The north sea is a viscious rain drenched sea

SO today it is raining agian but we are going down for skydiving tickets. in two weeks i will be screaming out of a plane strapped to some swiss man. (no doubt i will yell something manly). I got a letter from ashley and my grandmother and aunt. it was an exiting day. We dont get supper tonight but there is talk of supper at the bar. The have buffalo wings, that would be amazing! The chamber singers will be in Marseilles next week and i am going to hope a train to go see the people from school. Well that is all for now. Peace


-Eldon John Vaselaar

"Though all the world stand against you, let hope reign supreme!"

There and Back again, on holiday with Eldon

So our political science class was cancelled. So i had a free day today and decided to do something crazy, If you are thinking that I walked to rome and back you are off by a couple hundred miles. But i did walk to Florence and back from Fiesole. This was an interesting adventure because i took the wrong road down which ment i came out in another part of florence but by following bus signs i made it to a central place called Le Cure where i had been before and managed to make it to San Maria Novella. There i took a pit stop and then went to the McDonalds because i was famished. After fueling up i wandered into Edison book store to find myself a cook book. I saw a few good ones but will wait till later to find what i am looking for. Then i wandered down by Santa Croche and the Arno. Following this journey it was about 2:3opm so i went to the Duomo and rested a bit, then back to the station for a pit stop and back up the hill. The way up was quite a work out and now that i am back in villa bonelli i will need to go shower soon. however. i did walk up faster than when i walked down. no doubt due to taking the right road this time. It was a thrilling day. Yesterday we went to the Fiorentina Lazzio game which was intense. all the Lazzio fans were sitting in a caged area chanting things that i can only assume were not very nice. but the Fiorentina fans responded with a multitude of gestures that were the equivlent of the middle finger. Fiorentina won 1-0 and that was cause for celebration. the Lazzio fans could not leave until all the rest of the stadium was empty. (for their saftey). When the Fiorentina scored all the fans ran up to the cage to taunt lazzio. it was incredible.

-Eldon John Vaselaar

"Though all the world stand against you, let hope reign supreme!"

Gloria! Gloria! In Exclesis Deio.

So me and Betsy went to mass today in the Cathedral in Fiesole. It was an exciting time since there was singing, (i recognized one of the songs) and we had mass books so we could sort of follow along. Betsy did better than i did but its cool. I am working on a special suprise for people in the secret recess of my mind. we will see how that turns out. Today we are going to see a soccer game. I hope i am wearing appropriate attire although if i get my butt kicked i guess i wasn't. Its raining again but not hard and i hope the rain subsides by 1pm. Most of the Guys are stilll asleep. I spent yesterday wandering around Fiesole a bit. I walked into what i thought was a park and some guy opened his window and just stared at me so i left in a hurry. (I hope i was not trespassing. but i did nto see any signs.) I contiuned toward the caves of davinci but decided that was a trip for another day. We went to Etrusca last night and had a blast. It is so amazing here in Fiesole. There is talk of Pisa one of these days but we have a few midterms this week....blah. but it will all be good. Once again Peace out my compatriots.



-Eldon John Vaselaar

"Though all the world stand against you, let hope reign supreme!"

and the Seas rose in fury at the slaugther of the Teleri

Okay so we went to Siena yesterday and I got to see more dead people which is incredibally Amazing!!! Incorruptable is awsome. We saw some really cool churches and i got a picture with John Paul II. See if you can figure out how........ It rained most of the day. Althougth we went and ate at a cool pizza place. which was delicious. We talked about golfing with BOb at supper and it sounds like it is about 25 euro to put your name in the lottery at St. Andrews to play on the old course. the whole rental is cheaper than most american courses. So I might have to check that out. Overall the trip is amazing so far. There are tons of cathedrals and i saw the best pulpit ever yesterday. All Hail Italia! More rain today and tomorrow soccer.



-Eldon John Vaselaar

"Though all the world stand against you, let hope reign supreme!"

Full Steam A Head!

So last night we went out for Jill's bday and me and jill and bailey sang piano man:) i love singing. I also had the unforunate occurenc of sitting on a chocolate bar for 4 hours and when i got up and saw the chocolate on the sheet i had to ask joey if I had chocolate on the butt region of my pants. I did. so my pants are soaking now and i hope i can get the stain out. I got to talk to Ashley pecholt last night and we are going to be valentines along with our cats. YAY! haha. Today we went down to florence and were able to get tickets to see Florence vs. Latium. It will be exciting that is this sunday. We are goin to pisa saturday. It will be our first adventure without bob. Wish us luck. I also got a letter from Grandma Jeannie. That was amazing!!!!! We have midterms next week except in politics where we will have two more classes and then the final. I discovered Dr. Horrible's Singalong blog thanks to Bethany. It is addicting. Well, despite the rain i am in high spirits.

Peace Out

-Eldon John Vaselaar

"Though all the world stand against you, let hope reign supreme!"

Batten down the Hatches Secure the Main Mast All Eyes into the Gale!

So here we are in Italy and once again stuck inside as rain pounds on the windows of Villa Bonelli. Of course it has to rain. always raining. But my spirits are up. We celebrated two birthdays last night and will be celebrating again tonight. We get to go to seina on friday and even if it rains i will have fun. I got to talk to bethany last night and she was glad to see the rain. Haha, i love my friends. All of them. We keep learning more about italian culture such as the waiters are more mean than in america but so far they have all been nice to us. Classes are going well. Tomorrow i have an extra class because it was moved from monday but just this class. Soon it will be mid terms. I hope all is going well with the folks at home.


-Eldon John Vaselaar

"Though all the world stand against you, let hope reign supreme!"

Kyrie Leison

Hey All! So i just got comfirmation from the vatican and me and two friends get to go on a scavi tour which is a tour of the catacombs beneath St Peter's Basilica in april this year. It will be an amazing experience, i will also take this time to say Rest in Peace to my good friends Fern Bickett and Lauretta Schiedt both residents at Sanford Adrian Care Center where i am employed. They will be missed. Yesterday we took a day of relaxing after a fun night. Me and Betsy went to mass at 11am at the franciscan Monestary. That was AWSOME! there was singing and even though it was in italian we did alright. A few of the guys and some of the girls went down town to watch the super bowl. We stayed for the 1st half and got to watch the 100 interception TD return. amazing. I also got to talk to two girls from the united states who are also studyng here. Their names were Kelly and Maria. Kelly is a history major. I had such a good time. Although when we got done at 1/2 time and left there were no buses and it took forever to get a taxi. Last time i am down in Florence after 1am. Anyway, I hope all is well at home.

Peace Out

-Eldon John Vaselaar

"Though all the world stand against you, let hope reign supreme!"