Hi Guys! It's been a long time since I wrote on the blog, but I've been very busy in the last two weeks. My boyfriend came to visit me, making a surprise! He's been fantastic. But I had also exams and lessons, so I couldn't concentrate on anything else.

Today I want to tell you about a trip we made to a fantastic place: Aqua Dome. It is a magnificent and enourmous Spa an hour away from Innsbruck, in Langenfeld, to be more accurate. 

It is an great structure, with swimming pool outside, in the beautiful gardens, surrounded by the mountains and the snow; some of them are raised in the air, which is one of the most peculiar thing there. 

We chose for the Relax! One Day Holiday Delux, a package that included Therme, Sauna, Fitness, and the access to the exclusive area Spa 3000. 

Once we arrived, we have been given of 2 bags, with towels, a bathrobe and a pair of slippers. We started our day walking around and exploring the structure. It has a lot of different kind of saunas, hamams, swimming pool, in the open air too, with different smells, lights and musics. 

The only wired thing was that the access in some areas was allowed only without the swimming costume. Even if we knew it before going there, we were very embarassed. But after a while, surrounded only by naked people, it started being "normal". 

We tried every Sauna: from the hotter to the colder, from the dryer to the wetter. The most relaxing was the "hay sauna", with a temperature around 50°, where you could easily stay more than 15 minutes. 

The most shocking experienced we tried was the freezing waterfall. It was in 10 metres high cave, where you can choose from different programs, starting with a thunderstorm with lighting and thunder, ending with this "ice-bucket".  

Than it was the time for receiving my gift: a massage. I went to the Beauty Centre, where I enjoyed a relaxing massage on my back.. a baraly fell asleep on the bed...crazy, you can't imagine! 

I reached my boyfriend, and then we had lunch in the "Sauna Restourant", with two delicious salads, and a fruity dessert. 

Then we enjoyed the view of the gorgeous austrian mountains form a pool-bad on a balcony, completed with hydromassage, waiting for a special hammam. It was a treatment in which you dab creamy herbs on your body, and than, with the help of the steam of the hammam, you skin shoud  become very soft. And it really worked! 

Exausted after this last treatment, we realxed on a comfortable sofa in the relax area, with soft "yoga" music. 

It wasn't possible to bring your phone in the Spa, so we couldn't take pictures. I'll leave some found in the internet, but you should really try this short holiday and see this place with your own eyes. You could go with you partner or with your family, because they have specific areas for children, so you won't disturb each other.

What about you? Do you like spa? Have you ever been to Aqua Dome? Would you suggest other stuctures?

Hear from your aswers soon, I'm curious!

Hey Guys! 

Today I'm going to tell you about the trip to Vienna I made some weeks ago with my erasmus friends.

It all started on a sunny friday mornig, when we started to drive towards the capital of Austria. 

As always, I fell asleep but after a short nap I was ready to enjoy the roads!

When we reached our destination, after a little break in our hostel, we started walking very hungry, looking for food. We had a big ice-cream and then we started going around this amazing city, with fancy buildings, beautiful parks. We passed along the Opera House, the Hofburg palace, and then we walked the main shopping streets, and there we met a funnily dressed man who proposed us a show in the Shonbrun Palace. We immediately bought the tickets, we were so excited!

We ended our first day in Vienna tasting the famous Vienna ribs, enormous dishes that most of us hasn't been able to finish.

The second day couldn't start in a better way. After a short walk in which I showed that I am definitely not a morning person, we reached the famous Cafè Central, were we had a delicious breakfast, in that very fancy place. I would have ate everything on the menu!

After that our Master Map Hadrien took us around the city and in the main street of shopping, we wanted to buy some fancy clothes for the night. Our two heroes has been really patient that morning.

The afternoon was more intellectual: we went to the Albertina museum. It has been great. There were a collection of impressionist paintings, from Degas, to Monet, Seurat, Cezanne, then some from Picasso, and other painters. The ground floor was amazing, with pieces of Andy Warhol and other modern artists.

Almost dead tired, we ran to the hostel to get dressed and rushing the time we finally arrived at the Schonbrun palace, where we had dinner before enjoying our concert. It did't disappointed our expectations. The music, the singer, the atmosphere were gorgeous.

Finally we went to a bar in the city centre, to make a brindisi alla our fancy night.

On Sunday, our last day, we went visiting the Hofburg Palace and the Sisi Museum in it. It was so realistic, with a audio guide, we had the chance to discover the history of that sad empress, and walking through the rooms of the palace in which she felt like a prisoner, you had the feeling that from a moment to another she would have appeared in her astonishing dresses.

