8 years ago today....

Viareggo Beach, Italy at Sunset

Eight years ago I took an amazing trip to Italy to study Art History and met some of the best friends I will ever have. We spent time in Rome, Florence, Siena, Pisa, Luca, and Venice and saw some of the most beautiful country and art you will ever see. Tonight I opened my journal to see what we did today.... this is perhaps the only time I have been halfway good at keeping a journal in my entire life.....I looked back at the entry for today, it was Saturday May 25th and the 5 of us (the Fab 5) took a train ride from Florence to a beach in a town called Viareggo a couple hours away and spent the day relaxing in the sun. Its amazing that 5 young girls could find their way around a country thousands of miles away to take a day trip to the beach. One of the many highlights of the day was the ride home....if my memory serves me right we got to hear some Italian boys rocking out to Bon Jovi's "Its my Life" with their sweet stereo in the isle of the train.....it was choice. The whole trip was just an amazing experience, we had a fantastic teacher, I met the greatest friends ever and have memories that I will cherish and laugh about forever! To Keri, LJ, Lil Lisa, and Gibby all I have to say to sum up how great and memorable (funny) of a day that was is "Fend For Yourselves."