Travels of a Small Town Girl

Thaaaaat's right folks. I did NOT see Michelangelo's painting. :-( Sad face sad face tear tear. Halfway around the world, in Italy, in Rome and Vatican city is closed on Sundays. I feel like we should have all known that, but ALAS, we didn't. Yes, I am bummed. No, I didn't cry. I will live... and it gives me a good reason to go back! Although the town was closed, the Vatican has its own guards who stand and block the gates. I must say, I think these guards are way more tortured than the London ones. They looked like clowns hahaha. And they were young guys. But here is what we had to take seriously when they said the Vatican was closed... (You try not to laugh, I dare you.) HAHAHAHA. Okay, but onto a more serious note. Before the Vatican, we went to this church for Capuchin Monks. What is a Capuchin Monk you ask? A Capuchin monk is a monk who wears a capuche. A capuche is a hood.. soo a Capuchin Monk is a "Hooded Monk" roughly translated. This church that we we...

Ohhhh kay. I have been in Italy a little over a week now and so, so much has happened. I am going to try to catch up and tell you all about it and still put some pictures into this blog so you aren't bored. After day one (Saturday), things got a lot more exciting. On Sunday , we spent the morning in Milan hanging out and getting accustomed to the area. We had met a couple of Americans in our dorm building who decided that they were going to celebrate the 4th of July with a picnic. Most of our group (13 of us) decided that we would join them at the park. We went and ate kebabs and some side dishes with them and even tried to set up a mini beer pong game. It was nice to celebrate the fourth of July even though there were no fireworks. Later that night, we had our "Welcome Dinner" at this cute little restaurant. I was extremely excited about this dinner as we all crowded onto the little bus. At dinner, we were served both white and red wines, fizzy water (similar to club sod...