This did not happen by accident..

Pienza

This town, which we visited Friday, displayed a characteristic which is quite common throughout europe. That little charm where things seem as though they just happened in a really nice way and left us with views like this, did not happen by pure chance. Sometimes people look around them and decide to take advantage of the beauty which nature has already provided. The large stone mass on the left side of the photo is the base of a church oriented towards a mountain some twenty miles in the distance. For half millenium since its creation, it has been slowly falling down the hillside.

Later in the day, our class spent approximately two hours wining and dining with our professor in a ristorante in Montalcino. The meal consisted of endless dishes of pasta, boar, mushroom pasta, and more wine than you should ever drink during lunch.

I bought a jacket. You will see it in pictures. Its awesome.

I have two soccer games later. You will read about those once they happen.

I have a lot of work to do and i am the most stressed i have been in a while.