There truly is no place like home. And no season so refreshing as spring. After returning from a lovely 12-day holiday to Italy just yesterday, I am joyful to see that western New York has blossomed into springtime while we were gone.
It was a full 12 days- Candace, my roommate and I had planned the trip as a sort of statement of independence and a graduation celebration. We had hoped to learn a lot as we planned and traveled, and learn we certainly did. We gained some travelers know-how about public transportation and a how to have a healthy mistrust of people pretending to help. We saw the big things one should see in a first trip to Italy- in Florence Brunelleschi's famous dome of the cathedral, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the ancient Pantheon and the Colosseum in Rome . . . we even saw the Pope performing mass in St. Peter's square. We also got to see a few minor towns- Padua- famous in Shakespeare and where Galileo had his university, and the medieval town of Assisi, where St. Francis was from, set in the rolling hills of Umbria. We ended our trip in dreamlike Venice and soaked in the romance and beauty of a city on water.
Overall, a beautiful trip, Italy is lovely in spring, and a perfect escape from classes and papers. Pictures will be coming soon.
Ciao!
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