A week and a half after my trip to Lebanon, I was in the air again, but this time to Europe! I haven't been to Europe since my last visit to Poland in the summer of 1999, so I was very excited for this trip. Italy has held the number one place on my list to visit (along with Egypt, but obviously that has be satisfied) and I was still trying to comprehend that I was actually going. I was meeting my friend, Grace, from college. We would explore southern Italy for a week before we would head back to Rome to meet up with two other college friends, Maple and Cat. Maple is coming from the US as part of her vacation. Cat was fortunate enough to get a summer internship with the American Consulate
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