally uploaded by callieo!. All dressed up for dinner in my French dress and Italian stockings. Alora!

The Pio., originally uploaded by callieo!. The exterior of the Palazzo Pio, or Pio as we’ve coming to affectionately call it. Although as I’m posting these, it’s empty. 🙁 All the design students have gone home except for me and Liz. She leaves early tomorrow morning and I

End o’ Day at the Campo, originally uploaded by callieo!. The Campo de’ Fiori is a logistics wonder, I think. It’s a bustling fresh food market in the mornings, with set up starting at 7:00a or so. At around 3:00p, after the vendors have cleared out, the