In Room

Hey everyone!!! I am waiting to get on the rain to Firenze! I am excited to start and see everyone from SU. The Gonzaga Roma group is amazing and they are all really nice and have been wonderful to me. I will miss them but it feels like I have been here for ever.

Yesterday I went to all the 4 basilicas and it was crazy to see them all. They are all so beautiful and I was in awe the entire time. My favorite was st. pauls it was so cool!!! I promise to upload pictures but it is a little had to do so I will get it later. Mitch and I also did the holy stairs which was a really moving experience. Not really much else to report because it is just mozying around Rome. Which is so much fun!

Ok well I have not the greatest internet connection so I am going to go I will post when I get into Florence.

Ciao!

Checking In

Boun jirno!

So I am in Italy and alive and well. It has been so busy lately I have not been able to post! I will hope to post every two or three days that is the goal. And good news! Mitch is going to give me his camera for my trip so there will be pictures uploaded on to my blog. Now I can stop being harassed about not taking picture or a camera! I am doing well though the apartment that I am in is wonderful! it really feels Italian an d makes it seem like we are truly not tourists. The weather is hot and as Mitch and others in the group describe it, it feels like being wrapped up in a blanket, put in to a sauna, and embraced by a very large woman. All at the same time. Well I am having a hard time getting wireless I hope it is easier in Florence. I will hunt out and find it tonight or later this afternoon and do another post,upload pictures and make phone calls! Love you all

JFK Airport

Now sitting in JFK Airport!! I really like this part of the airport, it is comfortable and classy looking. I wish more airports were like this one. It makes me realize how cool international travel is.... I feel like kind of a dork with my headset on making skype calls but they are free!!! Speaking of free this airport is awesome as well because the internet is free!!! I have finally eaten after 24 hours so now I am refreshed and ready to get on a plane to go to London.

Waiting for Plane!

Hey World!
I am just now waiting for the shuttle to take me from the hotel to Laguardia so then I can get a shuttle to JFK. Its complicated but thats what travel is isnt it!!! This is not the most fun part of the trip but I realize that it must be done! The hotel I am in is ok but has shoddy internet connection. I keep getting more anxious by the second and i cannot wait to get there! Yesterday was a bad travel day in that I was stuck in Denver for 3 hours and the flight dragged on forever! But I cannot complain cause I am on my way to such a cool place.
Much Love, Hopefully when I post again I will be in Italy!

Jun 23 5:24AM -Startings Post

The trip started like most of my trips.....chaotic and fast paced. I have resigned the fact that I am a person who does well in the last minute. Right before the trip starts. There is no doubt about it, I am an individual who incites stress upon those around me. Mainly my mother and father. This resignation has allowed me to not be stressed at all but instead to place my stress upon those around me....Sorry! Plans change at the very last minute and I was running late (approx. one hour before the plane leaves late). But once I got through the gate and was on my way I am surprisingly calm. So off I go, onward and upward towards my destination.

Anyways aside the personal note, I am on my way to New York City where I will stay a night and then leave for Roma in the morning. I am super excited and just want to be there but I also recognize that much of the journey there is part of the trip so I am enjoying the time on the plane.

O Tiny Plane

O Tiny Plane

Why Must you vibrate my tush?

Why Must you continue to push,

To make the woman vomit behind me.

There is no doubt in my mind

That I feel your engines whine

While I understand the adventure

I see no reason why

Man still ascends t the sky

In something so sketch as this lovely

Wonderful Hunk of Metal

I am sitting in a EMB 120 Brasilia Plane. Basically it is a prop plane that is so very tiny. There is I would say 25 people on it and I am amazed at how tiny it is. It also vibrates a lot and it is hard to hear. I am enjoying the thought of my mother on this plane and how she would react to all the bumps, ups and downs, and general crazyness of this plane. I can only remember one other time in which I flew on a prop plane but I really like it. There is something about the adventure that is felt. I feel much like Indy on his way to an exciting adventure. Unfortunately the others on the plane do not share my sense of adventure for there is one puking behind me and the gentleman next to me has some very odd facial expressions all showing a general disdain for this flight,

Well I probably wrote too much as it is... But as I said this blog is not going to be the most exciting piece of travel literature there is but I will do the best that I can.

ITALIA!

Oy! Welcome to my travel blog for my trip to The Capitol of the World Italy! I cannot wait to get there and I am so excited for the trip. I am going for 31 days to Florence and Rome to study Philosophy, Art, Religion, and Literature. I am receiving 5 credits for this class and I have a feeling that it is going to be worth all of the effort in preparation and getting ready.

This blog is brought to you by the letter M. Also known as my Mother or Mary because she had the idea (that I was not too receptive to at first) and she (along with Dad) pay the bills so I do what I am told. I apologize for any errors that I make and keep in mind this is a blog so I will do my best to keep you informed.

I am typing this on my brand spanking new ASUS EEE PC 900 which I love dearly and is the best laptop that can fit in 9 inches! The posts will start out long I am sure and then get shorter as time goes on because I will type less and less. I hope to keep it up and would love to do one post each day (probably not going to happen). I am not taking a camera with me to Italy (I know crazy right) because I have a general disdain for cameras and how many gosh darn pictures we take as a society. Well toodles and I wish you all the best! Enjoy reading!