LONG DAY!! Maybe one of the busiest days of my life? Well to sum it up, I left the room at 8 am and got back at 4 am. Is that successful or what? Dragging the girls downstairs to meet the boys for 8:30 breakfast, we wanted to get to the Duomo nice and early to ensure not waiting in a very long line. We got there (about a fifteen minute walk from our Hotel Leonardo Da Vinci) at about 9:30, and waited a half hour to be admitted. The outside of the Duomo is truly ma...

Another day filled with food and fun! I woke up early to go to church at 8 am (right outside our hotel!) with Christian, Natali, Ana, Adam, and the Donno's. The mass was in Italian, but I followed along in a small pamphlet. The mass was only about forty minutes due to the lack of music and short homily. I wore my striped skirt which I thought was very conservative, until I was almost not allowed into the church because it was above my knees. The church worker sup...