Thing 22

My Trip to Italia by Mrs. Paonessa



What an awesome time my family and I had in Italy this summer! We headed out together, Frank, Vita, Kristen and Mike, on July 26th and came home August 7th. Our trip began in Rome, Italy. We spent 4 fantastic days visiting the beautiful city with all its breathtaking sights. We toured the Vatican, which was my absolute favorite place. Did you know that the Vatican ,where the Pope lives, is its own country? Yes, it is so large and important, that it has this unique distinction of being a famous place to visit, and a separate country from Italy. Within the Vatican is Saint Peter's Basilica or Cathedral. It is a very famous "church". Can you believe that 55,000 people can fit in it;a church as large as Yankee Stadium! Other sights visited in Rome were the Colliseum, Trevi Fountain, and the Catacombs, all impressive places themselves.



After Rome, we were off to the northern countryside of Tuscany. Here's where we got to relax and kick back a bit more. We stayed in a villa that had spectacular views of many wine vineyards along with green, rolling hills. Our Italian villa was run by a nice couple named Carlo and Nicola. They cooked yummy meals each day for their guests, and they were very hospitable. They always found time for their 50 or so house guests that included many people from the Netherlands. My family and I were the only Americans. We met a lot of nice people and made new friends. The highlight of Tuscany was the many small towns we visited. Many of the towns were quite old, dating back to the 5th century. It was so interesting to see what places looked like from long ago. All of the towns had a center area that included a church, market, plaza area where people chatted and hung out. Of course there were many restaurants and delicious gelato (Italian icecream) places around-yummy!! Lots of shopping too!



It was a memorable trip for the Paonessa family...A once in a lifetime experience! We are so grateful that we were able to take this trip together this summer. We cherish the time we spent as a family and hope to go back to Italy some day again.





Not sure I was supposed to copy and paste my wiki, but here it is from wikispaces.com under Room509summerfun. I will upload photos from the trip too once I load them on this computer. I'm going to have the students comment about a few entries along with including their own favorite summer experience. This will be our first wiki together.

I think wikis are so much more valuable as a learning tool than blogs.They can be used for so much more, on an ongoing basis I believe, as I stated earlier in my wiki review-item 20. Am I right with this, or is there little difference really?