Haven’t written in a while. I guess I have been too busy stumbling.

I guess I should tell you about Carnivale in Venezia!

It was an amazing day. The three hour ride there and back wasn’t the best, but hey at least we watched Half Baked and American Beauty; two fucked up movies about getting high.

I absolutely loved being back in Venice. It made me so happy remembering all the places that my mom, Katerina and I had been three years before. It was extremely crowded which I did not like, but it was cool to see people dressed up in amazing costumes from way back when and San Marco Square was transformed into a huge stage and an area for people to dance and parade around.

We walked around the countless small streets that seemed to be never ending each one with its own unique charm, until we would make it back to the square. Then we would start again but a different route this time.

I ate a huge doughnut ball and a square pastry filled with cream. Both fabulous.

We went on a night gondola ride, which let us see the true beauty and charm of the city without all the people, noise, and light.

We got lost multiple times and were afraid we weren’t going to make it back to the bus on time.

We all bought gorgeous masks. I searched for mine all day, couldn’t bear to by an expensive one (the only ones I liked) and finally at the end of the I found a huge white and rustic gold mask that’s was exactly what I had been looking for. It is a perfect opposite to my black and Swarovski crystal mask that I already have at home from three years ago.

Now that I have been to Venice a second time, my feelings of it are so much stronger. A city built on water is unique in itself, but then add the history, the charm, the friendly Italians, and the magic and you’ve got yourself your very own wonderland.

We got back to Florence at 1:30am and then proceeded to go out to Space. It reminded me of Space Mountain in Disneyland. Becky agreed so just take our word for it. Then went to Full Up. Back home by 6:30am. Frying up a grilled cheese by 6:40am and passed out by 7am. Details do not need to be included, but its safe to say that we probably shouldn’t have rallied seeing that we had to get up for the soccer game the next day.

Stadium and concessions sucked at the game, but watching the game was really awesome. I forgot how much I loved to watch them. We won of course.

This week has been a blur since Monday because every class we just talk about our midterm next week. I basically have all the answers to all my midterms, now the problem is to study the material. Easier said than done, especially while in Italy.

I did go to an amazing church on Tuesday morning, San Lorenzo. It was different from any church that I have seen in Florence because it was built during the Renaissance period. Instead of the church being really dark and gothic, it was extremely open and bright. Such a nice change and it made me feel so happy and the garden in the center was the cherry on top! Totally worth tre euro e cinquanta. In my night class we watched Food Inc. Bad idea. I have seen it before and every time I watch it I tell myself I am going to be a vegetarian because of all the awful things they do to animals. I literally cry probably five times whenever I watch it. Of course I have sitting in my fridge right now hot dogs AND salami. I mean I can’t let good food go to waste right? Ugh life can be so hard sometimes.

Today in Body Language we did some pretty weird exercises. One of them you lay on the ground and open up your shoulders and lengthen your arms. By the end both arms are the same length, which is pretty legit since no ones arms are ever really the same length. We did a lot of acting today and pretending to be characters, which was really fun.

Now since its basically the weekend (Italian doesn’t count tomorrow) I am going to watch more shows and eat the three different kinds of candy that are sitting in front of me as we speak.