Getting Ready!

For those of you who do not know let me give you a brief summary of what I am doing this summer. I was accepted into a program through UNM to go to Italy and learn Italian Sign Language, Italian, and Italian Deaf Culture for three weeks. There were two people accepted from UNM and there are also other kids from the US and Canada going to Italy to do the same thing. I will be living with a host family during the program and in hostels and hotels otherwise. I will be traveling before (with my friend) and after (with my Aunt, Uncle and two cousins) to many places and many countries.

I am getting more anxious as the days continue. I am starting to look through my tired, old wardrobe and try and pack a few essential items I actually like problem is, I have never been out of the country before and therefore am having a little bit of a hard time deciding what the "essential" items are exactly. I went shopping and got 3 new really cute dresses to help me feel ready. My friend, Brianne, and I are going to Siena together. We are arriving in Italy a week before the program actually starts to do some traveling on our own. We are going to meet in Rome and then travel to Florence, Venice, Milan, Pisa, and Lucca. We have been researching everything there is to do and the hostels around the areas we will be. We just booked our first hostel. Check it out -- http://www.plusflorence.com/. More in the days to come! :)