Well, when every student is out at Old Fashion until 6:00 am and expected to be in class at 9:00 am, the results are never good. Managing a whole two hours of sleep, I reluctantly dragged myself to our three hour class that morning. I was so tired that during our coffee break, I just sat in my seat and didn't move. I guess I was in better shape than Tommy, who fell asleep three times during class. In a class of twenty, it was pretty obvious to the professor. We t...

Today, the Donno's were nice enough to take us to another group lunch.. Yay! This time, we ventured to a place called the Charleston right by the Duomo. Oh what a meal! Alyssa and I split two meals, the Bruschetta and the Pappardelle pasta. The bruschetta was good, although a bit heavy on the olive oil. The Pappardelle was long, lasagna-like noodles in a creamy tomato sauce.. Amazing! We also split a dish of strawberries, which were probably the best I had ever h...

7:30 am wake up call was not exactly ideal after getting home at 4 am, but in Italy a lack of sleep does not seem to phase me! We grabbed breakfast at the hotel. The restaurant roof was the bottom of the coy pond outside, which was pretty cool. We hopped on the bus, and started our long day of travels. We stopped for a group lunch in Bologna.. Can I even fit more food in my stomach?! We were a bit rushed, so one of my courses did not come out, but I still had ple...

LONG DAY!! Maybe one of the busiest days of my life? Well to sum it up, I left the room at 8 am and got back at 4 am. Is that successful or what? Dragging the girls downstairs to meet the boys for 8:30 breakfast, we wanted to get to the Duomo nice and early to ensure not waiting in a very long line. We got there (about a fifteen minute walk from our Hotel Leonardo Da Vinci) at about 9:30, and waited a half hour to be admitted. The outside of the Duomo is truly ma...

Another day filled with food and fun! I woke up early to go to church at 8 am (right outside our hotel!) with Christian, Natali, Ana, Adam, and the Donno's. The mass was in Italian, but I followed along in a small pamphlet. The mass was only about forty minutes due to the lack of music and short homily. I wore my striped skirt which I thought was very conservative, until I was almost not allowed into the church because it was above my knees. The church worker sup...