Over the Big Blue Ocean...

Well...I'm finally over here! After 5 years of plotting, I actually made it. On Monday, June 20th, I flew out of LAX with my friend Lauren to Europe!

The original plan was actually for me and my best friend, Jamie, to travel together...but due to recent events (specifically her marrage) she wasn't able to make it. But luckily I talked to my friend Lauren, a girl I met through PEER (Earthquake Nerd Trips) and currently is getting her Ph.D. from UCSD, and she happily decided to join me!















This is a picture of me after the long flight waiting to catch our train to Rome.

I would have to say the flight was not the most exciting nor funnest experience to go through...especially when you are stuck in the middle between two people who are sleeping the whole time--It makes it rather difficult to walk around or even make a trip to the bathroom! But oh well, we survived and easily made it to Rome. And here we are in Rome for the next two and 1\2 days.

It is quite amazing to be surrounded by so much history!