The Beginning.

It's exactly 9 days before my departure date and I don't even know what I'm packing, where I'm staying, which train I'm taking, or where my passport is. Hm... But believe me when I say this, I'm not careless or irresponsible! I'm relaxed, chilled, and easy-going ;) However, at the rate that I'm going--seeing that I haven't even been home in the past 2 weeks and my planner is scheduled up to my neck--I probably won't even make it to Italy :(

We'll see how long I last writing in this blog during my stay in Italy. I'm doing it for Melissa, Noelle and Maria because they asked, but please note that I have this weird tendency to write an entry, re-read it a few days later and realize how retarded it is, then delete the entry because I think it's not entertaining for people to read. Maybe that can be my New Years Resolution: to stop deleting blog entries! Hahahaha no.

As for the trip, I'm really excited but not excited enough because it hasn't hit me yet. I say I'm gone for 6/7 months and I talk about how much things will change within that time period, but it hasn't really HIT me like 'WOW!' status. What has hit me is the trip I planned with Maria to Sweden and Greece! I'm super stoked for that and that's not happening until June! I really just hope I still have money... I hate hate money...

I'm super excited to eat Milka chocolates from Germany when I stop at customs in Frankfurt. I'm super excited for McFlurries with Ghiradeli chocolate chunks in them. Yummy!!! I'm also excited for the gelato and pizza! And I'm most definitely excited just knowing the fact that Jason will be in Europe during the same time :) I can't wait to live as a local in another country! I can finally understand how Maria felt when she first came here. haha!

While I'm there, I really want to go to an opera! I think it will be so boring but I still want to go and see! Dress up in pretty gowns with long black gloves and binoculars. Tanya is making it my goal to make out with 6 Italian boys in 1 day (because she did it, duh) and ride on the back of a Vespa with a cute Italian man.. but she also got an Italian man fired from her Uncle's pizza shop... hahhhaha and that's why I love her. I want to go to a crazy night club at night with my cute eather jacket and get into trouble and run away from the Italian policia!! I want to read books and eat biscotti at the local Cafe in Siena! Go wine tasting the great Italian vineyards! I want to work at a local pub to earn scraps of euros for my weekend travels (like my future, except Tanya will financially support me when she gets unavailable phone calls from me because I'm in trouble in... Peru! Ghana! Croatia! because she's going to be a corporate lawyer and I'm going to be a nomad). 

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I want to do so much and none of it has anything to do with actual schooling. To me, that's what traveling is all about though! And if you get lonely and need some place to go, please visit! I will be more than happy to host you :)!!!!