All i have to say is: thank god i have marie here. haha. she has been absolutely clutch since i've gotten here. she met me at the airport and we took a million complicated bahns (trains) and we headed off to her dorm. On the way we stopped at a baeckerei where for one euro... ONE EURO.... i had the most amazing pastry delight that my mouth has ever experienced. Then we got all cuted up, i slapped on my glorious new pair of italian shoes... which i kept quoting al...

Wellllll, Im actually still in Rome, at a hostel that i decided to stay at last minute. It only cost like 18 euro, so not bad. Well, I leave for Dortmund in the morning, so I just wanted to update my location. I will write more later... but it was cool, I met a girl named Faranak today, she was very nice. She is a 26 year old accountant from Iran, but she was hesitant to tell me at first, so she lied and said Turkey. But, she eventually realized all americans are...