Several very low quality photos from my first trip to the Mediterranean

I believe these are from maybe.... 2007 or 2008. I have many many more pictures from this trip of higher qualities, they just aren't on my computer at the moment. So here are just a few.

Coliseum 

Michaelaneglo's David

Florence 

Outdoor market in Barcelona... fresh juices.

Gaudi

Mt. Vesuvius, bam.

Crater at Mt. Etna

Nice, France 

Pisa

Sicilian pizza!! Possibly the best pizza I have ever ever ever tasted

Pompei

Vatican

hahaha inside the Vatican... shhh this picture was very difficult to take

Oh, and apparently I went to Messina, Italy during this trip.... but I just don't remember. Other than that, I clearly remember Barcelona, Nice, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Sicily, Pompei, Florence, and Pisa.

Random photos of men I find attractive

none that I know of, of course. that would be creepy...

This is mostly a Francisco Lachowski appreciation post.

random male specimen that I stumbled upon on tumblr. who are you!?!???!!?

i will forever love gaskarth

GASPARD ULLIEL

I enjoy that male individual

THAT FACEEEEE

ok. stop.

Highlights of Last Summer

I miss the summer so much. Summer's a funny thing--you never really appreciate it until it's over. During the summer, I always feel as though I'm bored, or it's too hot, or I'm not doing enough, but really when I look back... it's always amazing. It may have to do with something we just learned in psychology the other day called "rosy retrospection" meaning that when we look back at memories, we tend to remember them more pleasantly. I'm okay with that. I love the nostalgic feeling I get about summer. I loved the feeling of having damp hair almost all the time. The feeling of the icy cool pool against my skin on a hot day. The view of the lake from my neighborhood. The long walks I took. The late night adventures. Staying up until 2 am all alone in my room, watching movies back-to-back. Last summer had a lot of firsts. It was the first time I tried pot. It was my first.... "summer romance" you could call it, or at least the closest thing I'd ever had to a romance. Went to Greece for the first time. Pulled my official complete all-nighter, watched the sun rise. Died my hair for the first time (technically tips). Went to the beach with a friend for the first time. Got my first henna tattoo. Bought my first toe ring. Felt really appreciated. All those little, nice things.

I just don't know where things went wrong

I think this photo is so cute and I'm posting this because I'm lonely and I want something like this.

I want things to go back to how they were and progress from there. I never anticipated everything going in the opposite direction, it never occurred to me that something like that was possible.
I spent so much time. So much energy. Thinking, wishing, making things work. Just to find that my efforts were useless. And the reason is unknown. I just wanted something good and I got it and I didn't take it for granted but that doesn't matter because shit happens to people who don't deserve it. C'est la vie. Things move forward, but the hurt doesn't subside.

Venice & Bari, Italy and Dubrovnik, Croatia - 2011

Rialto.... possibly the most beautiful picture I snapped on my trip.

I should learn how to pose differently.

ON the rialto!!

Venice by night. I love how you see a street artist in background.

WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF HAVING A SALVADOR DALI EXHIBIT WHILE WE WERE IN VENICE?!?! Too perfect!

une calle

you can see la lunaaaa

BariBariBari

beeeeach in Bari 

Dubrovnik!

I actually look decent in the picture, AND the water, the sand, the background... perfect.

favorite.

you'll have to excuse my terrible appearance due to my terrible posture, but the water was simply too outstanding in this photo to not upload it.

When we returned to Venice after our cruise, we visited inside of San Marco. Italian architecture proves to be brilliant once again...

Lido... a little island about 40 minutes away from Venice. Every year, they host the International Film Festival.

Pants from Greece. Hat from Venice.

mommy <3

we ate at this restaurant twice; it is literally adjacent to the rialto bridge. i touched the rialto bridge.

water taxi

Taking photos off the Rialto bridge. Am I artsy yet?

yes indeed.

Enjoying a coke in a glass bottle. Free of charge because we are Gold Hilton members and have access to special lounges in many hotels. Baaallin' :-)