so i've officially been in italy for a month. it's flying! this past week has been pretty busy with quite a workload and 3 of my best girls from saint mary's came to visit on their fall break. tuesday we walked to the vatican museums to see the sistine chapel which was pretty awesome. yesterday i went for a run along the tiber, which i thoroughly enjoyed even though i was violently attacked by a massive flock of birds. the weather here has been unreal - only 3 light rains and it has been sunny and high 70s every day. i'm even conquering the art of walking on the cobblestone streets in heels, oh, except for that one time where i faceplanted in front of the tiz and now look like i just fought in a boxing match. but no biggy.