Rainy Tuesday.

Enough of that, now! I've been reading today, holding up in my room, while the world outside soaks in the gloomy downpour. It's perfect for a good book and some herbal tea (who cares if it tastes good, its homemade, and I'm still learning what goes well together). I am reading Beppe Severgnini's La Bella Figura, learning about the Italian mind and all. I'm imagining my condominio and my roommates and the noisy neighbors next to us. All of this is fabricated, of course, and my thoughts are only hopeful ones, seeing as how I have no idea yet who I will be living with or where.
I've done a bit of planning regarding the traveling Stacy and I want to do after my semester ends on the 23rd of May. Here is a rough draft:

From Rome, we will take a train along the eastern coast of Italy towards Switzerland. I have yet to decide where would be best to visit here, but when we reach our destination, we will go from there to Germany. I'd really love to go to Stuttgart and see the Black Forest, but we'll see. From Germany we will head to Belgium where we will stay with Stacy's cousin. Hopefully we will have easy access to the Netherlands from Belgium, as I don't think the Eurail goes there. From Belgium, I'd love to go through France and visit Paris. I've been to the country before, but I've never visited the capital, and though I've heard both good and bad reviews from friends, I'd love to see for myself. From France, we can catch a cheap flight back to Rome and fly out from there, heading home no later than June 4th.

Of course, I'll have to run all of that by Stacy, but the sooner we plan it out, the sooner I can change my plane ticket and feel a little more at ease. I'd also really love to travel to Ireland while I'm in that direction. I will be visiting Ben in London, after all.

26 days.