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blah... homesick...

Well I survived my first Christmas and a New Year in Italy. I didn’t get to travel this break like I wanted to, mainly because the cost of traveling dramatically increased and a cold front set in all over Europe and has been snowing heavily throughout Europe.

My University

All of my friends that I talked to on facebook and on AIM ask me to describe the university so I thought “maybe I should write a blog about it.” So I will.The Universita della Calabria alla Arcavatita has about 47,000 students and offers a wide variety of courses, degrees, and sports. The campus is about 2-3 miles long. The university is actually along the sides of a bridge.

Into the volcano

so this past tuesday a friend and i decided we needed to get out of cosenza for a few days. so we researched a few cities and we chose to go to Pompei.

 For a small history lesson... in 79AD a local volcano erupted entombing the ancient city in dust. killing more then 4,000 people. The last time pompei erupted was in 1944. class dismissed. 


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