...remember that one time we almost sank in the Aegean Sea?!

Well, I have slumped back to a horrible blogger once more. Time is flying here, and I hate it! We have been so busy with school work, and then I left last Friday for spring break and just returned last night. 9 DAYS with friends, freee to do whatever...this is how life should be i've decided. Here is a quick update of the past week:

SPRING BREAK OH EIGHT:

Group: Kristen, Dustin, Dex, Zach, Karsten, and Pierce
Destinations: Santorini, Greece and Lake Como, Italy

Santorini Highlights:

• Our apartment consisted of 2 rooms: Bedroom and kitchen (with 2 twin beds on either side of the table). Our host, Stefoula, brought us breakfast every morning...so basically Dex and I had breakfast in bed because all we had to do was sit up and we were at the table!
• Seeing as we hit Greece in February/March, it wasn't exactly high season. Most things were closed, but to be able to be the only 4 people in Oia looking at the whitewashed buildings, or alone on one of the black rock beaches was amazing! I mean...not many people can say they've done that.
• We ate at the same restaraunt 3 times...and our waitor that we were insane.
• It was actually warm enough to lay out (in clothes anyways)...and being a genius..I wore a v-neck shirt at the beach...and I have a big red V on my neck to prove that the sun was most definitely out!
• The ferry back to Athens (9 hours long) was quite the experience. The Aegean is known for its choppy waters...hence we almost tipped over multiple times. We thought we were going to dieeee! Kristen was on the phone with her dad asking him to wikipedia 'most dangerous animals in aegean sea' so we would know what to look out for once we sunk. They even came down and showed us how to put on the life jackets when it was really bad...aka we were scared out of our wits. Luckily, we survived, and now and ONLY now, it is funny.

Lake Como:

• This is one of the most gorgeous places I've seen in Europe. Its this clear blue lake surrounded by the Alps. The mountains were snow capped, yet on the ground there were plam trees! Way cool combinations.
• BIGGEST attraction: George Clooney has a villa here! Part of Casino Royale was filmed there. AND the house at the end of Star Wars 2 is on the lake as well! Its an attraction for movies apparently!
• We stayed in an apartment in a small town called Vernezza, and we cooked pasta every night! I've always helped make pasta at home, but this was my first time to actually be in charge of cooking...and to think it all started in Italy! How perfect!
• and the pasta might I say was delicious!
• I finished my book, C.S. Lewis's 'The Four Loves', here...it was amazing to be able to read a book of my own and actually finish it! I think that 5 days is the fastest I've ever read a whole book...I don't think thats an actual record breaking time...but I'm proud.
• The train ride back to Heidelberg was SO long and full of anxiety to be home!

But finally, we made it! I have never been so excited to see Moore Haus! Today has been fun reuniting with all my friends. It was fun traveling with different people, but at the same time I was so ready to be back with my core group of people. Two are still not back yet, and I'm SO excited to see them! 11 Days is a really long time here in 'study abroad time'. How funny is it to think that a week here in Heidelberg is actually like a month back in Pepperdine?! Only because we are always together which is not exactly the normal college experience.

Well, enough for tonight...my mom and sister come a week from today!!! I'm SOO excited, and everyone here is so ready to meet them! That is what will get me through the week!!

thats all for now, tschuss! (pictures soon to come!)