Monthly Archives: June 2010

From now until the end of July I will be living in Rome. The program that I am participating in is not only something that will improve my language skills, but it will also expand my mind in terms of politics, culture and religion with both Italy and America. I am now an official bi-cultural [...]

We woke up at 6:30am and headed out to Rome to drop Kaitlyn off at the airport, however she lost her passport and she couldn’t leave on the plane home for today. She had to stay in Italy for a few more days, which really isn’t a bad thing but it surely is when you [...]

This weekend was spent visiting my relatives in Italy. I am from a small town about two hours southeast of Rome and it’s a town with massive mountains and a beautiful landscape. It is truly a hidden gem in Italy that has yet to be discovered by tourists and such- but I have some plans [...]

Good morning- went for another run early to get my body going and to digest the late night pizza. I felt even better because I went even farther and got to the top of Piazzele Michelangelo and looked down at the city below. I remembered how much I truly love the city and what I [...]

Today was the day that my body hated me. I put it through so much hell and so many hours of carrying 60 pound luggage on and off and on train cars, wheeling it through streets, throwing it around the airport and lugging it up seven flights of stairs to get to the hotel room [...]

Breakfast came a bit too soon for us Monday morning, especially after a day on board the ferry from hell. We enjoyed the usual toast and jam and tea and honey at the hotel and were off to see the one city we came to see- Athens. Our stay in the city thus far hasn’t [...]

It was our last day in Santorini and there was no reason for us to leave except there was a ferry leaving at 4pm and tickets that had our names on them. Looking back we probably should have spent more time touring the islands, but overall we are happy to have stopped in Santorini for [...]

Day Two in Santorini consisted of a very relaxed morning and it felt so good to not have to rush off to anywhere. We ate a personal breakfast served by the Villa owner and her two kids. They were so cute and watched us eat most of the time, but we didn’t mind all that [...]

After an early morning wake up call and an 8 hour ferry ride, we landed on the island of Santorini. The ferry ride was extremely long and sitting on the outside deck was definitely worth getting windblown and frizzy hair! The water was absolutely gorgeous and the bluest blue. The variety of people on the [...]