Ciao Bella! Milan, Italy

Hello family and friends! I know it has been a while since i last updated this thing but I have been a busy student over here (with less emphasis on the student part) in good 'ol England. First of all to update you on the month of February:
Feb. 15th I went to Conwy, Wales with a few friends to see a real intact castle, cleverly named Conwy Castle. It was amazing let me tell you! Being a lover of the royal era of England it was my dream come true. We got to walk around the whole thing and see the King's chamber, the maids quarters and where th guards stood watch. It was breathtaking; it was literally right on the water (a strategic position for defense) with boats all around it and the cutest little town all enclosed in the castle walls!
Feb. 23rd I went to Chester, one of the most typical english towns right on the boader of wales. The whole city is walled and is full of fun shops and pubs. I was very historic and fun to see, however the best part of the day was when we went further into wales and saw the reminence of another castles, called Flint castle. This castle was also on the water and thankfully we had a beautiful day. This castle was literally at the end of town just all by itself, no gift shop around it, no touristy signs, just the castle in all its old glory. The info sign in front of it said it was built in the 1200s! I am just blown away at the history behind everywhere we go. All of the girls that went spent the rest of beautiful day playing in the castle on the grass. It was simply perfect and we are planning on going back. PS- Wales has been beautiful! I highly recommend it.
Feb. 28th-March 1st Kensey, Jess, Kerri, and I went to Milan, Italy! This was a big amazing, crazy weekend with a lot of stories. I dont have space to write all the stories on here but let me just say that the weekend started off with Kensey getting stuck in a bathroom (literally stuck. They had to take the handle off and call someone to break it down), Jess got hit by a car (dont worry she is alright, it is but a flesh wound), and we wound up in a four star hotel for dirt cheap after not having any place to stay. Ok so those stories can be explained another time haha. Anyway, Friday we say Milan the city which was very cool. It had an amazing cathedral in this massive plaza (shown top) which was surrounded by great statues and stores, mainly those of the extremely wealthy: Prada, Gucci, Mercedes (yes there is a store for it), Louis Vouton (sp?) and many others that were most likely a big deal but I had no clue. We planned on seeing the the last supper painting done by Leonardo De Vinci but apparently you have to book it 2 weeks in advance! So we were bummed out by that. Milan city was interesting and very cool however the best part of the trip by far was going to Lake Como on saturday. This lake is surounded by cities in the hills and if you think of Italy and what it looks like, this is what you would picture. It was gorgeous! We spent the whole day there and honestly could have spent the rest of the semester just at this lake. Anna I now fully understand why you didnt want to leave Italy...beathtaking! We ate pizza on the lake at a little mom and pop place, on tables that were just sitting in the plaza followed by real gilatto which was to die for! The day was amazing and only pictures can truly explain the beauty that was this lake. If you want/can get onto facebook I have albums of pics that you can look at to get a feel for how beautiful this place is.

So, that was my February and now I am making my way into March which is crazy beacause now I only have two months left! Where has the time gone? We have a short, three week spring break coming up where I will be graced with first Ryan's presence in London for a week, then Anna and Caitlin (my friend from high school) for the second week in Scotland, England and Ireland (I am more than pumped for them to be here!) and the third week is still up in the air, maybe Spain again? Maybe Croatia? Who knows we will see what fits into the budget by then haha. Never the less I hope that this gives all of you a good recap of what I have been up to and will be up to in the coming weeks. As much as I love it here I do miss home and all you lovely people that come with it. I hope all of you are doing great and know that you are always in my prayers, please keep me in yours as I am going to travel a lot soon. Cant wait to reconnect in May! Love you all! Let me know what you are up to as well!

Love ya,
Auds
PS- did you know that their mother's day is different day over here? Weird.