August 13, 2010

Planning is hard.

Hey Girls!
      I am terribly sorry for not keeping up the blog. It's been over a month since I last wrote and for during these last two weeks I've been telling myself that I have to tell you my new news. Effy and Cindy wrote me a couple of days ago, asking me what I was up to, and so I finally convinced myself today was the day to update the blog. There have been many reasons keeping me pretty busy such as the SAT course I finally finished today (hurrah!), my volunteer job at the library, having my family come down to L.A. (Wyatt, Eliah and Jamie, their dad, and consequently my uncle, and his girlfriend Kate), college searching and one more important a difficult reason to write about.
    Like I just mentioned, today I finally finished my SAT course and I am so glad it's finally over. It really was helpful but I'm happy I'm done with it. Now all I need to do is take it other two times when I get back to Italy, do well on them, fill out tons of applications (that include the results) and send them out to the colleges I'm applying to and hope to get it. And talking about colleges, this is exciting news, today I found out how hard and how long it takes to plan a trip. Maybe you're wondering what trip I'm talking about, right? Well, my mom and I decided to go and visit three schools I really like that aren't too far away from my family here in California. Two are in Washington State and one in Colorado. I don't know if during my trip I will have access to internet, but I think I will be able to find a Starbucks and write you. Just in case I won't be able to keep in contact, here is my College Tour Plan:

MONDAY 16th:


I leave from LAX at 12.30 am and arrive in Seattle at 3.00 pm. We will probably go directly to our hotel, dump our things in our room and wander around the neighborhood, maybe eat out... Basically just walk around and do what we want for the rest of the day.

TUESDAY 17th



Tuesday my mom and I have the whole day to ourselves to visit Seattle and I can't wait. I've always imagined Seattle as a city full of life and lights and fun things to see and I hope it will live up to my expectations.

WEDNESDAY 18th


On wednesday my we will take a train from Seattle to Tacoma. Here we will visit a really sweet university called Puget Sound (UPS), take a tour and sit in on an information session, and eat in the old Tacoma. The photo you see above is Tacoma with it's volcano covered with snow behind it. Isn't it gorgeous? Underneath is a part of Puget Sound's campus!


THURSDAY 19th


A bit before noon we will rent a car and drive for about five hours to get to Walla Walla, Washington. We will probably arrive for dinner time, eat, and go to the hotel.

FIRDAY 20th


Whitman College is in Walla Walla that, as you can see, in a bit farther away from the city, but not too far. The college is really beautiful from what I've seen but unfortunately I haven't found the pics I had looked at on the website so here is the best one I found after five minutes of looking for the damn thing. Sorry it's not great, but I'll have better ones when I really go there.

SATURDAY 21st

On saturday we will drive to the Pasco airport (close to Walla Walla) and fly from there to Denver, which is about an hour away from Colorado Springs where we will be staying. 


Because there are no tours on the weekend we will just walk around and explore Colorado Springs which is supposed to be extremely beautiful. I can't wait to see Colorado! When we arrive on Saturday I think that we will just settle in the hotel and walk around, have dinner and back to the hotel.


SUNDAY 22d

We don't really have a plan for sunday. I think that we will just visit Colorado Springs because neither me or my mom have ever been to Colorado and we're really excited to see what all the fuss is about.


MONDAY 23d

On monday we will go and see the last of the three colleges called Colorado College (original, right? ahah). I really like the teaching program they have there, but I won't go on and on and tell you about it right now.

TUESDAY 24th


Tuesday is our last day on our college tour. We leave around noon from the Colorado Springs airport, land at the Salt Lake city and stay there for about an hour.



We then take a second plane from Salt Lake city back to LAX (the Los Angeles airport).



THE END!!!

Okay girls. I've had enough updating for today. I'll tell you more when I'm traveling (that is if I can find time to stop at a Starbucks)!
I hope to hear from you all! Please tell me what's up with you and your vacations! Go ahead and write me here or on facebook!

xoxo,

         - Becky.