After the worst pizza I have ever had we went to the original Hotel Sacher, were we tasted the real Sacher Torte. Useless saying that one slice wasn't enough, I would have eaten an entire cake, of course.

This is how our trip to Vienna ended. We jumped in Fede's car, and we came back to Innsbruck.

The days after for me were quite busy, I had some lessons and of course I had to pack my luggage.

Stay tuned guys!!

Hi! Here I am with our weekly date.

This week has been great, it was the one in which everything has started: new lessons, new people, new adventures. 

I don’t want to be boring so I won’t tell you every details of my lessons..but I have to say that I’m excited: every course is soo interensting! Our teachers are managers, consultant, people belonging from the real business and economic world, people able to tell you real case histories, real facts. For now I am really enthusiastic about MCI, but I will tell you more about my university in another post.

The best aspect of my university life has been the chace to meet new people: I have been incredibly lucky! My classmates are so nice and very helpful to me. The most exciting aspect of our class is that it is composed for at least a third by international students, so everyone carry his or her own culture, and in addiction, all of us are very open minded.

As you can see, this Erasmus is proving to be an incredible experience. With some members of the exchange students crew, I went in the mountain last weekend, and we try to sledding. For almost all of us it was the first time: I let your imagination run. Crashes, runs at full speed, mad sledges, accidents have been the result. But finally we could enjoy a very earned meal under the sun, in front of that huge mountains. That was good!

My week has passed between parties with the Erasmus friend, in their dorms and around the city. Thursday at 7.30 pm we met to discover all the best pubs and bars of Innsbruck, and it has been great.

Another highlight of this second week was the party at the Mansi(o)n. A danish classmate of mine organized it on Friday, and we had a lot of fun, nibbling some pizzas, playing crazy (alcoholic) games.

This weekend has passed in a very relaxing way. Sleeping till late, having a special real american “Cheesburger” dinner, jogging a bit and enjoing some friends.

Tomorrow a new week is starting: we will have lessons, but we are also plannig a special trip to Vienna, so stay tuned!

Hi! Eccomi qui con il nostro appuntamento settimanale.

Questa settimana è stata fantastica, è stata la settimana in cui tutto è davvero iniziato: nuove lezioni, nuove persone, nuove avventure.

Non voglio annoiarvi raccondovi tutti i dettagli delle mie lezioni.. ma lasciatemi dire che sono davvero gasata: ogni corso è stra interessante! I nostri prof sono manager, consulenti, persone provenienti dal mondo del business e del lavoro, persone in grado di raccontarci casi concreti, storie realmente accadute. Per Ora sono davvero entusiasta dell’MCI, ma vi racconterò meglio della mia università in un altro post. 

L’aspetto migliore della mia universitaria qui è la possibilità di incontrare gente nuova: e sono stata incredibilmente fortunata! I miei compagni di classe sono gentilissimi e super disponibili nei miei confronti. Ma la cosa più eccitante è che la nostra classe è composta per almeno un terzo da studenti provenienti da tutto il mondo, così ognuno porta con se e condivide la propria cultura..e devo dire che siamo tutti molto più open minded rispetto a quanto sono abituata!

Come avrete notato, questo erasmus si sta dimostrando una esperienza incredibile. Con alcuni degli studenti erasmus, sono andata in montagna a fare slittino. Per quasi tutti era la prima volta: vi lascio immaginare in finale! Scontri, corse a tutta velocità, slittini impazziti, incidenti! Ma alla fine ci siamo goduti un meritato pranzo in baita sotto il sole, di fronte a quelle magnifiche montagne. Quella è stata la parte migliore!

La mia settimana poi è trascorsa fra feste con il gruppo Erasmus, nei loro dormitori o in giro per la città. Giovedì alle 19,30 ci siamo incontrati per andare alla scoperta di tutti i migliori pub e bar di Innsbruck, ed è andata alla grande. 

Un altro highlight di questa seconda settimana è stata la festa alla Mansi(o)n. Un mio compagno di classe danese l’ha organizzata venerdì, e ci siamo divertiti un sacco smangiucchiando pizza e facendo pazzi giochi (alcolici e non).  

Questo week end è stato all’insegna del relax. Dormire fino a tardi, organizzare una cena tipica americana a base di cheesburger, fare finalmente jogging e vedere qualche amico.

Domani inizia una nuova settimana: avremo lezioni, ma stiamo anche programmando un viaggio a Vienna, quindi rimanete sintonizzati!