Hey everyone, sorry the updates have been so far and few recently. Ive been having a great time, last weekend we had a group excursion to Florence and Venice. It was really nice getting out of Rome for a few days and seeing more of this awesome country. On the ride out there we stopped at a Tuscan winery for a tour and some tasting, what a cool experience. Needless to say we tried some great wines.

After that it was on to Florence, which is a pretty cool town. I randomly ran into two friends from high school in the first few hours there so that was a really great surprise. I knew that they were studying there but I didn't plan on meeting up with them over the weekend, so it was a trip running into them. While in Florence we had group tours of the famous Uffizi art gallery and the Pitti Palace, which were both pretty cool places with a lot of really cool art.

After two nights in Florence we headed over to Venice. Venice is really cool because there aren't any cars in the whole city, just boats. It was the first weekend of Carnivale so everyone was out having a great time, wearing masks and crazy costumes and such. It was a really cool vibe throughout the town.

Other than all of that I've just been hangin out in Rome, going to class and all of that. Classes are going well, it's a pretty light load which is nice because it doesn't really get in the way of all the fun!