I woke up in my new room and everyone had already showered and went out for the day. I loved when this happened because I could turn on my iPod and fill the room with any music I liked. I hit play and took a shower. This shower was the best one so far. The first room had no hot water and the door was jammed. It only opened a crack so you had to squeeze yourself through a small opening. The hostel with the young boys was hot but had a low flow. This shower was p...

Just when I think my week could not get any better, Europe proves me wrong. The girls and I decided last night that we would take the train to the beach. We got directions from Nas and he pulled up the train schedule for us. The train left every hour to Fondi. In the morning we all peeled our bodies out of our beds and went down for breakfast. We laughed about all the madness the night before and the fact that Lisa fell asleep downstairs in the lobby. When we...

The next day I hit the snooze on my alarm so that I could sleep in. I had not got nearly enough rest. I rolled over and then opened my eyes to realize that at home, you can hit snooze, in Rome this is unacceptable. There is too much to see. I jumped out of bed, brushed my teeth, threw on a dress and rushed down stairs. The Aussies said to meet them at their hostel at 8:30am sharp to leave for The Vatican city. It was 8:10am. I shoved down a piece of toast and...

Today I woke up to Mitchell telling me he slept in the wrong room. He meant to sleep in my bed but woke up in the morning and was not in room 405. I jumped out of bed and ran up four flights to my room hoping the French guys did not take any of my belongings. Each place I stay, I slide my iPad in my pillow case in case I get robbed. I have to believe that's the last place they'll check. Once I reached my room, it was locked so had to run back down four flights ...

I arrived in Rome just before 9pm. I had arrived to the one place I wanted to be the most. I'm not even sure why I wanted to see Rome so badly but when I get my mind set on something I won't let it rest until I do it. California was my dream to live and Rome was my dream to visit. I pulled out my camera and zoomed in to Mitch's directions of the hostel Hotel Beautiful that I had snapped a picture of earlier. The directions said once you exit the train station via...