This weekend was an absolute blast! It all started way too early on Thursday at 6AM. We had to meet at the train station (conveniently very close to our apartment) to take a bus to Pompeii. Little did we know this bus ride would last 3+ hours. Halfway we got to stop to grab food for breakfast, and then were back on the road. Two hours later, we arrived in Pompeii, which turned out to be one of the most awe-inspiring things we've seen thus far, and that's sayi...

Oh man was today an adventure! Like I said classes were cancelled, and Laurel and I decided to wander around the city looking for baths to start our project for our Daily Life in Ancient Rome class. Let me tell you, this is not easy. We started with the two easiest ones to get our feet wet (Bath of Caracalla and Bath of Domitian, they are in museums) and we still couldn't do it. The instructions we found to get there were not real: the buses didn't exist, the ...

Minor detail I completely forgot to leave out of my post yesterday, I got a 96 on my exam last week! An A. In a history class! Whodathunkit?

Today was another normal, relaxing day. We still needed another night to catch up on sleep from the weekend, so we had a leisurely morning before heading to classes. After class, the four of us came home and made another delicious dinner. We were going to go exploring, but everyone was feeling a little down, hot, and needed rest, so we spent a girls night in, chatting, watching Moulin Rouge the movie (neither me or Sara-Margaret had seen or before), and sipping o...

Today was definitely a recovery day after our sleepless weekend in Paris. Jackie was sick and had to stay home from classes, and Laurel and I accidentally slept through our alarms and didn't get up until noon. Lucky we have late classes! We took it easy today, just attended classes (luckily we had no tours today!), went to the grocery store, then came home and made a fabulous dinner! And it contained carbs, meat, AND vegetables! Something that is completely unhe...