ROMA!

We made it! Our buses arrived in Rome on Sunday evening. Even the drive into the city was amazing. We were all looking left and right for the entire drive because Dr. Prebys was naming off things to look at one after another. Get this...I am two blocks away from the Pantheon. It's breathtaking. We all went to get pizza, and before we knew it we were walking right by it. Then, we walked a little farther down the road and saw the Trevi Fountain. It's ridiculous.

ATTENZIONE! I have pictures up on facebook from Assisi. If you click here you will be able to see them even if you don't have facebook. It is much easier, and you will be able to see more!

We started classes yesterday. I have Philosophy, Archaeology, Art History, Italian, and Mythology, along with a Lectures and Tours class. All of my professors are pretty awesome, and the classes are going to be really interesting. BUT I have so much reading to do!  

San Francesco

Today we went to the Basilica of Saint Francis. It was quite amazing. We actually saw the tomb of Saint Francis and a lot of the brothers and Poor Clares. I have been taking lots of pictures, but I just found my card reader today, and this internet is not amazing...so, I will be putting up pictures once I get to Rome. Apologies to anyone dying to see stuff.

We had room picks today. I am in a quad with  Liz, Molly, and Meaghan. We have a nice room with a double sink and all. Once again, I will get pictures up...when I get there. We still have a couple days in Assisi. Tomorrow I am going to a couple more churches. We have a brutal walk. Downhill is awesome though. I will probably have some great leg muscles once I leave here. 

Hope all is well in Indiana!

Ciao! Allie

Assisi

      View from our hotel room in Assisi.                                              Sunset.

So, I am in Assisi! We got here after about a three and a half hour bus ride. It wasn't too bad, I drifted off several times. Well, we arrived and then hiked up a mountain. It was crazy. Assisi is built right into a mountain, and all of the streets are super steep. It's been a workout! It an amazing place though. Yesterday we had a great dinner and watched the sun set on Umbria (the region Assisi is in.) Then I think I fell asleep in about ten seconds. We woke up bright and early for breakfast and then had another wonderful hike. We literally went to the topmost point in Assisi, la Rocca Maggiore. I paid four euros to go inside the fortress, and we got a nice view of Assisi and the surrounding area. We finalized our schedules and had some free time. A lot of the girls found a nice little cafe place with internet access, so I have frequented that tonight. We had another awesome dinner, SPAGHETTI! We had bread and wine at every meal (excluding breakfast.) Now, I am back at the cafe updating all of you. That is pretty much it for today, but tomorrow we split up into two groups and explore some more.

            Ridiculous stairs.

Ciao! Allie

Ciao!

Hey everyone! I am in ROME! My flight landed at 8:22 a.m. (3:22 a.m. your time.) Everything has gone smoothly so far. I sat next to a pretty cool lady on the way here, but I didn't get much sleep, so I think I am running solely off adrenaline. I have a three hour bus ride coming up at 1:30, but it's only 9:45. I found some internet access, so I thought I would let you know that all is well. I don't have much to report...my bottle of water was 1 euro and 50 cents. That's uber expensive.

I will add more once I actual set foot somewhere other than the airport. First up is Assisi! 

Ciao!  Allie

My Address and e-mail address

Hello all. The address that you can mail things to is for the hotel that I am staying at. Make sure it has my name on it, and the hotel staff will get it to me. Keep in mind that it takes approximately two weeks for mail to get overseas. So send things before the first week in December, or I won't be there to get them! And I will more than likely send you a postcard or letter back, so that will take awhile to get to you as well. Don't think I forgot about you!

Hotel Tiziano
c/o Allie Hensley (or something like this that says it's for me!)
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 110
00186 Rome, Italy

For a quicker way to contact me...E-mails are amazing too!

ahensl01@saintmarys.edu


If you would like to instant message me on...

MSN Messenger- allie_52@hotmail.com

There's an underscore ^ there

AIM- AllieHensley11

1 More Day!

My flight leaves in 25 hours! Thanks to everyone who came to my going away/birthday party yesterday! I just woke up, and now I am going to pack!