roman holiday...

i was sent home from school this afternoon because of a stomach virus. 

at first i saw this as a debbie downer. but i'm turning it into a positive patricia. 

i've started an audrey hepburn movie marathon. 

started with funny face. 

currently watching roman holiday... which got me reminiscing... a little over a year and a half ago, i was in europe... wandering the streets of italy, switzerland, germany, the czech republic, france, and england. 

as i watched gregory peck and ms. hepburn talk on the spanish steps, i was reminded of the night my cohorts and i sat on the curb eating gelato... walking up and down the steps, sitting with sally infront of the fountain... watching babbo get in the fountain... 

it is still a day dream to me that i was there. that i did all those things. that i went all those places. it is sadly now, just a blur.  i so love looking at my photos, reading what little i wrote on my blog and in my journal about little trips we took. 

rutledge and i were just talking today that after we have been teaching a while, we're going back. and taking our mothers. :)

i know i never put up many pictures of the trip, so here are a few more...

 the pantheon

 the triton fountain

 licking the foot of the colossal constantine!

 the vendor we bought all our scarves from

 feeding the birds at st. mark's

 anacapri

 fiesole

 outside santa maria novella

 on top of the dumo

 first day in florence

 outside the avanti

 roman forum

 venice

 pompeii

i know these are just italy, but i've already watched funny face and i'll soon be watching paris when it sizzles, so i'm sure i'll have another flashback...