London and such

okay, no picture today... really quick

I am in London right now and am leaving tonight to go to Ireland for tomorrow... Then Tomorrow night I'm off to London again to fly to Rome where I'll be overnight and then Saturday morning I fly back to the States. So sometime Saturday around 3ish? my phone will be on... My real one :)

London has been okay. Had a few glitches including but not limited to my credit card being turned off. It is now finally working :). The sun burn I got on Sunday at the beach is much better now and I don't think any pealing will occur :) I'm glad I used sunblock or I'd prolly have ended up in the hospital!

Okay I relly gotta go I am meeting upw ith a girl that I was iin the proram with at 1030 and I gotta catch the tube and fugre that mess out.

Love you all. BE HOME SOON!

John

Almost time to depart

At the top of that hill on the horizon right in the middle... Yea thats where my house is... (view from the fort) PS. ITS SUNNY!!!!!

okay quick before I miss my bus.. again! I passed all my tests.

Andddd.... oh. my cell phone isn't gonna work in England.. wel it will be it will be really expensive.. So if you have phone cards or whatever use them before monday night my time when I depart from Rome. I added some more minutes to my phone So I will just call you guys or talk to you online. I'll be back in the states on the 28th and when I land will have my phone on so :) communication will be normal once again except for when I'm flying from JFK to minniapoils.

Okay, thats all for now. talk to you later! Ciao

Last day of classes!

SO SUNNY!!! FINALLY! Siena

Hey :)

So presentations are done, and I just finished my paper, and I just finished my Italian test... Presentation was okay, I don't know about the italian test... That was interesting.

I haven't had much time this week to do much of anything else but school related things. It's a relief that its all done now. Just in time now for the nice weather. Today has been beautiful. Finally sunny and warm... A bit too warm though.

So things are going well... It's almost time to come home. Time is flying. It's hard to believe that it will have been a month that I've been gone when I get back.

I don't wanna think too much because my brain is fried from writting that paper but I just wanted to check in :). I'm going to the beach on Sunday :) Then Monday night I'll be in an ENGLISH speaking country!!!!!!!!

I haven't found out if my phone will work in England or not... I'll find out and let you know. Otherwise You'll have to just email me.

So, talk to you soon

Almost done with classes

Pisa from the top of La Torre de Pisa.

I'm writting this today... not last night :)

I just finished my presentation... It was good so I'm relieved thats over with. Now I just have 2 tests and a paper to do and I'm done with classes!

Supposedly starting tomorrow afternoon its supposed to be sunshine and 80 :) until I leave... Better late then never I guess... According to my teachers this has been like the worst June they have ever seen. Ofcourse because I'm here. I guess the wine will be bad this year :)

So I fly out of Rome onthe 23rd... I'm posting my flight number and times so you know when I'll be in England and when I will be returning to Rome.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Flight: Alitalia # 206

Rome Intercontinental Airport Leonardo da Vinci (FCO) to London Heathrow (LHR)

Departure (FCO): June 23, 7:55 PM CEST (evening)

Arrival (LHR): June 23, 9:45 PM BST (evening)

Friday, June 27, 2008

Flight: Alitalia # 209

London Heathrow (LHR) to Rome Intercontinental Airport Leonardo da Vinci (FCO)

Departure (LHR): June 27, 8:05 PM BST (evening)

Arrival (FCO): June 27, 11:35 PM CEST (evening)

I'll stay in the airport in Rome from 1135pm until I fly out to JFK.. My flight info for my flight from Rome to JFK and JFK to Minneapolis is as follows:

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Flight: Alitalia # 608

Rome Intercontinental Airport Leonardo da Vinci (FCO) to New York John F Kennedy Intl (JFK)

Departure (FCO): June 28, 9:55 AM CEST (morning)

Arrival (JFK): June 28, 1:20 PM EDT (afternoon)

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Flight: Northwest Airlines # 1650

New York John F Kennedy Intl (JFK) to Minneapolis St Paul Intl (MSP)

Departure (JFK): June 28, 5:50 PM EDT (evening)

Arrival (MSP): June 28, 8:11 PM CDT (evening)

Then I stay in Minneapolis for 4 days... Then Here is my flight info for my return to Rochester

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Flight: Northwest Airlines # 154

Minneapolis St Paul Intl (MSP) to Detroit Wayne County (DTW)

