Sunday, November 9th, 2003 Jenny and I woke up, just in time to find that we had docked in Bari. We quickly showered, dressed, and met the girls for a drive-by breakfast in the Giada Buffet before heading to meet up with Freddie for info concerning life on board, excursions, ports of call, and emergency life boat drill. After we had gone through ( Read more... )

Saturday, November 8th, 2003 On a dreary Saturday morning, Valerie, Karen, Jenny, and I made our way from Paderno to Venice in the pouring rain. En-route to Venice, we huddled together on the train, chatting about school, post-graduation plans, friends, etc. (but our conversation mostly revolved around how excited we were about the cruise!) Upon ( Read more... )

It seems that today will never end because of all the work I have to accomplish before I can call it a day. I’ve been going nonstop since I stumbled out of bed this morning. During breaks between classes, I have been busy meeting with various groups and group members to negotiate contracts for our European Business Seminar, or discuss the 15 ( Read more... )

This past week has been utterly amazing. No words can sufficiently explain how much fun I’ve had. I went on a five-day cruise on the Costa Tropicale that started out in Venice and went around to Bari and Aberobello, Corfu (Greece), the island of Malta, Naples and Pompeii, and docked at Genova. The cruise was, in a word, freakin’ awesome! My ( Read more... )

I am so ADD right now, it’s not even funny. I’ve got a midterm coming up on Thursday and I’m not even halfway through the material yet. I can’t seem to concentrate and apparently being surrounded by loud people in the lab was my best solution? Yeah, I think I need to shut myself in a room with my book and not come out until I’ve memorized every ( Read more... )

This weekend has definitely been one to remember.

(  31Oct2003: Firenze -- Shopping and eating and dancing, oh my! )

A hostile takeover of my time has occurred by a flurry of midterm examinations, group meetings, and business presentations. I’m still "alive and kicking" as Fabio so dearly puts it, but I am running low on energy. There’s always something to do here, even in the ten minutes downtime between classes, so I feel like I’ve been going nonstop since I ( Read more... )

Today has been one of the most amazing days. Many firsts took place, some of which cannot be divulged in a public forum. ::winks at my sweet roomie:: However, the things I can share with you are pretty exciting, so rest assured for some good stories!

Parapendio!This afternoon at approximately 4pm, my roomie Valerie and I met up with Paolo and ( Read more... )

Winter has definitely arrived because it is really cold here. To put things in perspective, someone can pee outside and it will freeze before it hits the ground. It’s that cold.

There will be no heat on campus until November 4th. They mentioned something about a law that prevents the heat from being turned on due to the high cost of oil in ( Read more... )

George W. is the leader of the United States and Arnold is governer of California...

... is anyone considering taking the expatriate route?