I know I've been a bit of a slacker when it comes to blogging. . . I have no excuses. All I do is eat, sleep, travel, and some school work. Well, two weekends ago I went to Venice and Verona. Well I think I described the weekend best when I wrote to a good friend from home about it in an email.-
"This weekend was a beautiful bummer. I was really sick but excited to go on our last excursion with our program and talk to my parents for the first time in a lonnnng time right before I left Sat morning, because their time it was Friday night. But as you can imagine, the only thing we had to talk about was my mom telling me about Veronica passing away. I was okay at first, realistic like I usually am. Then I sat down to pray for a sec before we got on the bus and it started to hit me. Then I had a 4 hour bus ride with 120 of my closest program friends, which doesn't mean close friends at all, and I just had a lot of time to think about it and cry, and pray. Then we arrived in Verona for the day, and you know how I am with words and all you have to do is add two letters to call the city Veronica. But it was a lovely day of site seeing and wine tasting and coughing and crying. The next day was Venice and we had a guided tour in the morning and then six hours of free time. And so there was a lot of sitting and thinking, and wanting to be home at WPC, or just back on the Internet talking with WPC people. But then something amazing happened. I laughed. I laughed harder than I have laughed in a really long time. I mean, I'm talking on the ground laughing. Don't worry, I'll tell you why. Kate and I had found this cute little side street with a canal to sit by. I sketched, she read. We went to leave and I told Kate to go down the steps to take her picture (there were about five steps, but only three obvious dry ones) ... I think you can see where I am going with this. But Kate, as I am setting up the camera, goes down the three steps, and just kept going. . . .right into the water!! She fell in!!! Completely submerged. Imagine the reactions of the people going by on their romantic gondola rides! Imagine Kate getting up and having to walk around Venice soaking wet. (She was such a good sport!) But it was hilarious. I laughed the rest of the afternoon. There is an aftermath picture, but I was too in shock to take one during. But egh, I can still laugh so hard about it. Veronica was a big laugher too. She would have loved that story."
Veronica Pomeroy was an amazing woman! She always inspired me and even in her passing she continues to inspire me to live.
So that's just what I have been doing! I had a great weekend taking walks around this beautiful city, going to a Euro Chocolate festival (I know! If you weren't jealous before ....!!!) and well, studying for midterms.
And at the end of this week I will be able to live out my childhood dream of going to Paris! We have fall break after midterms and I am going with three friends to Paris for three days and then going with Kate to Heidelberg, Germany to see one of my favorite WPC friends!
Veronica, I am truly living. Thank you!
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