This last weekend Alyssa's mom and dad were in town so Brittni, Alyssa and I went down to Rome since we haven't yet.... Shameful, I know haha. But, I absolutely HATED it. Aside from seeing the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, the Vatican, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, and all those other tourist attractions.... Rome was horrible. Dirty. Dirty. Dirty. Expensive. Full of tourists. Crime. Ghetto. Brittni were walking from Alyssa's parent's hotel after a day of sightseeing to go check into our hotel. We had to walk about a mile and on the way there we were harassed by almost every man that walked by us. There was a legalizing marijuana demonstration going on next to our hotel where a huge truck was bumping crazy rave techno and cracked out people ... read more

I apologize for not updating in so long but the last week has been crazy! Last Tuesday and Wednesday nights I got a total of 7 hours of sleep… Having to stay up until 3am and 4am to study for a Classical Architecture exam and Italian language test. It was really draining and I basically had nothing exciting to write about on my blog. And for those of you wondering what the title of this journal means, it says "travel to germany" in german. I just hope I said that accurately, its been 2 years since I took German! I will post pictures in the blogs to follow... I have A LOT more to write about our trip to Germany! :) So basically, Thursday night, Mary, Brittni, Greg, Katie and I took off for Munich and ... read more

Ciao! I haven't been able to update in a few days because the internet that we are usually able to steal from our neighbors has officially been cut off!! Horrible, I know... so I had to wait until today to use my computer at school where they have wireless. It is a pain to lug all of my school books, art supplies, and lap top for 25 minutes to school! And for those of you that are still not able to access my private blogs, you need to create an account with travelblog.com and once you have done that, e-mail me and I will add you to the list. Then once you get the notification e-mail from travelblog about being added, click on the link and accept my request! This blog entry is not private, therefore ... read more

Hi everyone, It turns out that in order for you to continue to have access to my blogs, you must become a member of travelblog. This doesn't mean that you need to blog, you just have to create a user name and password and log into it when you want to read my blogs. Its free and can be done on the homepage of travelblog.com. I'm sorry for any inconvenience, but until I know that people are not misusing my journals, I need to keep them private except for my friends and family!! If you have any questions about becoming a member on the website and accessing my blogs, please e-mail me at kelleyjaela@gmail.com Kelley... read more