When in Rome! Wow! Italy is incredible! We saw lots of museums and interesting architecture and statues and all that fun stuff. And we saw the Colosseum yesterday! I enjoy Rome very much. There are so many interesting foreign people here I would just love to become acquainted with. Maybe I won't come home.... just kidding I would miss you all too much!

Day 81 (written day 86)

Way behind... short entries right now. Had my first few classes (sorry, no meals—the breakfasts were the usual rotation), doing work in frees, and meeting with Susie in between to plan the trip. For work, Jimmy, Brigitte and I peeled onions and plucked basil leaves, and the onions only really got to me at the end. Susie drove me first to pick up Cole and Hazel, then through beautiful valleys to the bus stop. I noted things on my iPod. On the way, Hazel sang Jingle Bells, but forgot the last half of the chorus. Susie and I discussed the Mountain School musical, which is kind of a joke now. Completely forgotten [yet not quite completely forgotten!!].

We ate at Boloco before the bus came, and while sitting there waiting I started Ender's Game. On the bus down I watched Reservoir Dogs with poor audio (bus headphones ftl), and was about to finish when the bus pulled in. A guy saw me and asked for money with a lie; I lied back. Mom and Dad picked me up, and we drove home to strawberry-rhubarb pie. I drove to see Arya and ran into Kasey and Ms. Gerrity. The former I had a nice conversation with, the latter I said hi to as she drove past. Well, she stopped. But yea. Arya wasn't there, so we just spoke on the phone. I returned home, watched Lost (ftw!), and skyped with Arya before staying up too late.