olive in bella italia!

olive arrived at the international school of trieste in opicina (just outside of trieste), italy on a wonderful friday afternoon! she made it across the pond in only a short week, which was very impressive.  as i already mentioned, it was the weekend of barcolana - so we had big plans.

first, she helped me out in the 5th grade for the afternoon

then...we went out on the town for the pre-barcolana festivities!

olive made new friends over vino italiano (my roommates, lizzy and veronica)

we went to a concert in piazza unita dell'italia (the actual music wasn't that good -- kind of like an italian version of creed.....)

and then the big event! our view of barcolana (before the race started, all the boats are headed to la partenza) from an overlook in opicina (the hilltown above the city of trieste)

after the boats started racing

another bella vista

i'm still learning how to take good pictures that have me AND olive in them. it's quite difficult. however, olive has been laminated and i have confidence that the photos will only grow more exciting. 

itb, 

lizbaar