Greetings from Certaldo, Italia!

Ciao! Hope you all are faring well. I am having so much fun its not real. I am not, however, doing such a great job keeping up with this blog. We start early and end late here, and we dont really have much internet access as it is. But I decided to come back to the beautiful hostel we are staying at here to check on my (hand done) laundry (proud, Mom?). And since it was still wet, I am now writing you. So, what have I been up to? Well, after we left Rome, we stopped in Orvietto, which is a quaint little town with a beautiful cathedral. Then we contiued on our way to Certaldo, where we are staying now. Certaldo is a beautiful quiet town; this is where our professor Linda has set up a small school for those who stay in Italy for a semester abroad. We however are leaving here on Monday to go to Chinqoutera (btw that spelling is tots butchered). That is where the "beach" is, the Med. Sea. So, everyday we get up and go to either a lesson in the classroom, or a new small town to see their cathedrals, art mueseums and try their gelato. (Jenn, I'm a gelato addict now. Do they have GA meetings?) Today we went to Siena by train. It was about a 45min train ride and its hard for all of us (25) to get on and off the busses and trains bc there are other people (tourists and locals) who need to do the same thing. We only left a professor behind today, and I haven't been left behind at all (yet). Ok, well there are people waiting to use this computer, so I will be courteous and get off. I cant upload pics yet bc it would take forever and this comp is really old and Im afraid it might crash. But you will see some eventually I hope! Love you all, Ciao! -Israel