Bucket List

[not in any particular order]
keep in mind these are things I want to do, but are not required to do.

• learn how to cook delicious Italian Food 
• be cultured on Italian wines 
• visit the Vatican (every good Catholic should, right? I think so) 
• attend a mass at the Vatican 
• see Pope Benedict XVI  [twice!]
• attend Carnevale >>> Italy's month long version Mardi Gras, except BETTER!!! 
• buy an authentic italian mask that actually fits my small face  (ended up buying 3)
• write a letter to Juliet in Verona
• become fluent in Italian (close, very very conversational)
• go dancing to techno music, european style 
• see the colorful Cinque Terre villages 
• ride a gondola in Venice 
• [pretend to]  lean against the leaning tower of Pisa 
• try NUMEROUS flavors of gelato 
• make a wish in the trevi fountain [then again, and again]
• dance in an italian fountain 
• drink italian wine in a piazza while watching the sunset  {oh how i <3 Piazzale Michelangelo}
• eat on a rooftop 
• see the Eiffel Tower light up the Paris night sky 
• find a beer that actually tastes good to me *this may never happen, EVER* (HEINEKEN <3)
• ride a bike in Amsterdam  (crash into another bike in Amsterdam)
• visit as many of the museums in Florence as possible 
• Go to the Louvre in France 
• Meet someone famous  ('the situation' from Jersey Shore.  who knew!)
• Ride and/or drive an Italian made car in Italy (Ferrari, Bugatti, Maserati, Lamborghini) 
• Ride and drive a vespa (then alex crashed it... lol)
• Battle in a Roman Arena [no matter how small the battle] 
• attend a european soccer match (Barcelona)
• kiss an Italian
• stay out all night even until the sun comes up the next morning
• watch the sunrise over the tuscan country side

NOW that I am BACK in the Stati Uniti (US)  from the lovely Italia, my study abroad bucket list must be closed.  From the list above, completing all but three of these I think is an accomplishment :D pictures and stories to be added soon

Things that will have to wait until my next adventures in Europe
[due to me not having the time to visit these countries/cities]

• see a puppet show in Prague 
• Visit the Aquarium in Monaco... (give a prince of monaco cassie's #) 
• run through the hills of Austria singing songs from the Sound of Music
• Be neutral in Switzerland
• Drive fast on the Autobahn 
• Buy something fashionable in Milan 
• Drive on the left side of the road without it being the wrong side