http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Massachusetts , Springfield en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:41:04 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:41:04 BST I thought it was about time I finalized my travel blog. I have been back in the U.S. for almost two weeks. My last days in Italy were so wonderful and amazing. I checked out of my Tuscan hostel and said goodbye to my roommates. I checked into The Hotel Derby in Florence with a beautiful view of the city especially the Duomo. I relaxed a little on the rooftop and then went to further explore Flo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-173027.html I have decided that a travel blog is the way to go to keep everyone up to date on my adventures. I haven't actually gone anywhere yet but I decided to start my blog today.For those of you who don't know here is the back storyI am going to Italy for 4 weeks. I will be taking a class through Loyola University in Rome for two weeks and then traveling throughout Italy for two more weeks. I have w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-157184.html hey all so just writing to give a quickie update on life. woke up at about 8am saturday april 29th to study for my HUGE practical and do my hair that i wasn't going to have time to do later on because AFTER the practical that by the by i passed with flying freakin colors THANK GOD talk about sigh of relief we had our senior formal think prom but with legal consuming of alcoholic beverages http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-153901.html so here it is my first real entry into the real life... ps it kinda sucks i like my job i'm in a really great profession i get to be silly and make ppl laugh and help them feel better all the same time... the big problem is that i'm working with ppl that i have to constantly convince they want to get better n that's not even really the issue the bigger issue is that a vast majority of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-124163.html Visited US States MapThis is a pretty cool feature. Its nice to see the red. I'm looking forward to my road trip to the mid west in February where I'll be able to add a few states It would be fun for my international friends who are always counting their states between them as a competition http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-116155.html Recently perhaps fueled by the ending of my educational career and beginning of my quasiprofessional career or perhaps fueled by my new found time to actually reflect on my travels I have indulged myself into thinking that I could possibly delve into the world of travel writing.Uh huh travel writing yup thatrsquos right. However with no solid English background except the 3 I got on my A http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-116141.html well i'm officially a week away from being done with the fall semester of what is somewhat technically my senior year i've finished and passed all major practicals and i do mean MAJOR now all that's left is 5 finals the first of which being today 9am a presentation in pharmacology and it's adjacent paper an interview with my clinical instructor for my rotation in january some drug http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-110507.html HEY ALL well i've finished my last exam of hell week round 3 no idea how i did yet and considering it was neuro probably not well BUT it's over and currently that's all i care about. i'm a bit swamped through tuesday last day before thanksgiving break with a few projects that i have left but then it's home for some family and food granted i'll be studying my butt off for my integra http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-103666.html HEY ALL i apologize to those of u that have already gotten or seen this. but i saw something today that was quite literally the most amazing and beautiful thing ever. it's so incredibly inspiring and the love that this father has for his son is truly awesome in the real sense of the word it is TOTALLY awe inspiring... any way the link is the bottom i promise it's not a virus n it's wort http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-99427.html ok so i'm finally back home again after the FASTEST summer of my life... i know to those of you that love me it didn't feel that way to you since we had such a huge gap inlack of communication but i assure you that i'm fine and had a wonderful time there for the vast majority of it. my last few days in corfu were key as in i only worked half days and was able to do some of the more fun things http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-84033.html Jason and I are home and safe and sound we missed the Heathrow scare by one day.... thank God just glad we came home when we did otherwise it would have been a very nerve rackingscary flight home. anyways we had an amazing time and wanted to thank everyone for the messages and such we hope to add pictures soon or at least add a link for you guys to go see them on a different website...jes http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-81289.html wheels up ladies and gentlemen suitecase wheels that is i've got everything ready to go and ready to be packed. mom is driving me to NYC tomorrow morning to meet UD and UJ for lunch before heading to JFK to take off i've got everything from first aid kit yes it's necessary this is me we're talking about here to a manually powered flash light hopefully not necessary but if i end up on L http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-61571.html the tickets have been purchased the employer contacted and now both job and flight are confirmed YAY only a few short weeks till departure and i couldn't be more excited so here they are ppl my flight info now you know as much as i do hopefully i'll see you all in about 5 weeks for a going away shindig much love xoxFlight LH 411 operated by LUFTHANSAfrom NEW YORK NY JOHN F KENN http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-50631.html Ok so as we all know i'm not exactly the sharpest marble in the jar when it comes to technological shtuff but hopefully this'll work out So after going to florence last summer i've decided that for my last real school vacation i wanted to go back to europe So i'm heading to Corfu Greece I'll be working the pink palace on the island of corfu . i'll be leaving may 26th or 27th and re http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Springfield/blog-48016.html