genny and her family!

Well here I am in Sesto al Reghena/Bagnarola/Genny's area and it is GREAT to see where she lives and meet her family and spend some time with them as they show me around the area. They are so great. it's amazing to have someplace to stay and people to show me around.

We went to Venice on Monday and saw a lot of the city including the Palazzo where the doges held meetings and kept prisoners. The city is a real labyrinth, though-- apparently even venetians need maps to get to places. Genny's sister Ilenia took her University test while Genny and I saw the Palazzo and walked around and were attacked by pigeons. We ended up on the wrong bus home at the end of the day because Ilenia's boyfriend told us which one and it would have been the right one if we'd been there 15 minutes earlier.... so we took the long way home and had to get picked up in a different town and pick up the car later. and man did we do a lot of walking! i thought we'd fall asleep on the train and never get back.

Yesterday we went to the Alps to a town where all the rich and famous people go on vacation. You can ski there, but mostly it seems that the people who go on holiday there just spend money in the designer shops. I had an expensive Araciata there and then we drove through the mountains some more until I almost threw up all over Ilenia and Carlo in the front seat, but the mountains were beautiful. I'll have to put pictures up sometime.... but my camera battery is going to go soon and apparently Italy has different outlets from the rest of Europe... I hope Spain's are what I expected...

Today we went to the Villa de Manin about 15 minutes from home and are going out for pizza soon. I hope everyone who is traveling is seeing as much as I am and that everyone is well wherever you are. Take care!

Let's try this...

I'm not so sure that I will be able to keep up with all this this fall or if i will even have time, but i'll try it out and hopefully everyone will enjoying hearing about the adventures in europe. so check it out when you can and i guess i will try to spend the time, too.

So I am leaving for Europe tomorrow and will be in Italy by Monday to spend 2 weeks with Genny around Venice, Florence, and Rome and then head to Madrid on the 8th for the term. Keep in touch!