My parents are here!

Its been so fun having my parents here! I have been taking them all over Rome, showing the the colosseum, taking them to my favorite restaurants, and showing them my school.

Right now we are in Florence and this morning we were in Siena. Both towns are beautiful. Becky just took us out to dinner to this place that has another location in San Diego on 5th Av.! Crazy huh ??

There are so many cool pictures! Ill up load them when I get home from Florence.

Another great week.

Sorry its a little out of order. 

Tuesday night we had a family dinner for the apartment. Heather cooked us Shepherds Pie. ( Shout out to Cousin Heather: Yes,  I did think of you when I ate it, Its also funny because a Heather made it for me) 

Heather and I dancing

Walking around Rome 
We went to The Peanut Bar on Friday. I love this place. The peanuts are free! Its a fun and relaxing place to hang out. 

Thursday one of my good friends Mattia taught me how to drive stick. Haha it was really funy.  Just try and picture it... Me trying to drive stick on a busy street in Rome.  Sticks hard enough... but in Rome and when its pouring rain outside.. haha but it was such a great memory.

Friday we went dancing, which was so much fun. we danced till 4 in the morning. I really wish you all could sit in this club with me because there are some CRAZY people. I seriously just sit and laugh at everyone.

  This is the man who thought it would be a great idea to dance with us... he also punched me in the face. He was doing some crazy move with his hand and the next thing I know BAM! right in the eye. But don't worry no black eye or anything. He also bit heather on the arm and would not let go. 

Roommates! 

Split Between Two Places

A couple weeks back we went to our schools soccer game! it was the first night it was cold and we were not prepared. we left at half time.. out team was losing.. GO JCU! 

a little snack after the game ! :D 

so here are some pictures from my weekend... we met some really fun Roman guys a couple weeks back. (They are not creepers at all if you can believe it.)  We all went dancing on friday night, got lost in the streets of Rome, went to a hookah Bar ( one of the kids dad owns the place so he had the keys), and sang old 90's songs till 6 in the morning.  It was such a great night one that will go down in the books. 

Rome is feeling like home more and more each day. The homesickness has gone away and I am really starting to think that I am going to miss this place a lot. Some times I think I might stay longer, but I know I could not stay away form my family and friends for that long.  I think its going to be hard to adjust back into living in America. Its a different way of living here, which I have trouble explaining. You kind of need to experience it to understand it. 

Dont get me wrong I really am excited to come home ( 6 weeks and counting), its just home now feels like its split between to places. 

Heals + cobblestone= pain  People were nice enough to carry me parts of the way


These men are creepers who sit in the clubs... the man on the lefts belly is hanging out. haha

just being silly 

Over taking my life...

Mid Terms have over taken my life.. i promise i'll blog more.. its just been so crazy here with studying and what not! 

Heres a picture from my weekend :)  more coming soon !

I am sure this will change but...

Things I have gotten use to...  

1. Seasons: its starting to get cold here ( it was in the 50's today) and the leaves are turning orange :) 
2. Buying fresh groceries every day 
3. Living in a city 
4. Living in a foreign country 
5. Walking everywhere 
6. Taking public transportation 
7. Eating indian food once a week (or twice :p) 
8. Constantly learning new things about myself and the world.
9. Living on my own ( not in a dorm ) 
10. Not drinking Soda 
11. Not eavesdropping ( Its hard to listen on to a conversation when no one speaks english)
12. saying "ciao"
13. Not reading magazines ( gotten use to it, but prefer to read them still :) ) 
14. Eating dinner really late 
15. Turning on and off the water when showering to save hot water 
16. Eating Nutella everyday 
17. Rude people 
18. Slower pace of life
19. Seeing ancient ruins every day 

Things I'll never be use to.... 

1. Drying my clothes outside 
2. Standing next a man on the tram who is pooping his pants 
3. being smashed up against the man pooping his pants because the tram is so full. 
4. Seeing at least 2-3 homeless people on every block 
5. Seeing old men naked on the sidewalks 
6. People peeing where every they want
7. Having to pay for water 
8. Water with Gas :x
9. Italian men  ( I apologize now to all the males of America, If I get home and ignore you or am rude don't take it personally ) 
10. Rock hard beds 
11. Being away from family and friends
12. Horrible smells...  consisting of people, trash, and bodily functions... 
13. Mosquitoes 
14. Rude people 
15. Random open hours for stores... one day a store with be home at 1, the next day they decided to close just because the can. 
16. Not having a Target 
17. The water drying out my skin 
18. Seeing little kids living on the street below my apartment 
19. Seeing hurting people 

My Trip to Barcelona, Spain

Well Barcelona was amazing! It is such a beautiful and colorful city! We did so many cool things! It was also great that becky was with me! It was fun traveling with my best friend! 

High lights of the trip: 

1) getting kicked out of our cab by the driver... I guess spanish is a little different here. we didnt use the "lisp". He thought we were rude so he tossed our bags out the door and yelled at us. 

2) Spending time with my best friend! 

3) Gaudi art is amazing! 

4) went to the Pablo Picaso museum... I accidentally said really loud, " WOW! Vincent Van Gogh is an amazing artist!" twice!  lets just say a lot of people gave me really bad looks! opps! :0 

5) staying in my first hostel

6) the act of traveling. It was fun figuring out a new city. 

These pictures go from the end the trip to the beginning sorry! 

on our way home! 
Magic Fountain. Its kind of like Disneyland. It does a water show to music. Video at the end of my blog of it!
The Castle at night 
Magic Fountain 

Barcelona at night :)
This is where the Olympics were I think in 1992..?
Best friends! 

Making our way up... I was getting bored 
Castle 
So We went thrift shopping... I told becky I was not going to get anything... I walked out with a vintage bag from the olympics and some sunglasses!
The Market. I have video of them chopping of the head if anyone wants to see it! haha

Hanging out with some graffiti 
Pablo Picaso 
Dinner, It came out on the big piece of bread with all this yummy stuff on top!
trying some Sangria 
This church has taken over 200 years to build... it will be done in 2021!
Kind of reminds me of who-villeGaudi Building 

 Another Gaudi Building
America's next to model anyone?? season finale was shot here 

Getting ready for our trip!

Barcelona!

Its beautiful here! I am having a great time! we went and saw so many sweet things today! i cant wait to show you all pictures! I am doing really good just a bit tired. Ill keep you posted on how the rest of the trip goes!

P.S. mom I am safe! haha

If your wondering where ill be for the next 3 days....

I'll be in Barcelona, Spain this weekend! I will be back on sunday morning... so Saturday night in California!  And will be ready to tell you all about my trip!  If you could pray for safety that would be amazing! Ciao!

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