another blast from the past

this was i think by far the best summer i`ve ever had. no enlightening moments like in japan; it was just crazy, fun, embarrassing at times, but always unforgettable...i learned alot about intl law, italy, people in general, and myself.

I had a great birthday. no bachlorette party or night club or anything...just a long dinner party then barhopping...we (read i) was drunk before we even left the restaurant to go to any bar (italian white wine gets me everytime) and then people were buying me all kinds of birthday drinks. i was so wasted by the time we got to the 3rd bar that i ended up walking home with this blue-eyed boy and fooled around for about 3 hours...sike! hahaha. D`s more than enough for me ;) My roommate didnt have such a great birthday because of some stupid boy she has this crazy crush on so the next night we had a girls` night. also this was my roommate`s friend`s last night in rome...first dinner at this great restaurant across the street from the residence and lots of house wine and pasta and seafood. then to one of the apartments with A/C where i tried some hash and we just played cards, listened to music, male-bashed for a little while (not me), drank more wine, smoked more hash...then 2 of the girls went on this secret mission and left for a few hours and 2 boys crashed the party (i told them they werent invited a few hours before) but they were fun so we let them stay...one of them made us a bong thingy for the hash.


2 days later we (the good girls and i) left for venice...almost missed the train because one of the girls didnt bring her reservation number and had to wait in this long line about 15 minutes before the train was departing...2 of us were on the train 5 minutes til departure and the other 2 were in line; i remember calling saying we`re getting off the train and we`ll just take the next one. but they made it on the train just before it started to pull off. turns out all you had to do was tell the conductor your seat number and poof your name appears on her pda and she prints out a ticket for you. Venice was amazing...i wish we had stayed longer. our apartment on the outside looked really sketchy and we were all worried because of our not too nice island apartment 2 weeks before...the front entrance looked like it would just crumble at any moment...old exposed brick and not in a good way. but once we went upstairs and opened our door we were all very relieved to find a very modern, fully renovated apartment with pretty much everything but A/C. We were all having some problems with the skeleton key locking the bathroom door the first night, and then the next morning i woke up because i kept hearing this jiggling noise. and I.O. was locked inside the bathroom. finally got her out after about an hour (maybe it was closer to a half hour, but it was still long, cause i took a couple of breaks to let the 2 other girls try to get her out). Didnt lock or shut the door after that.

And lots of other crazy adventures during those 6 weeks. Cant wait to go back!