hmm...what did I do since Tuesday? I loose track of time so easy here.
Things are beginning to feel normal - the normality being abnormal...seeing as this isn't my home. I'm getting myself around pretty well...learning the streets and where the grocery store is, where the markets are and the clothing stores...(eek).
We went on a bus tour of Tuscany this past week, the landscape is absolutely amazing. The rolling hills, vineyards, and villas lined with cyprus trees. We also visited some monastaries - which were kind of on the creepy side. I saw a monk talking on a phone which totally ruined any idea of a monk I had in my head. We also visited some small towns which was really nice. Just to see what Italian life is outside of the big cities - much more relaxed. Old men sitting on park benches together (so cute) and kids playing soccer absolutely anywhere they can.
I also went to the beach with a couple friends which was nice - very relaxing - alot of speedos and topless women though.
Today I went to a mass at a Catholic church...it was in Italian so ya... but anyway it felt very cult like to me...everyone did the exact same thing as everyone else and everything was so routine it freaked me out. I felt like I was intruding on some kind of secret ceremony. I miss church alot, which I knew would happen. There's another girl on the trip who is from Bethel so there's a bit of fellowship there but not much - I'll have to work on that. Right at this moment im pretty happy I brought all my Hillsong United cd's with me and the Donald Miller books I borrowed from Josh. (thanks Josh....if you're reading this...)
Ok so I only have one more minute left of the computer so goodbye for now...