Post-Rome travels

Hey all--So, I'm just sitting by a gondola-filled canal in Venice, using someone's wireless until they kick me off! In the past week Mom, Robby, and I have traveled to Siena, Cinque Terre, and Venice. And I promise to write an actual update upon returning to Seattle, but an internet connection is pretty difficult to come across these days, so it will have to wait til then, I guess. lots of good stories though. :) Oh, and I posted my obelisk report on here, you don't have to read it, we all just had to post our papers on our Rome blogs instead of printing them out or emailing them. It was actually quite a hassle what with formatting and such.. agh. Anyway! I'll replace this lame post with a real post when I get back home, and yep--Venice is pretty sweet but oh my goodness, Cinque Terre was AWESOME. beach, mountains, hiking, swimming, bright colors, good food...basically all of my favorite things wrapped into one :)