Lake Trasimeno

So I realized that I never updated all of you about my weekend. Don't worry, I am still alive! I've just been really busy with papers and work that has thankfully all ended today!
The last time I left you was before this past weekend, where I had been planning on taking it easy and doing my work while going to Ravenna and Rimini for the day. Well, I did take it easy, but I did not go to Ravenna and Rimini mainly because they are 5 hours away. I really hope that I will still be able to go, maybe in April when classes are over and we have those "study" days... I can study on the beach, right?
So anyway, my friend Meg's friend Chris came to visit and I joined them in going to Castiglion del Lago, which is right on Lake Trasimeno, Italy's 4th largest lake- and right next door to Perugia. We took the bus which took us to the town, really pretty and right on the water. We had then wanted to take a boat to Isola Maggiore, the large island in the middle of the lake to do some hiking. However, because it was both off season and because it is easier to get there from the train station (oops) we decided to stay where we were and explore the castle and fortress. I'm glad we stayed. It was an absolutely beautiful day- and we weren't running around looking at things, it was all very relaxing. We climbed up the fortress and I took some beautiful pictures which I will display below. There were sailboats and even families out enjoying the beautiful day. The lakeside was basically a giant park so there were benches and nice places to sit and relax. The lake doesn't even look like a lake, it looks like a gorgeous blue sea or ocean. I can't wait to go to Sicily and the Amalfi coast and experience the blue water there!

(this picture just shows how clear the water was- you could see all the rocks)

As for this weekend, I am going to Florence Saturday and Sunday for my Art Renaissance trip. Hopefully it will be interesting, sometimes my teacher is really dull- but Meg is going on the trip with me so that will be fun. I'm having a low key night with friends and then tomorrow I may go up Garibaldi to the overlook of Perugia, weather depending... the weather here has been really weird lately- it was so warm last weekend, then all of a sudden it got extremely cold- it even snowed! Crazy.
Well that's all I've really got here. As always, the rest of my pictures are up on my yahoo photo account so be sure to check out the rest of the beautiful lake pictures there!
Ciao! :)