Siedo in un aeroporto, e annoiato.

Okay, so I'm sitting in the airport and it is 6:30 and I'm waiting for our plane. We've been sitting here for about a half hour. It is always good to get to airports early. Espcially with kids. Who are running in circles by the windows where we are sitting and waiting and watching the planes. We should be leaving in about a half hour. Lovely long flight too. Its like 11 hours to Paris, then a little layover and a three hour flight to Rome. With the time change we land in Rome at like, 2 in the afternoon. That's wierd to me.

So I'm going to be getting a lot of sleep, depending on the awakness of the kids. Two five year old girls, Isabella and Katherine, and three year old and one year old boys, George and Guytano.

Damnitydamnfreakingcrap. I just spilled lovely hot cocoa all over my dress. Lovely.

Oh, yeah....I FINALLY got a better guitar. Not the one I wanted, but it is a Fender. It is black and beautiful. It is sitting next to me....in the case obviously.

Anyway, I can garuntee, that I'll be alone in the land of white houses and blue skies aka Santorini, I'll be online a lot. HAHA

Arrivederci!

Arrivederci, Chitarre, e Viaggiare

Well, I made a video for you all this afternoon, me talking in Italian and rambling on then playing Fearless in Italian. But youtube is being a little bitch. Which was annoying because the syllables are different, I'll show you.

I don't know how it gets better than this
Non so come prende migliore di questo
You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless.
lei porta la mia mano e mi trascina dirige primo intrepido
And I don't know why but with you I'd dance
E non soperché ma con lei ballerei.
In a storm, in my best dress, fearless.
In una tempesta nel mio migliore vestito intrepido.

So the phrasing is off, so it was a pain to learn but I did it. And I'm proud of myself. :)

Well.....I'm excited. For a lot of things. Tomorrow is my last day ever at NYU. Last day of finals. I feel....I don't know. Indifferent, would be the word. I have English 102 and Calculus finals and I am freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Tomorrow afternoon my mommy and my baby brother and my 5 year old twin sisters and my 2 year old brother arrive. Then Friday night we take a red eye to Roma. From there we are going to see my family until Tuesday, then flying to Santorini. For a month. :)

Well, I am happy because I'm going home to the bestest place on earth. But sad because my grandmother is very ill. Which is sad because I lurrrrrrve her. Basically, its like practicaly final that it is the last time she'll get sick. That's why my mom is going. And bringing the babies so my dad has less to deal with. But they'll come possibly once everything is, well, final. And she's gone.

And....if you've seen my recent twitters, I've ranted on about guitars. I'm getting a new guitar. *does little dance* My parents are paying for half, they'll pay up to 500 dollars, so that means my range is bigger. I speant two hours today looking and playing to make a decision. I want this one.

http://www.taylorguitars.com/Guitars/Acoustic/Koa/

I'm inlove. I held it today and it is beautiful and sounds amazing and the only thing stopping me is the price. Since I've learned guitar, everytime I see Taylor Swift with it I get envious. It is beautiful. But it is also 3 thousand over budget. Grr....

My other choice right now is a Fender. But it isn't pretty like the Taylor ones. There are cheaper Taylors but they aren't pretty like the Koas.

Anyway...you all know my email if you need me (my aim/twitter/youtube @aol.com) I'll be blogging and online occasionally, depending on what's happening in the world.

Arrivderci Bellas!

25 to 18...caio italia.

I'm going home in approximatly 5.5 hours. So sad. I'm pulling another all-nighter...so thats it.

Nothing new...

Um yeah. I love the song Lucky by Colbie Callait and Jason Mraz. Love it, love it, love it.

And...never mind. I forget. Its 2:30 am...so I'm a bit tired.

I went to shopping today. I got a skirt (hmmm typical) and a pair of ankle boots and a bracelet.

Bracelets are kinda my new obsession. I've been wearing them alot lately.

So that's it and I'm rambling...so I'll talk to you (today for me), tommarow for you...when I'm back stateside.

26 to 18...and 7 to BHO

Went skiing today, then came back and started to pack. Now its late-ish and I'm watching last night's GossipGirl online....nothing new to report.

Ummm except that my thighs are burning. Which is probably a good thing....they aren't as muscley as they used to be.....working on that though. That'll be gone in the morning.

But....did anyone else realize that it's officially a week to the inauguration? I had 7 to BO up at the top..but then I realzied that it was like body oder so that's nasty. I'm so excited. So ready for this.

Guess that's it for today. Does anyone know how to get the crud out from underneath the keyboard on a laptop....mine's disgusting.

27 to 18...and pics from Volterra!

The sign!!!















The clock tower!


Its different than I pictured it.

View of the city from the outside on the autovia heading in.

This one was taken with my cousin Luca's phone so its kinda shitty.

