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From Abroad

((Last summer I threw a ton of coins into the Trevii fountain (I am superstitious) and made my return to Rome on Saturday!! Needless to say I threw more in this time as well…)

Just a quick update more than anything. I have been online for about 2 hours and have done little more than look for train fares, etc. for our two free weekends and talk to my best friend, as well as upload pics like MAD on facebook! I thought I would let everyone else on a little of the fun!

We went to Rome this past weekend, which was my second trip to the Italian capital (in the past 365 days, no less!). I LOVE ROME! Not as much as Paris or London, but close. I love Rome thanks to my 3 years of Latin class so I was basically an expert on the subject. We had a Canadian professor from the Rome University of Fine Arts as well as Rome University acting as our guide and telling us about everything.

Things I saw I haven’t before:
-All of the Roman forum
-Various churches (the country of Italy is, as a whole, just filled with churches as New York City is filled with Starbucks ((which I miss like crazy, by the way)).
-Tombs of the Popes under St. Peters
-Other things I will remember later.

I wanted to see the Popes last summer but unfortunately didn?t have time. I snuck down there this time and it was AMAZING. You could just feel the holiness in the room and my friend who went down with me who isn?t Catholic also said the same thing. It was definitely the strongest at John Paul II and St. Peter’s tombs (i mean, it is HIS basillica!)

A few pics, Sienna and a vineyard (As well as my daily morning run) in the morning! Ciao!

Me in Rome at the Coliseum last summer (please remember no luggage = no hairdryer, straightner, make-up, or clothes!)
Me at Roman Baths (so you can see the Fiesole ruins reconstructed kinda) in Bath, England last summer.
Me at the Coliseum this summer!
Design in Italy 2008!!