A Day On My Own

During the last week when I was going through a hard time I decided to spent a day by myself and go see the things that I hadn't seen yet. It was nice to just be myself in this beautiful city and be able to really take it in. I was able to do what I want to do. First I went to the Colosseum to see the interior. It was so awesome to see the interior of the Colosseum I spent about an hour here just walking around and hanging out. It was very beautiful the way that the sun hit the walls. It was also fun to look in the center and see where the gladiators and animals use to be.

Florence Lookout

Our last day in Florence we went to a lookout point . As usual pretty cool and beautiful. There was a wedding going on that day... could you imagine getting married here???

The Duomo

The biggest and really only attraction in Florence is the Duomo. It's a church which held the title of the biggest dome in the world until St. Peter's church. Well it is still huge, in addition to going inside you can climb the dome itself. So it's about 400 stairs of circle staircases and very very small spaces. It was hot, long,crowded and miserable but so so worth it!! We spent about 1.5 hours and it was beautiful!! You could see the whole city and how it was nestled between hills and the river... awesome!

Florence

Ok so Florence was amazing. It was like little Rome but way better. It was less humid, less crowded and I was surrounded by beautiful cashmere, pashmina, and Italian leather. There was great shopping and great views here! Everyone who goes to Italy has to go to Florence!!

Florence at sunset and at night

I'm coming home!!

As most of you already know I'm coming home early. I'll be home tomorrow night at 9:30 Oregon time!! I leave my apartment in Roma at 7am my time... doing the math that is a good 24 hours of traveling!!! I'm gonna be tired but SO happy to be home. I have been ready to leave Roma for about a week now but now that the time is actually here I'm getting kind of sad. So I have been making sure to do all the things I love about Roma in the last two days. Tonight we are going on a "night tour" to the Trevi, Spanish Steps, and Piazza Poppolo these are all the places that we are suppose to see at night that we haven't yet. I'm gonna miss Europe and Italy but I have sure missed home also. I have been bad about updating my blog but I will once I get home, I still have Florence and the day I went out by myself to blog about. Well until then ciao bellas! Pray for me and my travels tomorrow and pray extra hard that I don't have any crazy people on my plane!! Ciao ciao.

For My Amore Eterno!

This is dedicated to my Amore Eterno. Jon thank you for being you. I'm so lucky to have you in my life and you are the one person in my life that has stuck with me through hard times and never stopped loving me or being there for me. You are truly an amazing person and I can't wait to be with you again.

True Friends?

So here is a question that I pose to you. Do true friends really exist or are people too selfish by human nature? It's said that finding a true friend is like finding a gem in the mist of a pile of rocks. Is this saying that finding a true friend is rare or too rare to exist? I believe that it is the latter. I believe that people are too selfish to truly care about another (This of course excludes family and significant others). They are only concerned about what benefits them in that moment. Meaning which person can they use the most. True friends are ALWAYS there for each other through hard times and all and even when being their friend may be hard and not beneficial to you. True friends don't pass judgment and except you for who you are and they definitely don't speak hurtful words that aren't justified! Is it too much to expect from a person a true friendship and a selfless relationship? I'd hope to think that I can do this and I know that I can be selfish at times but I really do try all I ask is the same.