Spring Break was great. We had our plane tickets to Milan and couldn't get out of them even though we didn't really want to go to Rome anymore (we would have been in too big of a group). So we (me and the twins Michelle and Katie) decided to decide where to go when we got to the train station in Milan, having Switzerland as an ideal destination, ( Read more... )

Ok, Ok. I hear the chorus of boos. But honestly, I've meant to update for about 3 weeks now, but I have not had the time. In the past few weeks I've been all around Greece. First we went to the Argolid on the Peloponnese, then after that I went with just 3 others up to Thessaloníki in northern Greece, and Saturday I just got back from a 5-day ( Read more... )

I would like to start with discussing the events that occurred today, because today was the worst day I've had since I've been here, including the 10-hour school day. Today we had to meet at 8 a.m. to go to the hospital and get some things taken care of for our extended visas because we're staying longer than 90 days. The hospital was a little ( Read more... )

I'm sitting in a smoky Internet Cafe because I just tried to withdraw money from an ATM and it didn't work. It said "processing transaction" then went blank. A little sketchy. So I got a bit freaked out and wanted to make sure it didn't actually go through. Which it did not. This is nice in that I didn't get ripped off, but bad because it ( Read more... )

I have been here for almost an entire week now. In this time, I have already been able to compile of things that I love here:

- Climate: I noticed that yesterday’s temperature in MN was around -6 degrees. Suckas! Since I’ve been here, I doubt if the temperature has been below 40. The high every day is 60+ with a cloudless sky. According to ( Read more... )

Well, I made it! It was a long day of traveling, but aside from some really rough nausea-inducing turbulence, I had a decent trip. I got to the apartment at about 3 pm local time (7 am CST), but the bus dropped us off only at the hill before our apartment. And that was the kicker of my journey--after being awake for 24 consecutive hours, I had ( Read more... )

I decided to write this journal entry because I've been meaning to do it for about a month now. But of course, as it is with everything I do, I put it off until the last possible moment. I wanted to compose a list of Frequently Asked Questions about my trip, because I've been asked the same questions a million times--almost as much as I've been ( Read more... )