WHOOPS!

I am SOOO SORRY!!

I actually completely forgot about this blog... how terrible of me!!

I will be posting on my other blog now, http://thefotobug.blogspot.com

I will keep this blog open, from time to time may post a picture of Italy... and actually I think I will convert this to my 'Travel' blog!

pictures are long overdue... but I hope you like the five I have time to post!! I will try and remember to update!!!

Ciao, Ciao!

Chels

About a week until I get home!

Pictures soon, don't worry. I am super busy with class and homework this week, actually I am posting this blog in class (shhh! don't tell on me!). I am super excited to get home and see my family and friends, and of course have much more free time to post about, well basically this last month here! I have like... one million pictures (ok, that's a little exaggerated)... but I will share!

Ciao for now!

Chels

A Little About Travel Week

So, last week, on Tuesday, we flew to Rome! We spent the whole day downtown and in the Colosseum, and then stayed the night in a hostel, got up early the next morning and spent the day in the Vatican and Forum! That night we caught a train to Florence and ate dinner and walked around downtown, and stayed the night in a SUPER nice hostel! Spent all day in Florence, walking around and OPEN MARKET!! That was my favorite and I wish I could have bought sooo much! We went 'home' that night, and then had a 'free day' on Friday. Saturday we went to Milan which was ok... I didn't like the city, until a bunch of people came down the road playing drums and doing tai chi moves! It was the highlight of my day! I have some pictures of Rome and Florence, and Milan, will upload later because Giotto (that's my macbook's name) doesn't feel like uploading today.

I know, I know, SUPER vague, but don't worry once I get a free day, I will go into detail. Let's just say I can die happy because I saw the Sistine Chapel, School of Athens, and David. Life is good.

Ciao!

Chels

Wait... It's November!?

Group in Aqualiea at the Baptistry.

Well my plans of updating and video blogging are lost completely!

We have done a lot!!!

This week's class is ridiculously hard, and the professor is just reveling in the fact that he is making it difficult...

I will post pictures soon, and attempt a video blog... haa! Next week we fly to Rome and Florence, so I will not have my computer with me, but will take lots of pictures.. I am beginning to think that I will update more on my journeys when I am home in the States, when I have time to breath and think!

Thanks for reading, and all the prayers, they are greatly appreciated.

Ciao!

Chels

Past Weekend, and Upcoming Plans.

The Sunsets are gorgeous.
My Backyard consists of vineyards and Alps... :]
Hey Everyone,

This past weekend, we were supposed to go to Treviso, but it was rainy, and I skipped out and watched movies all day. Ministry week was very tiring, but so rewarding. To get the good things in life you have to work hard for them. Sunday we did go to Trieste to watch a Sail Boat Race.

One thing I learned about sail boat races... it's more like 'snail' boat races! You could barely tell they were moving. We had fun nonetheless!

This week we began our philosophy class! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!! I have always been intrigued with this subject, and if I were better at math and science, I think it would be a wonderful degree to get! Thinking is such a beautiful thing; the men that we are learning about were so brilliant! Plato ALMOST had it too! I feel like I know these men of old personally now, as silly as that seems. I just love learning about the history of ideas and how it is shaping today's world.

It just began to get cold here, we don't turn the radiators on until November though. Which is kind of good, that gives me time to figure out where to put all of my things (I kind of use it as a bookshelf...)! It is much colder weather than this southern girl is used to, but it's growing on me. We have Thursday's class, and the Final Friday. Saturday I leave SUPER early to catch a train to the airport, where I fly to Germany for Fall Break! I am so excited! I get to see friends I haven't seen in years!

Well I really should get to sleep, it's pretty late, or early if you will, and I have a quiz tomorrow!

Ciao!

Chels

Welcome to October!

My goodness.

I never thought that I would be so busy, all of the time! I definetly t

hought I would be able to blog more! I really do apologize! I have yet to make a video blog, I know, but I will try and come up with something soon! I upload pictu

res to facebook, then get so frustrated with how slow that happens that I forget to blog and show you all! This past week has been 'ministry week' and we have not really been at the school, but mainly in Udine and other small cities. I haven't taken too many pictures l

ately simply because we have been so busy. Here are a few from when we went to Verona:

Once again, to see the whole picture, right click and open in a new window or tab! Sorry that they are so big!

I really love coke, and I really love the Italian cans! At this bar they even brought me ice!

Ciao,

Chels.

Venice Pictures

So I shouldn't be posting this right now.

I have to study for tomorrow's final, and still have a few pages left on my team's project.

But I feel bad because those of you who read this are being left in the dark. We are going to the base on Friday, and then Verona on Saturday.

Oh, what have we done:

Venice is absolutely gorgeous.

Ciao,

Chels

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First off, let me apologize for not keeping this better updated! These classes are proving to be more difficult than I thought!

So two days ago, a group of us went to Pordenone to look around and get used to riding the train. We had some bike malfunctions on the way to Casarsa (where we catch the train), so it made our adventure hilarious. One of my favorite things was I found a "Gnomo" sticker on a lightpost!

Yesterday we started our second class; we were split up into groups of three and have to come up with a 30pg paper due by next Thursday at 3:30PM. So I am going to be pretty busy! This weekend I will try and upload pictures, because we have a trip to Venice!

Ciao,

Chels.

(ps, if you right click on the picture and select view in another tab or window, you will be able to see the whole thing!)

First Final: DONE!

WOW! I just finished my first class here at SBI! It feels so good to be done with the four papers, and a final exam! It was a good class, and a difficult test, but I think I did pretty well!

Tomorrow is our day off, to rest, but there is no way we are resting!! A few of us are going to Pordenone for the afternoon!!

Here is a picture of the students and our dean!

From L to R:

Bailey (ESL instructor), Bethany, Abigail (assistant chef), Ashley, Anna, Dana, Samuel (our dean), Bryson, and Me!

More pictures soon!

Ciao,

Chels.

papers, papers, papers!!

PHEW! I have finished two of the four papers that were due this week! The other ones I need to work on are due on Monday, and our final is also Monday. The class is awesome though, and I am so happy that I came here!

Today we went to Spilimbergo (sounds like "Speel-eem-bargo" kinda German, huh?) for gelato and too look around. It was very cloudy and started storming when we shut the doors of the van, so the pictures I took I will have to brighten up a bit! We went into a great church too, built in the 1300's and still had original frescos!

It's amazing how much history is here in Italy. Everything is so old, yet so so beautiful because of the stories they can tell. I am really enjoying myself here (even if there are a lot of work!) and can't wait for Saturday! We are going to the Mall in Udine and then to Friuli Doc festival in downtown Udine! I will post pictures soon!

Ciao,

Chels.