As many of you may know, I will be leaving for Italy on Wednesday, May 20th! I'll be flying overnight into Rome, meeting up with a new friend, Kim, and taking a train to Florence to meet my new family for the next 6 weeks!
Hopefully this trip will give me many new adventures to share, and I wanted to be able to share them with more people at the same time, so I'll be journaling and posting pictures on this blog. (Since I'm not in Italy yet, I just grabbed this pic off the web, but there will be PLENTY of my own pictures to post very soon!)
Right now, I'm feeling a little nervous, very excited though! I can't tell you how many times I have packed and unpacked my suitcase, trying to decide what I might need over the next month and a half. It will be an interesting experience living out of a suitcase for this long. I have been on trips before, and I have been to Italy twice, but never for more than a week and a half at a time. The first part of my trip will be spent taking classes at Lorenzo de'Medici in Florence. Then, I will fly to Cefalu, Sicily for a few more classes. In Florence, I'll be living with a family, and in Sicily I will have an apartment to myself near the beach! I've got all the details planned out, in my usual style, but how they will play out in the end is a mystery! But I'll be sure to keep you updated!