Robin and Patrick

Arrived in Santa Margherita on Saturday the 29th, about an hour after we had planned due to a missed connection in Genova, so we didnt have our welcome wagon waiting at the train station. We walk down the hill to the waterfront to try and call Ni and Krissy, but no one is home. As we set out to find the address, I hear my name being yelled from across the street. (our backpacks make us stand out like a sore thumb in a resort town) Krissy spotted us from her store front. Quick tour of the four Kristine Orsi Boutiques preceded Dinner with Ni, Krissy, Nicole, and Alessia (the youngest of the four kids). Alfonso Christina and Rosario were out of town until our last night there, so we are considering stopping there again beofre ... read more

We just finished our last final ever of our undergraduate careers!!! wooohoooo! sorry for the lack of updates over the last couple months, but with no internet at the chateau, and being incredibly busy with school there hasnt been a whole lot of time to venture into Canne for internet access. Class was pretty intense over the last couple weeks, lecture in the mornings five days a week, we visited 11 museums, wrote 9 short essays, one long paper, had one oral presentation and just took our two hour final... aside from that we have to admit that sometimes we were incredibly busy snorkeling, laying on the beach, watching the tour de france, going out dancing and eating as many eclairs as we possiobly could. With less than 24 hours left here we are trying to ... read more

We decided not to tease you any longer and let you see what we have been talking about. ... read more

As fun as our Parisian adventure was, we were ready to head to the south of france and start classes. We occupied our 5 hour train ride by taking turns reading David Sedaris's stories about moving to france and learning the new language. If you havent read his book "Me Talk Pretty One Day" do it! It is hilarious, and after struggling with the language barrier in Paris it was that much more hysterical to read about his experience. After 5 hours we switched trains in Cannes and headed to La Napoule. We had been informed that the place we were staying was a tourist attraction of the small seaside town aptly named Chateau de La Napoule, but no words could do this place justice. We saw it from the train on the way in and ... read more

So our long and exhqsting flight; we landed at CDG mid morning on thursday (after leaving on wed). Feeling rather confused and out of place, we made it to our hotel, abd set out on the town to explore via 'Fat Tire Bike Tour of Paris' No this was not q pub crawol, but a bike tour on beach cruisers. It was a nice way to get a feel for the geography of this small but busy city and exactly what Robin needed to stay awake (all patrick needed was caffeine). We adjusted to the nine hour time difference fairly quickly by keeping ourselves busy on Friday with a trip to the Louvre. We made sure to give ourselves a whole day so we could see more than just the mona lisa and the "dude" with ... read more