Weekend Number 1

So this weekend was an interesting one. Friday I waited for some of the girls to get out of class so we could head to the beach. We walked down there; it took about 15-20 min and we probably went down over 500 steps and i'm not kidding. Once we got there though it was beautiful. The water was crystal clear with a green blue tint to it. When they say the beach is pebble here they aren't kidding. There was no sand just rocks so it could get a little painful at times to walk on but it was tolerable. We all swam out to this lava rock, which we thought was not that far away, it was a long, cold swim. See the Ionian Sea is never warm so you have to let your body get numb to tolerate the water. I ended up cutting my toe on the rock so I hope I don't get some scary infections (i've been putting medicine on it). I got pretty dang sunburnt that day so i've been in a little pain :(

Later on that night all of the Auburn students got together in the hotel and hung out. We decided to go to this place called the Morgana Bar; it was beautiful inside but the drinks were way overpriced. We all had a pretty fun night and I decided to be the paparazzi and I took many pictures of random things and people. The night soon ended when I got back to the hotel and walked into my room. My roommate had too much to drink that night and proceeded to throw up everywhere in our room but the tiolet. Yes, this includes the floor, sink, and balcony :) It was interesting to say the least.

Saturday was a pretty uneventful day for me. It was Jeffrey's birthday back home and i'd decided since I couldn't be with him then I wouldn't do anything that day, hah. I was pretty sad/homesick all day. This is the second year in a row i've missed his birthday and I feel so guilty; even though he doesn't hold it against me!! I'm going to try to never miss another one of his, or mine for that matter again, it's just not any fun!

Yesterday, I just hung out at the hotel and did homework. We layed by the pool and ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches all day, fun stuff I know. Later that night we watched Disturbia in one of the girls rooms and then talked about our boyfriends, read the book Skinny Bitch, and just laughed about whatever popped up into our heads.

-->random insert...while on the beach friday we had multiple Chinese woman come up to ask our for massages and we'd say no a hundred times but they wouldn't leave us alone. So finally I said something I learned last summer in China which is, Boo Yah (boo-yowh) and it means get away right now and leave me alone! and i'll be a monkey's uncle if that lady didn't up and all but run away from us! Pretty interesting that I used Chinese in Italy!

So today my culture class has a little excursion to Catania, should be interesting. That however is all that's planned for my day today. Pretty exciting huh? Well until next time, Arrivederci!