BENVENUTO!! Hello and welcome to my online Roman journal. I am going to do my best to keep all my friends, family and fans up to date on my life in Rome through this site. In case you don't know, or in case you just don't know me, I decided to move to Rome for four months. I visited Rome during my month-long European vacation in June and I just fell in love with it. The place completely overwhelmed me - with so much history, culture, art, beauty and things wonderful! So since I had nothing better to do, and since I really was itching for a change to shake up my life, I decided to pack up my cats and head abroad. My goal is to try to write a first draft of a book while I am here, as well as to uncover some truths about me, my life, my goals and my relationships. Sounds pretty lofty, right? Well it is! Wish me luck, stay tuned and we'll see how it all turns out. For starters, here's some basics for you. More to come, I promise! leaving New York the apartment the first days the first weekend week 1 (august 30 - sep 3) dave visits (sep 4 - sep 9) the seige of troy (sep 14 - sep 22) elina takes italy (sep 23 - sep 26) the bloody incident at villa san michele (sep 27 - sep 28) recovery week: kat, marta & david (sep 28 - oct 2) my down week (oct 3 - oct 11) joe's here (oct 12 - oct 22) Cruising Greece & Italy! - picture album! (oct 23 - oct 30) the past few weeks (oct 30 - nov 30) dark profile pictures Natale photos Last Friday in Rome Season finale Also, my friend Joe, who has come to be my roommate, is contributing his own form of journal. It's called Joe's Stupid Question of the Day. Check that out for more interesting facts and random stupid tidbits! Ciao for now! -Laura Content & Photos © 2004 Laura Laytham, laura@girlsaresmarter.com.