ok, so i felt like royalty the past few days while we were in rome-we ate amazing food, stayed in the most amazing place and Hanna was the greatest host and tour guide for us. The first day we did the vatican (the museum, sistine chapel, st. peter's basilica), the pantheon, PLENTY more gelatto and pasta...it was all so great. Day 2=colesseum, the forum/paletine hill, some window shopping (since i have no room in my pack to really shop), trevi fountain, spanish steps and plenty of walking. walking everywhere really gave us a great feel for the city AND it was great because we didn't feel so guilty about eating 4 deserts in one day..........yeah, not kidding we ate desert four times in one day!! We ate at the oldest pizzaria in rome that night and i thought i had died and gone to heaven!! On the last day we shopped around some more, saw a few more churches, one of which was this "bone church" as hanna called it, and i'm not gonna lie it was a bit creepy but i'm glad we saw it...just another experience! That night hanna cooked pasta carbonara for us which was delicious!! i have learned so much from hanna and her amazing cooking/hosting skills:)
Well, living the high life had to end sometime so we packed up our backpacks and headed to the train station the next morning...off to MILAN. Candice has friends in milan, so we decided to spend a day or two there. Train trip=almost 6 hours, and we were pretty haggered from an early morning and a day of travel on the dirty train. Her friend, Julia, picked us up and she was such a sweetheart. She said she was goign to take us to "the 5th avenue of Milan"...and she wasn't kidding! It was cool and all, but i stuck out like a sore thumb-messy bun, yoga pants, tennis shoes and a sweatshirt. Pretty much, i looked like a dirtball!! it was pretty hysterical though, walking around with all these fancy stores and people. good times. That night we made homemade pizza with Julia's boyfriend and some other cute Italian boys.....i tried to freshen up by this time:) it was so cute though, so cliche, making pizza in italy! and then of course we had to top it off with some gelatto!!
so, we're goign to lake como tomorrow, then cinque terre, genova and then back up through switzerland!! i'll keep you guys up to date as often as i can!! i am so glad that you guys have been checking in on me and writing...it seriously makes my day when i see your comments!!
thank you, thank you, thank you!! love you all!!รน
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Hey Jess...It was so good to see you and talk with you on skype the other day! We loved hearing about your trip, but I can't wait to see pictures.
Update on grandma...Today is Monday and she probably won't make it home today but she is slowly getting better. She says not to worry! She loves you and is so proud of you.
We saw Cori and Drew this weekend...It was Art's 50th birthday. They have such a great family! It was a nice party.
Matt had his last game on Saturday, they lost again, but Matt caught a kick-off (I don't know the football lingo)and ran for a few yards. Of course I missed it because I was talking! :(
Haley is going to have her senior pictures done by Daniel...great idea huh?? We are going over there in November to take them.
So that catches you up for now...not much news.
Amore,
Mama- mia
jess! i'm so glad you made another entry. i love being able to picture in my head everything you're doing and seeing. you've seen sooooo much and you're not even close to being done! i'm sad you're not gonna be here for our halloween party though...we'll have to have a welcome home party for you when you return back to the USA! be safe and well! xo nicolette
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