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Dominating in Ultimate frisbee!! (Tuscania)

Brit, Me, and April in front of the Trevi Fountain (Rome)

3 cities students at wine tasting/dinner (Tuscania)

Me and my roomate Dan traded clothes for a day!

Me trying to catch a pidgeon (Rome)

things are going great!
its been nothing but school this week. big papers to turn in. but ive gotten some site seeing in!
im looking forward to this weekend thogh. halloweens gonna be crazy! idk wat im gonna be yet??
theres a girl from hawaii whos studying in florence who i met through facebook though a friend...anyway shes never been to rome so im gonna take her around n get some site seeing in for myself at the same time. then in a couple weeks wen im in florence shes gonna take me around! its a 2way street!
next week is our last week in rome. which means finals! but im really looking forward to our break which comes up the week after, im going to barcelona and madrid, spain.
then school starts in florence!
im really looking forward to travel after school. paris, dublin, london, amsterdam, berlin, and munich!!! then its back to portand :( hahanah, im gonna be sad. but im really starting to miss hawaii and nao and the fam. i get back the 26th, theres a Blazers game on the 27th against toronto that id really like to see! i know kelley wants to go, but hopefully i can drag grandma youngberg along with me! i talked to grandma the other day, n she told me all about her new dog! im happy for her! good to hear from you aunt cindy!! hope to see u all soon!
cory

we had our midterm yesterday (thursday, 24th). im pretty confident that i did well! not only do i stay awake in the 2 1/2 hours of class, but the material we are covering in class is really interesting! we are learning the history of the time periods between the late roman empire and the early renaissance! we also have some papers due in the near future. one paper im writing on the BLack Plague, and the other on a church that we took a class field trip too. The weekends have slowed down. more studying and site seeing, less party time. we get all excited wen we go new places, but its nice when things start to settle down. for my next break in early november, im traveling to Barcelona and Madrid! i have a friend from hawaii who will be there during that time, so ill get to meet up with him, his name is cory as well, and we can see the world!
on sunday im going to the vatican ealry in the morning. every last sunday of the month, its free admission and the pope comes out and walks around! then im going to a soccer game! the feature match of the year between the two rome rivals: lazio vs. Roma.
its like the civil war when these two teams play. very serious buisness here...
i bought my ticket today, and they came with brass knuckles ;) kidding.
anyways, all is good. ill give you an update soon (if im still alive after the soccer game)!
feel free to comment on the posts, love to hear from you!

Class trip to the The Forum and The Colosseum

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the four stooges, silly pic...

Cory inside the Colosseum (its 10 times bigger than it looks in pictures!)

in front of what used to be a huge church

class trip in The Forum

Tossing the frisbee around with Dan in front of the Colosseum

Settled

WOW,
it seems like the past few weeks have been nothing but GO-GO-GO! i guess thats what you must expect from a huge city like Rome...
school has been much more relaxed this month, however, we have a midterm on thursday, not even 2 weeks into class!! A 1250 word essay due next week, 5000 due the next week on top of a final, and 2500 words for our research project!! you get the picture...
however, i have gotten a chance to do some things ive been wanting to do. ive gotten to see the colosseum, the forum, pantheon, trevi fountain, etc. and got to travel back to tuscania and viterbo this past weekend because the italians had a birthday party for me! one of my friends, marco, who lives on a farm, slaughtered one of his pigs and we roasted it! everyone came and we told stories n drank wine and had a really good time!
i found out that i have internet in my house. well, not in my house but outside the window! so me and dan set our computers up in the windowsill and sit and type right next to each other!! its great because usually i have to go ALL the way to school to use internet which is a huge drag. transportation in rome sucks! it takes me 20 minutes to get to school! i have to walk 5 min to the metro, the a 10-12 min metro ride, and another 5 minute walk uphill to school. then walk up 3 flights of stairs! life sucks huh ;)
anyways, i better get started on those essays!!
ciao

Trip to Naples, Sorrento, Capri, Positano, Amalfi, and Salerno!

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Me and Brit in Capri

Walking to out bed&breakfast

Capri sunset

Capri

Positano

Streets of Naples

drinkin' a Heiny in front of a massive castle (Naples)

museum in Naples

on the ferri to Capri with Mt. Vesuvius in the background...

en route to capri

Pics of Rome!

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3 cities students: April, Me, Amanda, Gabby, Dan, and Elizabeth

me, dan, april, and brit rented a 3 person bike and bombed all the hills!! this is us in front of the momument of victor manuel!

me in front of the famous Forum!

my favorite place, The Colosseum...

St. Peters basilica

Rome

Ciao everyone!
i have arrived in rome! its crazy here nothing but go-go-go. i got here on friday, and am rooming with dan again. we have an apartment in the ghetto. to get to school i have to walk to the metro, take the metro 8 stops to barbernini, then walk 5 min to school! kinda of a drag. however, once in the the center of the city, everything is within walking distance. the colosseum is my favorite! :) iv seen the pantheon, trevi fountain, the forum, the ancient roman ruins, mostly everything! i still havent seen the vatican...
the nightlife is rediculous, so many people from all over the world. ive met so many people and students.
this week is our one week off from school. ive been taking in rome but tomarrow (thursday, 9th) im traveling solo to naples. im gonna visit pompeii, sorrento, capri, and the amalfi coast, which is supposivley some of the most beautiful scenery in the world!
my new address here in rome is:
Cory Enriques
Lorenzo de' Medici
Via XX Settembre, 4
00187 Roma-italy

and i still have my phone: 320 199 2452
(if calling from the states you must dial 0039 before my number)

hope all is well!
cory

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Marco driving the tractor full of freshly picked grapes!

Cruisin by the river...

View of Tuscania

Students in front of the Etruscan tombs.

Melissa with an armful of grapes!

ROME on Friday! Here we come...

I thought study abroad classes were supposed to be easy??
no so much...
i just finished one of the most stressful days of my life. this past weekend i wrote a 2,500 page page for my history class on the colosseum, a 1,000 pg paper for my research paper on art in the middle ages. on top of studying for my italian language test and history test, AND preparing a presentation on my paper!!!
but...its over now!! thank god!
tomarrow is my last day in tuscania, before we head to rome. the school culinary class is hosting a farewell dinner for us. and my roommate and i are hosting a toga party tonight!!
tomarrow i plan on going to some of the places around tuscania that i havent been yet to take pics n wat not. also, tomarrow is our last day of ultimate frisbee!! its gonna be the grand finale!
once we get settled in rome, we have a one week break so i think me n april are gonna travel down to pompeii, naples, and into sicily!
this past weekend, we got to go to a freind (marco's) farm to pick grapes from his vineyard. it was an awesome exxperience! also the family cooked up a huge lunch for us! we then went to the river and to the etruscan tombs!!
hope all is going well!
ciao till next time!
cory