It has been a while since my last post, perhaps a bit too long. Many of my fans (I love y'all) have requested that I update, so I will do my best to write about how my life has been.
I guess one of the most exciting things about this experience is the opportunity to travel around Italy, Europe, and the world. Thus far, in Italy, I have seen Rome, obviously, Todi, Sutri, Via Cassia, Viterbo, Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, the catacombs of San Sebastian, Venice, and Florence. All of these trips have been interesting, exciting, mentally stimulating, and visually arresting. Unfortunately, I saw the first few unfamiliar cities under the guidance of Rob Huber, a Renaissance Johnny Depp douche bag with a dumb hat who blows into the microphone. Oh well, I will live, and he is very knowledgeable. As for the catacombs, I took a daytime excursion with Bob, Matt, Adam, Bridget, and Mike to see them last weekend. Again, our tour was not long enough, but we saw other cool things like the Appian Way and huge chickens. Great times. I went to Venice two weekends ago for the beginning of Carnivale. Bus2Alps, ftw. Not really, we got lost on our way there and it took 11 hours to get home. It was still an amazing day; honestly, too many cool things happened that I can not even type them up. Finally, I just got back from a weekend trip, Thursday through Sunday, to Florence with Matt, Kelsey, Haley, and Ashley. As expected, we had a great time. Unexpectedly, I got a leather jacket. I am considering smoking again to complete the look. Updates on my health to come.
In all seriousness, I am so fortunate to have been able to participate in these excursions. I realized this weekend how lucky I really am, all thanks to my parents. They will never see the things that I am seeing, never experience the same things, never feel how I am feeling; they made a conscious decision to allow me to do this instead of them. So, thanks.
In case anyone is wondering about my travel plans, I leave for a 6 day trip to Tunisia this coming Friday for my spring break. Upon return, I may travel outside of Italy again. I will return to Florence on March 12th when Jon visits from Oslo. The following weekend, I'm hoping to go to Cork. The second weekend in April, I go to Ravenna and Aquilea with Jan for our class trip. Over the second to last weekend of the program, I think I may be going to Prague. Finally, after the program, I'll venture to Oslo. Then, who knows.
As I said before, I'm so lucky and thankful for all of this. Next, more musing about Italian stuff.
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