I just spent the day biking through the Tuscany countryside! Everything they say about Tuscany is all true! It is so beautiful...I definitely want to spend at least a week biking through and visiting all the little villages along the way. Next time. I already miss it. I met a lot of really nice people today. All helping me find my way, or just having really nice conversations with. At dinner I sat next to a group of Americans from Mississippi who were so nice, th...

Just got into Florence today. The last few days have just flown by. Rome is crazy! So many stories, sensory overload. The first day I went to see Vatican City. I GOT TO SEE THE SISTINE CHAPEL!!! It is sooo beautiful. The Vatican Museum is full of hundreds of priceless masterpieces...Michelangelo, Bernini, Rafael...after a while its overwhelming. I feel like I need to take an art history class, religious studies class and a roman history class before I come back t...

I'm finally in Italy! hurray! The ferry ride had the potential to the worst ferry ride of my life, but I think I got to sleep just in time, otherwise I would have been seasick the whole night. We got in about 8am this morning and found out that the earliest train to Rome wasn't until 4pm, so we (Simon and I, Simon is from Quebec studying in Paris for the year) have been exploring the rather unromantic city of Bari. It was sad to say goodbye to my friend Niki, we ...