http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/KJJ/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from KJJ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:03:35 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:03:35 +0000 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-398098.html Hi all Sorry for such a long delay in FINALLY finishing the rest of my Germany blog But here is day 3 of Germany which was actually last sundayBritt and I got up bright and early at 7 am to make sure we had enough time to see Dachau and do a few other things before having to leave. We got ready packed up our things and headed down to the delicious continental breakfast... It probably in rea http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Dachau/blog-398088.html Hello everyoneSorry about how long these entries are taking me But here is the journal from day two in Germany Saturday.Britt and I woke up at 730 am and went to eat the GLORIOUS free continental breakfast that our hotel served. It was probably gross in reality but to us it was the most delicious feast EVER hahaAfter breakfast we headed out to the train station called Hofbahnhof Munich's http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Fussen/blog-397048.html 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 sleephellip 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 jou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-396452.html Hi friends and familyWe are just about to leave for Munich... 2 more hoursI am so excited although I am not bringing my laptop so I won't be able to blog until Monday I'll be journaling in my notebook so I can share everything when I get backCiaoKelley http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-395211.html CiaoI 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 schoolAnd for those of you that are still not able to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-394350.html Hi everyoneIt 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 misus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-393258.html Buongiourno amici e famiglia ...As a special request from my Grandma I will be putting the translations in English of the Italian phrases that I use in my journals in quotes It was so nice to see dad on skype last night And also of course mom Grandma Grandpa Cheryl Aunt Jo Uncle Rick Aunt Heidi Cade and Tegan I hope you all had a good time celebrating Grandma's birthdayI put pi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-393198.html Hello family friendsAnd a special hello to the Fallers It was great to hear from you I hope everything is well with the family Please give Justy a big hug for me For art appreciation today we climbed the duomo It is over 400 stairs up the extremely narrow enclosed tunnel in between the outer and inner walls of the dome So crazy to think about what famous historical people walked up http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-393002.html Hi friends and familyYesterday was a wonderful recovery from such an unlucky travel experience. The girls and I showered stayed in our jammies all day and did homework. I ran myself completely out of groceries this week so that I wouldn't waste a bunch of food again like last week. I bought a pack of about 8 tomatoes 4 apples and some grapes. Four tomatoes rotted in the first two days. My grape http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-392439.html Here are a few pics from my weekend in Venice If you have a facebook check out my venice album it has over 100 pictures in it http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-392148.html Ciao TuttiWell as you all know 4 of my roommates and I along with Pearl and Greg took off to Venizia Venice for the weekend. We were all a bit too confident in our overseas travel for our actual first time backpacking. Brittni Alyssa Haley and I no Ali...she and her boyfriend Matt went to Cinque Terre this weekend...WHERE IT RAINED ha met up with Pearl at the Santa Maria Novella train st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-392086.html HiIt's been a few days since I wrote last. Things at school have been soooo busy because we are in the 4th week of classes. I had a huge test today in art appreciation I feel like it went pretty well. I have 8 drawings due tomorrow in art and I have an Italian language and Culture test tomorrow too AAAHHHHIt might be awhile before I update again unless I find time after class tomorrow becaus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-390915.html Ciao tutti buona Pasqua hello everyone happy easterWe got up this morning to go to the Pasqua celecration in Piazza Del Duomo. The square in front of the huge famous cathedral They do a paradelike thing with an ox cart that explodes with fireworks. It was miserable standing there in my dress and heels for over an hour in the blazing hot sun surrounded by thousands of pushy tourists http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-389935.html I already posted today but I have more pictures to share Also one other funny thing that happened last night... My mom sent goldfish crackers in my package so I was super excited to have an American snack and I was eating them at our party and all of the Italians wanted to know what it was. I told them it was just a cheese cracker and they all wanted to try them. They loved them but thought it http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-389638.html BuongiornoSince I haven't updated in a couple days I will fill you all in on what has been going on Two nights ago the girls and I went out with Mary and met up with our Italian friends Andrea Manu Ricardo Valentino and Juan. Juan is actually from Barcelona but he studies in Firenze. Its really nice finally having more friends hereYesterday we got up and went grocery shopping to buy ingr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-389614.html BuongiornoNothing exciting has happened in the last two days so I guess I will just update you all on what I've been up to I think everyone is getting over their culture shock finally. Things have calmed down around via santa monaca 10 YAYYesterday we had class and we met at San Marco Covenant to observe the frescoes by Fra Angelico in each of the monk's cells. We got to see the Medici cell a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-388959.html Hi family and friendsI'm sorry for my grammar problems in the last few postings... I seriously think that being around people who barely speak English is starting to affect the way I speak English too It's so weird the most random things I will say with an accent completely on accident hahaSo we had art today at 9 am... Britt and I slept in instead of getting up to make breakfast with the ot http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-388212.html HelloLast night the girls Matt and I all went to the bar Moonlight by our house and it was really fun Britt and I met these 3 guys there that bought us drinks so we didn't have to pay for anything. Alyssa and Haley met two Icelandic guys haha. The 3 Italian guys that we met are all our age and their names are Carmello Albi and Claude. Albi and Claude are verrrrrry good looking They asked to m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-387955.html Buono Sera amiciToday was nice we slept in and woke up to find that Matt Ali and Haley went to the flea market a few towns over. YAYYYYBritt Alyssa and I went shopping and of COURSE this morning it looks very nice and sunny but after an hour of shopping it starting pouring rain and I was wearing a skirt with bear legs and gladiator sandals....Which inevitably made me look American. I think we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-387623.html