Roadtrip to Italy, Part Three

This post describes my favourite part of the journey: getting to know more of Tuscany than traveling magazines show!

the city council of S. Gimignano

The main advantage of roadtripping is that you aren't confined to one place or city: you are free to get on your car and explore the region!
That's what we chose to do in this part of our trip. We visited four other amazing cities of Tuscany: S. Gimignano, Siena. Lucca and Pisa.

Roadtrip to Italy, Part Two

After driving through the south of France, we finally got to Italy, a country that I had never visited before!

the leaning tower of Bologne

Roadtrip to Italy, Part One

On the 7th August, my parents, my sister and I embarked on a journey we will never forget: a roadtrip from Portugal to Italy!

We woke up pretty early, put our bags in the trunk of the car, and drove away from our beloved hometown in direction to Italy. No words can describe how excited I felt for this trip!

On Coming Back

After almost three amazing weeks that I spent traveling, it's time for me to come back home and pick up my everyday life from where I'd left it!

beach in Fonte dei Marmi, Italy

It's kind of hard to leave the exciting and unpredictable traveling life and to return to the same old routine, especially when most of my friends and my boyfriend are gone on holidays. I must admit it makes me pretty anxious to make plans right now - I don't know if that's good or bad.

However, it's an amazing time for me to organize myself, a month away from starting college! That involves some shopping, working more in this blog, renewing my wardrobe (!!!) and restoring my old bike, and probably kind of a makeover... because everything is changing and so am I.

Change makes me feel extremely anxious and excited at the same time. I know I'm one step closer to my dream of becoming a doctor and saving people's lives; but, on the other hand, it means I'm about to step out of my safe bubble, my comfort zone where I kept myself throughout high school. It means that I'm going to start working harder than I ever had, being the only one responsible for myself.

I've been reading many, many blog posts and searching Pinterest for tips on surviving my first year of college, and if any of you can give me any help, please feel free to do so :)

In the next few days I will post pictures and stories of the many places I've been to!

love,

Mariana

My Three Week Trip

The time has finally come for me to travel this summer!

Unfortunately, this also means that, for three weeks, there will be very few updates to this blog; I apologise in advance for that! 

Tomorrow (tuesday 29th july) I will leave my beautiful city of Porto to spend a week at a beautiful village in the north of Portugal called Vila Nova de Cerveira. Hopefully, the weather will be nice enough for us to go the beach; we're also going to see some places around Cerveira and in the north of Spain!

A week later, on the 7th of August, we'll leave on a roadtrip to Italy! We're going to visit the south of France and the region of Tuscany, especially Florence.

As soon as I get back, I shall update you all with pictures and moments from my trip! Meanwhile, I'll try and post some news during this time...

where are you traveling to in the next few months?

Love,

Mariana