New leather/cashmere gloves in Venice. I'm killing time. Obviously.
Angelato!
Mell likes boootie... can you tell?!
Angie taking PAPARAZZI pics of Mell and I as we strip down during a very LONG hike.

In Florence, we ran into our Cooking teacher by chance the evening after our class. We're dressed up ready to go out.
Mell at the train station scolding Ollie and Jerry the Turtle backpacks as they are trying to SPOON.

Mell and Jess on the shore while Angie is in the water doing backstrokes. M and J were sidelined do to unforseen cosmic occurances.

JAM in Venice on a Bench.. in a Piazzza....trying to kill Phone Card and Cell Phone minutes before leaving Italy....Feel the love?!

YOUR THING. MY THING. OUR THING.
***Another inspired entry by the brillaint mind of BFF Mell.

First off, once again, I must apologize for the lack of entries. Blogging is a instinctual kinda extracurricular activity.....when I have an urge, I satisfy it. When I don't, I don't. I felt it was time...and boy has a lot happened since the last entry - I can't even remember when it was. In a nutshell.... Italy came and went: an incredible trip with 2 fantastic travel buddies eating tons of great food, seeing tons of great sights, and meddling with boys who had "other thoughts". But let's first get to YOUR THING. MY THING. OUR THING.

Mell's latest entry addressed how each person has a THING or not. THING being something unique about them that makes them them - "defines you, that makes you more interesting, or that guys really like about you(vice versa)." Well, Mell couldn't figure out what her thing was..... well I think I figured it out. The THING about Mell that's relative to me is that she makes me think deeper into subjects I might not normally think about. She makes me question stuff I previously believed in, my views on a certain subject which allows me to truly look at what I really think. She has the ability to inspire me to write these glorious entries.. to think more inquisitively into my life when I can't inspire myself to do so. And besides this inspirationaly ability..she's 1 part mellinsane like she mentioned tooo. Which is awesome!!!!! hahaha. I LOVE IT.

Our lil trip was wondeful thanks to 2 girls: the fabulous Mell and Angie. All the small talk about dirrrty stuff @ dinner -- WITH MANY OLD MEN at next table at many dinners trying to lean in and listen to what us girls had to say, giving names to our huge overloaded backpacks, coming up with a solid trip name (unanimous "3 Girls - No Hairbrush") , struggling to get to trains on time, struggling to decipher Italian, fending off boys, dealing with extreme Other People's B.O., holding onto our shoulderbags to prevent pickpocketing, dealing with insect bites, and experimenting with bidets for the first time (ok..that was just me). Life was great for 2 wonderful weeks.
Ok... Italia.... can only be seen in pictures and experienced on your own. All of you who have never been..need to go! I've been three times and I still love it. What's to love? The historical architecture! The Churches! The VINO -WINE! All the walking! All the gelato! All the FULL ON MEALS - antipasto...pasta...main...dessert....and LOTSA WINE! Wine is the same price as soda so we prolly consumed 12-14 bottles on the entire trip together. Book your ticket, request 2 weeks off, pack your bags, bring some friends and go have the time of your life!