Help ive lost my spaghetti!

so the beach was fantastico! it wasn't destin but come on it was the mediterranean! it was so nice to be outside the city for a while, and although there were still a baszillion people out there, it wasn't as push and shove and fast pace as the city.. we are definately going back whenever we can. The subway ride there was interesting-i thought the new york subways were scary but they have nothing on these roman ones.. today we went to the Vatican City.. we waited in like for like 2 1/2 hours with about 10,000 other smelly tourists.. the painting gallery and the walk through the rooms until we got to the Sistene chapel were awesome. I saw a lot of things that i learned in art history this last semester and just seeing things that are so old is really cool. The Sistene ceiling was gorgeous-- there were like a freaking million people in there but i got my view! we finally made it out of that madhouse and got a little pizza and jess and i found our way back without the group cause we got separated.. but i must say we felt accomplished making it home alone! i got to use some of my fresh veggies from the market tonight.. i made some amazing pasta since we missed out on the group dinner.. oh well, i love to cook and when you have such good produce.. why the heck not! tomorow we are going to the rose gardens and having pretty chill day since today was a marathon of craziness. Jessica and I are doing splendid- enjoying the beautiful weather and trying to comprehend that we are actually here doing this! on another note yet one of more importance God has been slowly teaching me about his varied grace.. as i read in 1 Peter 4 today. each person has something to teach you whether they are a believer or not. i have met some pretty sweet people from my university and getting to hang out with them is a blessing. not a whole lot of them are believers but even though they lead differnt lives than me, i can be richly blessed by their character and share in their lives as they teach me more about myself and more about my Creator... ok well my battery is dying since i have to come down to the lobby to use this thing.. but i will write more later.. keep joyfully serving and ceaslessly praising our awesome God.. love you all so so much! -- amore