So today I did a little bit of research about where I might want to go on my weekend travels. Yeah, still have no idea. I was thinking about going to Vienna, Austria one weekend to fulfill a life dream that Ive always had of seeing the Lipizzaner stallions perform in the actual Spanish Riding School or as they say in German Spanische Hofreitschule. However, I found out today that the actual stallions are on their "summer break" during the months of...

Italy is getting closer and closer! I am finally home for a little bit, in which time I will be working on required homework, and preparing my luggage. What to pack for five weeks in a foreign country? I dont really plan on packing more than 10 days worth of clothes, if even that much. I want to pack LIGHT. Everything in Montepulciano, they say, is up hill. Dont really want to drag 50 pounds of luggage up a hill. But yeah, we already have our homework assignments...