One thing though - it was different than how I pictured it. There's no fountain. And not that many towers. I did take a picture of me sitting in the alleyway that I thought would be like the one they went down, and the drain thing too, but either they didn't come out or got deleted. grr...I also got there and realized I forgot my New Moon book. I just really wanted to read the end of the book while sitting in the Piazza.

It was also kinda difficult explaining my Twilight obsession to Luca and Paolo.

We went to Firenze in the morning and ended up only going to one museum. The one with David. I'll put up pictures of that tommarow. There's one of Paolo squeezing his butt, one of Luca kissing his butt and one of me standing way in front of it doing the thumb and idex finger out and making a "It's so small" face to his "manly parts." We were so disrespectful. I also got a good one of Mr. David by himself.

Ummm that's it. Going home soon. So sad.

28 until 18

Today I hung out with my Nonna. We went grocery shopping and made a really great dinner. And we talked about everything from my Nonno to her life to the future.

She wants to take the house and turn it into an inn. It'll work..but it'll take a lot.

Then I downloaded some movies and watched them with Paolo and Luca. We watched Benjamin Button - loved it. And something else...the new one with Emma Thompson. I also introduced them to some "American Classics" and watched American Pie, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, and The Breakfast Club.

I had to explain the whole White Castle thing and how amazing those little burgers actually are. They didn't really understand the band camp thing. I love them....they loved the BC.

I think thats it. Its almost 1 am here. So awake though. Early train to Firenze tommarow!!!

29 to 18.

Starting the daily countdown.

Italy is great. I was going to put up pics, but I can't seem to find the camera. Its 2 am here. Which is late, but I'm so awake.

After I post this, I'm logging on to aim. Maybe someone will be on.

Umm what else? Monday I'm going to Firenze. So excited.

So, yeah. Thats it. Last night, after skiing, my cousin Paolo and I sat and drank bottles of wine from Nonna's cellar and ended up deciding that if we went out in public, he'd get hit on more than I would.

Hey Hey Hey

So, I've arrived. I'm tired, but awake. Its 5 am. And since I was up basically 19 hours straight on Wednesday, I was up all that day and went to bed at a normal Italy time causing me to wake up yesterday (Thursday) at normal time, but I went to bed early causing me to wake up early now. With no one else awake, I'd figured I'd make a post. Today I'm skiing with Paolo. I'm excited. We're going to Artesina, its about an hour or so south and might spend Saturday in a town near the sea.

Yesterday, I talked with my Nonna about like, everything. And then we made a dinner together and some family came over. I had fun. It was a bit of a blur, trying to understand everyone so fast. By tommarow, I'll be up to speed, and able to converse at a normal level, rather than..."Oh, mhm, si, si." I'll be able to form coherant sentences without taking about a minute.

Anyway. I haven't taken any pictures yet. Sorry guys. Camera probably won't come with me tommarow because if I fall, I could break it. And I don't want to risk that. So, Goodnight to you, Goodmorning to me.

Arrivederci!

I think I'm going to try and pull an all nighter tonight and get like 3 hours of sleep because by the time I land it'll be morning. I'll post every now and then during my trip with pictures and to make sure everyone is still alive and well.

I come back to New York..on the 15th. Its just over a week. I'm cutting out the whole getting-to-Roma thing. That's not going to be possible. I am going to Firenze and hopefully Volterra. Skiing nonstop, hopefully.

I'm so excited to see Paolo and Luca. They're probably my closests cousins and friends. They're twins and a year younger than me by 3 days. (I was on the 9th, they're on the 12th) I hope they can come to Firenze with me. And its good to be with them becuase they like to practice their English and the way they try to phrase stuff comes out so ridiculously funny. I love it.

I really want to go to Firenze becuase some of my favorite art is there. (David, for one, and several other sculptures, frescos, and paintings). And the Uffizi has so much great Botticelli and da Vinci works. Going alone would be wierd, so hopefully someone will go with me.

Umm idk what else to say. Except, Taylor, the Volturri aren't real, as far as I know. I just would LOVE to see where the end of New Moon takes place, becuase I've seen pictures, but I think it would be so cool to actually go there. I'll have Paolo or Luca take a video of me doing the "Bella" run across the piazza.

So...I'll probably post...by Friday. Hopefully. Maybe earlier.

I love excessive packing lists

Last night, sitting here bored on my laptop, I made, possibly, the longest packing list ever. I'm going to past it un after I post in a picture of the area where I'm heading. I didn't take this, I stole of off someone's flickr. But its on the Via heading west out of the city into the Alps.






Okay. So the whole copying the packing list in didn't work. So. I'm not going to post it. Here's a map: The red dot is where I'm going. Venice is in green, I'm hoping to get there. Firenze is my favorite city in the pink. Roma is in orange, and Napoli is in the purple. I hope to get to Firenze, at least for a day. Tuscany is my favorite part of Italia and I love the art there. And Volterra is nearby, so maybe I'll go there so I can see the Volturi.