December 14th

Done-zo, I have finished up the semester in one big bang.  There is so much that I have done these past few months, I feel like this semester went by so fast, but then I recall the things I have done and the places I have been, and I am confronted with contradicting evidence; this semester went by in one graceful and epic crawl.  I've been from the arctic circle to the Alps, from glacial mountain lakes to the Mediterranean sea, I have fought and I have loved, I have danced and I have stumbled, I have made friends, enemies, acquaintances, admirers, and mentors.... and I am only half-way through.  My life is an illuminated manuscript and my journeys and encounters are the inks to which my story plays out. 
Melodrama aside, here's my artwork through the semester:

Here are some snapshots of the places I've been to:

Bologna

Modena

Como Nord Lago

Menaggio

Finale Ligure

Genova

Portovenere

Viareggio

Valpolicella

Carrera

Verona

Venezia

Monterosso

Roma

Stockholm

Siena

FLORENCE

And here are some of the things I consumed:

 

An average breakfast.

Well that was sort-of my best-of segment there, I've got to go cook dinner with my friends so I'm headed off.  I'm off to Paris on Friday and Switzerland on Monday, I'll get back to you guys over the break.  Happy holidays.  Also best wishes to my friend Peyton, he was hit by a car this past weekend and was in critical condition, the doctors report that he will have a quick and full recovery.  Get well soon Peyton, you'll be back to bruising in no-time.