Photos by Natalie Rosenberg (Cornell University), Student Correspondent for CET Florence, Spring 2023
![A kitchen table set with fresh pasta in bowls, wine, and forks.](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_Pasta-making-class_700x933.jpg)
![Five ravioli cut out with other pasta making tools and ingredients](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_Pasta-making-class-pear-ravioli_700x933.jpg)
I went to a pasta-making class with two friends. We toured the Sant’Ambrogio market and then made two kinds of fresh pasta in the home of a local! One of the fresh pasta we made at our pasta class was pear ravioli. It was super fun to roll out the dough and stuff the ravioli.
![Listeria flowers in bloom in an archway outdoors at the Bardini Gardens in Florence](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_Listeria-flowers_700x933.jpg)
In the Spring, the listeria flowers bloom in Florence. This purple archway is located in the Bardini Gardens.
![View of the city of Florence and trees from the Bardini Gardens on a partly cloudy day](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_View-of-florence-from-Bardini-gardens_700x933.jpg)
Here is a gorgeous view of Florence from the Bardini Gardens.
![View of the Santo Spirito piazza and people in it from a rooftop bar in Florence](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_View-of-Santo-Spiritio_700x933.jpg)
Here is a view of the piazza I live on, Santo Spirito, on a rooftop bar. We had a great apertivo with a beautiful view!
![A marble statue of a woman carrying one baby in a arm and placing her other hand in front of a child standing inside the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_Pitti-Palace-class-trip_700x933.jpg)
![Intricate textures on the wall and the upper body of a man protruding from a column of Corsini Palace in Florence, Italy](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_Corsini-Palace-with-art-history-class_700x933.jpg)
I took this photo on a class field trip to Pitti Palace (left). The artwork is stunning. I also went to Corsini Palace on the Arno with my art history class (right). The palace had a grotto inside it– I had never seen anything like it.
!["Venus of Urbino" by Titian artwork in the middle of a wall in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_Venus-of-Urbino-in-Uffizi-Gallery_700x933.jpg)
This is one of my favorite paintings I have studied abroad. It is “Venus of Urbino” by Titian, located in the Uffizi gallery.
![A small boat rafting away, towards Ponte Vecchio on the Arno River in Florence on a cloudy day](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_Rafting-activity-with-CET_700x933.jpg)
On an excursion with CET, I went rafting on the Arno River. It gave me a super cool new perspective of the city!
![A close-up of a pasta dish made with squash blossoms sauce](https://cetacademicprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Blog_Florence_Spring-2023_Natalie-Rosenberg_Pasta-with-squash-blooms-sauce_700x933.jpg)
This is one of my favorite kinds of pasta in Florence at a restaurant near the Duomo. The sauce is made with squash blossoms.