Rieko's Travel Blog "Dream Catcher"

Hello, I went to Venice over the weekend.
the venice is such a pretty city but the city is so small and it's all walking distance. i was there only for 2 nights and 3 days i think i went to almost every part of the venice!! and i had nothing to do for last few hours lol
hehe.


at Fish Market. Very nice seafood in venice




SanMarco

Seafood dish


My feet by the water

Smile cafè


pinokio store<3 kawaii !

my feet with SanMarco birdddddds

Lunch

Sketching by the water


Gondora ride

hii, im already in Florence!!!!

"Fiume Arno" (Arno River)

"Ponte Vecchio"

I touched his nose!! yaya

PASTA,PASTA, PASTA, PIZZAAAA!!! CHEESE,CHEESE CHEESE,BREAD, BREAD, BREAD...
Italian is good but i dont think i can eat them everyday.
today is my 3rd day in Italy my japanese friend and i gave up already and ate chinese food last night LOL we missed rice = (

"Duomo"

views from up here was super amazing

My feet in the air!!! lol

im at the internet cafe, i only have few mins left,,, i dont' have enough time to upload all of them

sorry = (

write more laterr

I am all packed and ready to go!!!!!

my backpack is super heavy!!!!
but i'm strong i can carry it^^

bye America~

In 8 days, I will be in Italy!
I can't believe it! It is so soon<333

I am excited for the trip but I have a feeling I will also miss New York.

Especially, my amazing bf, my cute studio apartment, my awesome friends, my school and the gym where I always run n work out.
I hope I won't get homesick while I'm there lol haha
I love traveling but I also love where I live and where I grew up. I wish I can be all the places at the same time. I am such a greedy person lol hehe

so here are what i have been doing lately since I'm done with school. I'm really taking my time off and relax.
May, 17 th
Songyee, Ivanna and I @ Royal palace Spa Brooklyn





the place is owned by Russian. The Russian sauna is intense. it was very hot compare to asian one.
http://RoyalPalaceNY.com/main.html

May,20th
Songyee and I @ Wall Street 5 K Run

http://www.nyrr.org/races/2008/r0520x00.asp

it was a rainy day but about 13,000 people participate in the race!!!

it was awesomeeeeeeeee! I am so doing it again soon<3

Finish time 22:53
pace/Mile 7:37

Hi, this is my first entry!

I am super excited!
in 12 days... I will be leaving for a big trip. this trip is going to be a life changing experience. I want to write it as much as I can so I can share them with my supportive family and friends and of course for me to remember

if i like it i might use this site as my daily blog<3 since I am from Japan and studying here in the US may be count as traveling? lol

anyways ... This is my plan for this summer

May 31- June 28: 1 month Italy (Florence, Venice, Milan, and Napoli )

June 28th- July about 19th : 3 weeks (Nepal)

July 20th - Aug 4th 2 weeks (India)

Aug 4th-8th :4 days (Rome, Italy)

Aug 9th - 15th: 1 week (Paris, France)

My trip is mixture of school art program (Italy), volunteer program (Nepal) and solo backpacking(India, Rome, Paris).

I want this trip to be super special, I want to see it, feel it, hear it, smell it, taste it and walk it myself with my own body.

before all this, I want to thank my mom again for letting me have this opportunities. I am truly truly grateful to have loving, supportive and open-minded mother. THANK YOU. I LOVE YOU MOM.

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