The Virgin Post

So first posting here and I have decided to start blogging again for several reasons.  One, I live in Rome, Italy and now while that is not always the greatest thing in the world (I bitch about it quite frequently), I still live in Italy and it's a great experience for me and I should have some documentation of my time here.  Two, I have been trying to see the good in everything to make myself happier and if I have some place where I can catalog all that then great.  Also I miss writing and having a place to put up the photos I have taken.  So really only three reasons but hopefully this will be a prefect outlet for me.  So here I am.

This month is quite exciting for me and I am quite looking forward to it.  I have decided that March will be a good month, granted it didn't start off to great yesterday as I may have a broken toe but i'm being positive, March will be great.  I am going to Istanbul for ten days so that can't be too bad plus a lovely stop over in Thessaloniki which I absolutely love, so good things are ahead.  Also the weather has been fantastic lately so as long as this continues I don't see March being bad.  But my goals this month are really to look for the good and all the things that make me happy.  Rome can be an oppressive city at times, especially when things don't work, transportation is unreliable, things like that, but it really is quite beautiful and there are several great exhibits coming to Rome this month!  I am determined to see the guggenhiem exhibit, the Miro exhibit and the Dali exhibit!  Rome does not seem to be the place for modern art but they actually have some great museums for modern art.  So I am determined to see as much as possible while I am still here.

Not only is March going to be an exciting month but it also is one more month closer to moving home, back to San Francisco!! I am moving back in September and cannot wait to be back home and living in the city! Rome has been a fantastic experience but I am really missing home, there is just something about San Francisco that draws me in.  I went home for Christmas and I just didn't want to leave at all!  There is just so much variety and life and energy in San Francisco that I sometimes think Rome is lacking.  But there are so many things to do before I leave here so I am so excited about heading home but I also am so excited for the things I need to do before I leave, especially heading to Croatia this summer!  So many great things to look forward to, how could I not be happy!

And here is one of the songs that is making me so happy lately, Gotan Project! I love them for their tango music, it is just such a fun and classy vibe!