the weekend before valentines day, the "girls" decide to throw a valentine party. the theme was red and pink. of course some people wore black to be anti-valentine, but it didnt stop them from having fun. the evening was spent writing valentines to everyone. each person had a valentine bag made from telephone pages from the gigantic rome phonebook. we even had a sharing session. everyone felt love and laughter... read more
Florence was amazing, although many of the sites were closed due to restoration. The worst was Michaelangelo's Laurentian Library, which has one of the most beautiful staircases in the world, no joke. It was closed for restoration. The Florence cathedral had some scaffolding on the dome but was very nice either way. The weather was rainy and cold most of the time. Siena was also amazing. It is a true midevil city, The pictures we took there looked like we were at a movie set. The entire facade of the main cathedral in Siena was covered.... read more
we traveled down to see pompei with our class and one of our prefessors, Emilio del Gesspi, who is an encyclopedia. we also saw the villa misteria... read more