Hello everybody! Just thought I would send a little note from abroad. My parents were great enough to send me to Europe for a few weeks after my program ended so that I would get a chance to visit my friends here and because I didnt get that same abroad experience. Last Thursday night I flew into Dublin, Ireland where my friend Emily is studying. We spent the weekend there, visiting castles and taking a tour of the famous Guinness Storehouse. Monday morning the two of us flew to Paris where our good friend Sarah is taking a semester. We were lucky enough to be gifted a free weekly metro pass from someone who was leaving the country. Weve spent the week so far visiting cafés and musées. I apoligize for the poor typing but Im using the cyber centre next to our hostel in Montrmartre and the keyboards weird. Today we went to the Centre Pompidou and took the tour to the top of the Notre Dame towers. Then we climbed some stairs to the beautiful view of the Sacré Coeur. Tomorrow we will be visiting the Louvre, the Champs-elysées, the Eiffel Tower and a fondue restaurant that supposedly serves wine out of baby bottles?! Friday, we (Em, Sarah and I) are flying to the Netherlands with some other friends for the weekend. And then next monday morning we will be leaving for Rome, Italy where two of my friends are studying and have an apartment and some friends from the states are meeting us. I'm extremely excited and have had an excellent time so far. I will be flying home on the 26th of March. I hope to see you all soon!!

Love, Kara