Friends in Italy!

These past couple of weeks I have had an array of visitors come my way which has been a ton of fun! And semi-exhausting as well. First up it was Val Baum, Morgan Dougherty, and Jenna Kempf who all arrived on Thursday, March 20 – all stayed in our three bedroom apartment. On Friday, I caught an early train to Milan to meet my future roommates – Andrea Thompson, Linney Warren, and Jess Johnson – for the night while the other three started touring Firenze! The next day (Saturday) the four of us in Milan headed back to Florence and with those three girls staying with us as well, doubled the occupancy of our apartment! It was quite the squeeze but well worth it. (All six girls are Kappa’s with me at CSU and are all studying abroad as well!) We had a fabulous reunion going out to dinner (Kappa style) and then going out on the town! Jenna, Morgan, and Val headed out on Sunday, Andrea departed on Tuesday morning, and then Linney and Jess departed Wednesday morning… only to be followed by my very good friend from Phoenix, Anthony Gallese, arriving on Thursday with three of his friends all on spring break from U of A! Once again, out to dinner and out to the bars/discotecs! On Friday, another fellow Phoenician, Mark Grant (also a good friend from high school) arrived and with this now very small Xavier/Brophy reunion taking place in Florence, decided it was necessary to stay out till 6am?! Bad idea… or good – I’m undecided! On Saturday afternoon, my mom finally arrived!!! We left the boys to do their own sightseeing (which turned into napping because of our previous late night) and we went out for dinner at Trattoria Quattro Leoni – one of the oldest and most delicious restaurants in Florence! On Sunday, everyone woke up early for the Easter service at the Duomo, an experience all to itself! Every year, they start the ceremony outside and then they basically blow up this chariot in between the baptistery and the basilica – you basically feel as if your on the front lines of a war, it’s that crazy! The boys left to head back to the States and my mom and I began to plan our weeks adventure – which we’re on as I type! So more to come soon!!! xxoo <3

March 13 - 22, 2008