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church here is a church in San Giovani that I visited when my administrators came to visit.

arch Heres a famous arch in San Giovani and the immigration center where outside they had hanging both the American flag and the West Virginian flag

Here are my great grandparents' picture in a book that told about their lives being immigrants in America

This is a picture of the town of San Giovani

pompei Pompei sign at the train station

grassy A house in the village, maybe once a stair case, now covered in grass.

colums

ruins The ruins were so beautiful and stretched as far as the eye could see. I never expected this town to be so large!

flowers Flowers growing out of stones.

fresco Frescos still preserved on many of the walls

body A body that was preserved by the ash.

more colums

ruins

building

Ironic.

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 11:22am.

Heather was talking about Pompei in Intro to Interior Design. Its so cool to see real pictures. Thanks for posting and keeping us all interested. <3 Meg.

Great Pictures

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 8:10pm.

What wonderful pictures!! So interesting. I am so glad you were able to see those places in person. I know grandpa will just love that you found his family in the archive books!! He will be telling that story to many! Love and miss you, Happy Birthday, too!!! Love, mom

Hello Laura

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 04/25/2009 - 4:29pm.

Hi Laura. I was on the FSU website doing some schoolwork and saw the icon for your blog. Since this student exchange with Italy has fasciniated me, I decided to begin reading your blog. Imagine my surprise to see your name and picture and realize that you were in my third grade! I'm am so proud of you and this wonderful opportunity that you have - you truly deserve it. I am remembering that we brought foods to class that showed the countries our families came from and you brought homemade biscotti along with the recipe. I still have the recipe and use it! When you left you gave me a teacher bag that you had painted yourself and I still have that too. Enjoy your time in Italy and I will be following you in your blog. With love, Mrs. L. Swiger

Mrs. Swiger, It is so great

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/01/2009 - 11:06am.

Mrs. Swiger, It is so great to hear from you! It really made my day to see that you had read my blog and still remember me. You were one of my favorite teachers and I'll never forget all the fun activities we did in you class. Thanks for the comment! I hope you are doing well and I hope to see you again soon Love, Laura