I arrived in Levanto Italy on the 6th and was greeted by my classmates as soon as I got off the train. The train ride was pure evil. The devil. 12 hours is far too long to be sitting with complete strangers and doing nothing. At least I got to sleep for a couple of hours. Anyway, Levanto was amazing. We were right on the beach and spent almost all of our time picking rocks and walking up to our knees in the water. The place is gorgeous. Being there also reminded me what it is like to be around people. In Munich I was more or less by myself and being with a group of almost 20 people was legitimately overwhelming.
Since then, I've been in Rome with my friends in the class. We've had so much fun, definitely too much fun. On the first day we went into Vatican City which is beyond words. We ended up getting ambushed by this sketchy lady offering to take us in to the Vatican and Sistine Chapel without waiting in the lines. We were nervous about this for sure. One of the rules for travelling abroad is to never trust someone who approaches YOU. If you approach them then it's generally safe. Regardless, the sketch lady took us to the best pizza place in Vatican City and then we were off on the tour. It turned out to be the best tour I've ever been on. We saw the gardens and sculptures surrounding the Vatican, went through the Sistine Chapel (breathtaking) and ended in front of the line for the Vatican. We walked right in without ever having to wait. We walked the entire thing from top to bottom. Literally. The basement was filled with the tombs of the first popes and we climbed 300 stairs to get to the very top. It was insane.
Today we took a stroll to the colloseum and rode a tour bus through the city. The ruins in Rome are mind-blowing.
Pizza is good, pasta is fantastic, I can actually somewhat sort of enjoy red wine now... kind of.
All for now!
Ciao!
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