Travel Break

So I know it has been a while since my last week. That's because I had a whirlwind two weeks traveling around Europe with friends, living out of a backpack and dirty hostels, and then a ton of work back here in Copenhagen. I shouldn't even be posting right now. I have a lot of work to do. Had an 8 page paper due today, I have a Workshop presentation in my core class and another 5 page paper due in 6 days...started neither. Joy. This abroad program is not a joke, though I wish I could enjoy my last few weeks instead of spend it in my bed, hunched over the computer, desperately trying not to procrastinate.

Anyways! My travel break:

Prague, Czech Republic
Budapest, Hungary
Vienna, Austria
Florence, Italy
Pisa, Italy
Rome, Italy

There is so much to tell, but essentially I did a lot of eating. 'Food' would be the main theme of the trip...to McDonald's cause we're poor, to gelato twice a day...and only the exercise of walking all around each city. I did a lot in the past two weeks- saw a lot of famous dead people such as Machiavelli, all the Popes, Galileo, Raphael to some not so famous ones..aka thousands of bones piled up in catacombs from the Plague. I signed the John Lennon Wall in Prague. I went to the natural public baths in Budapest and had a massage by a hungarian woman. I went to the opera in Vienna, then spent the day lounging at the summer palace. I went to easter mass at the Duomo in Florence, then saw fireworks explode off of an elaborate cart outside it (Easter celebration). I saw Michaelangelo's David. In Rome, I saw the Colloseum, The Forum, The Pantheon, The Sistine Chapel, The Vatican and St. Peter's.

These only touch on everything I could share. A lot of it is difficult to put into words and random moments were so fleeting and amazing all at once. I can't wait to share my stories in person, and even then, most of them will slip my mind. I think it is impossible to try and remember all that happened. Regardless, I am a seasoned traveler, I would say. We train-ed all over Europe, even overnight in a sleep car (interesting). At some points, we were on the train for 12 hours with multiple connections and multiple countries such as Germany and Slovenia to name a few.

I feel incredibly grateful to have seen all these amazing things and to have shared them with friends. It really makes you realize how insignificant you are in relation to all the world has to offer. In each city, we most often ended with a sunset overlooking it (accompanied by wine). Watching the beautiful scenery at dusk was always the perfect setting in our conquering of each place, and a perfect reminder to how lucky we are.