Departure (MSP): July 3, 6:50 AM CDT (morning)

Arrival (DTW): July 3, 9:32 AM EDT (morning)

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Flight: Northwest Airlines # 3270 Operated by: MESABA AVIATION/NWA AIRLINK

Detroit Wayne County (DTW) to Rochester Monroe County (ROC)

Departure (DTW): July 3, 10:24 AM EDT (morning)

Arrival (ROC): July 3, 11:43 AM EDT (morning)

Phew... And thats that... I wont even go into the rail tickets and times and farries and stuff.. AHHHHHHH Crazyness.. Okay I gotta jet for class. Miss you all. See you soon. Time is starting to fly :)

Ciao!

Last week of classes

View of Florence from piazza di Michelangelo

Well this week just flew by… I barely had time to write on here hah. This weekend I went to Florence and Pisa as you know. It was great!!! I had a lot of fun. 8 of us from school went to Florence together Saturday morning. We walked and walked and walked once we got there… SOOOO much walking. And I never want to see stairs again after this weekend… my god. We went to the Duomo and climbed the 460 some stairs to the top…. Very sore, especially because we walked across Florence to our hostel that night as well… which we had to climb the stairs to piazza di Michelangelo.. no one gave me a warning for that… That was a lot of stairs as well…. We slept in tents… with bunk beds in them… hah. It was an interesting experience that is for sure.
In the morning we walked all the way back to the train station where three of us went to Pisa… Once in Pisa we went to…. The leaning tower of Pisa of course… Guess what… MORE STAIRS!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! This time only 300 or so I believe. Mya… soooo not cool. And the walk from the train station was fairly long as well… But the view was well worth it even if I was scared to death.

We got back to Siena around 740, so not too bad. This week is going to fly by. Tuesday I had a 20 minute group presentation to do, and Thursday I have my Italian final, and Friday I have my LIS final and a 6 page paper due.. Sooo I have NO clue when I’m gonna have time for all of that. So I am positive that this week is gonna fly by. On a side note… did you know that London is an hour behind Italy… hrmm. So that is gonna mess with my head when I fly back and forth from Rome to London and back to Rome and then to JFK then Minnesota… AHHHHHH What is time? Lol. I have to go by my own time that’s just ridiculous.

Today was the third day since we arrived on May 31st that has been rain free.. How pathetic. Now that we are leaving starting Wednesday it’s supposed to be sunny and 80 for the rest of the time we are here… So not fair.

OH! I found a suitcase in Florence for 10 Euros.. I hope it holds up until I get home.. hah. Same suitcase in Siena was 30 euros so that was a good deal J. Well I’m off to shower, I feel iky.
Miss you all.. I’ll be back very very soon… Infact today ( 06-16-2008) is half way through my trip! So It’s almost time for me to return.
Okay I’m outta here. See you later
~John

AHHH

View of The country side :)

Well last night I was beat so I decied against writting a post so your getting a post but its gonna be short cause I have to catch the bus... It seems like I am running out of time to do anything! But Wanted to say things are going well.. I have tried almost every flavor of gelato and they are all great... Chocolate and Lemon win though :)

Yeserday I went out to dinner and that was great... Same place I went to dinner on Monday.

This weekend I am going to Florence saturday morning, and pisa sunday morning.. I'll be back in Siena Sunday night.. :) Call me whenever :)

I gota run though. Love and miss all of you.

Ciao

Just another day

This is Siena from the south side... I live that way... past all that... forever.. lol. It's a nice city :) Only 60,000 people live in the city center and 80,000 in the area... But I still can't believe that. It seems so much larger.

Another day down...

What did I do today... Woke up, went to class.... Class was good.. Lost in Italian as usual... LIS was great... Deaf culture was good too :).

This afternoon I had lunch with some other students, then we went for a tour with our director to some churches... Then I went back to class...

After classes were done I had a meeting at 530-6 then I met a group and we went for wine tasting at 6-730...Wine was great :) then I caught the bus back to home..

Had Gnocchi for dinner :) yay.

Tomorrow morning I am going to the special market they have here on Wednesdays... So I gotta go to bed because its 1150 right now and I gotta be up at 6... So until next time.

Ciao..

Ps.... I know these seem to be getting shorter and shorter but I have been running out of time at night.. Time keeps flying by... Blame my Italian teacher for all the hw.. hehe.