Updates!

Well, here it goes again. I have discovered the secret to posting on my blog; step one-turn off all firewalls. Step two;post very quickly before internet goes down. Step three-exit explorer and turn firewall back on.

Since it has been so long sine my last post, I will give you guys a breif update on what has been going on in this end of the world since my Thanksgiving week trip to Vienna.

December has been an eventful month. A few weeks into the month I had midterms for all six of my classes. Needless to say, sleep was a thing to be reminisced upon during that time and coffee was my best friend. Conveniently enough though, the last day of midterms happened to fall on my 21st birthday!
That Friday was the best pin-the-mustache-on-amanda party I have been to yet. (My roommate printed out a 3'-4' picture of my face and cut out stick on mustaches. Everyone who attended had to wear a mustache and attempt to pin the mustache on my face. Needless to say, they got farther and farther away from my face as the night went on.)

A couple days after my birthday my family arrived here in Florence. It was so amazing to see them here. We spent a few days in Rome and the rest of the time here in Florence. All of you who know my mom have heard all about it already. Ill put some pictures in a seperate post.

My friends and I stayed here in Florence for New Years Eve. It was important for me to start off the new year here in the place I an living. It was a blast.

Two days later, we took off to Switzerland!

These two pictures are of the snow we got here in Florence. It snowed a few inches and actually stayed on the ground for a few days! It was beautiful here for a while.