so my wonderful mother, with her huge generous heart, gave me some money for my birthday to buy all my bookmaking supplies. and they finally arrived today! im so excited to start up my little factory.
pictures and books books books to come!


swimming in the mediterranean!


a day trip to sorrento.





gelato stand from roman holiday.


with the program being officially over now its time for a week of adventures with the fam.
wasnt too excited to revisit the ruins of pompei…




but it was way more fun messing around and jumping on things.

ash people!

this is ann’s reenactment of the ash people’s reaction to the volcano eruption. pretty accurate id say.







just swimming along in the jacuzzi i found.

pompei puppies.


kitchen counters turn into runways. obviously…



driving down through naples to vico equense reminded me so much of la buf in mexico. ghetto and by the ocean. but still so beautiful. i felt right at home.

our hotel courtyard. fancy.

we ventured down to the water our first afternoon.

mt vesuvius.



yay the ocean! instant happiness.

today was our last day in cortona. its crazy to think this semester is already over and ill be back in the states in just two weeks. nonetheless today was a pretty eventful day.

kiersten and i went and got haircuts from stefano. i told him he could do anything he wanted just keep my bangs kinda long. he said he liked my asymmetrical cut already so he would keep it just make it a little better. woo!

byebye hill.

byebye beautiful park.

only the beginning of the packing madness.

oliver picked us up and took us to the olive mill.






time to get all dressed up for special dinner!


oo candlelight.

fried minnows? no thank you.

kate so classy with those purple gloves.


flower children.