Perugia has a lot of...characters. There are the nice old men who work at the Parma store, who yell out "Ciao!" in the mornings when we walk by. There is the guy at the coffee shop who memorizes my order and calls me "friend." There is the woman who plays the same five-note song on her flute all day, every day, while her pierced, blue-haired boyfriend begs us for money. If she stops playing that song, the five dogs that sit at her feet all at...

Heyyyyyy! Whoa, I haven't actually written in this in a really long time. Let me see if I can think of everything that happened. Troy came to visit. It was amazing. He took a FIFTEEN HOUR TRAIN here and back from Paris. We ate tons (Indian food unlimited buffet...and beer...yes???), we went to the chocolate festival, there were like thousands of people in the streets. There were chocolate carving festivals, people were like rioting over free chocolate, there we...

Heyyyyyy! Whoa, I haven't actually written in this in a really long time. Let me see if I can think of everything that happened. Troy came to visit. It was amazing. He took a FIFTEEN HOUR TRAIN here and back from Paris. We ate tons (Indian food unlimited buffet...and beer...yes???), we went to the chocolate festival, there were like thousands of people in the streets. There were chocolate carving festivals, people were like rioting over free chocolate, there we...

Today I bought what might be the ugliest shoes known to mankind. I was having a dilemma. I decided that, when it comes to messing around for all of next week in cold, rainy Ireland, not really knowing where I am going or what I am doing, flip-flops are not going to cut it, especially as I seem to be coming down with some sort of rabid strain of pneumonia as we speak. But flip-flops are all I own. So after class today, I went to the lounge and checked my ...

So I took a chill pill finally, talked to my mom, sat down and budgeted my money a little. Bought some tickets for IRELAND... I'm just going to go there, hang out with my roommates who will be there and the people I know who are living there, backpack, get around the countryside. I'm excited. Family question - if anyone knows where Murphy's/McCann's are from, like towns/areas, let me know. I think it'd be really cool if I could go find them. It will be like my...