Couch Potato

Hooray! We finished our project!....Um, I don’t really have anything else to say about that.

This weekend I’m going with USC to Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, so don’t be disappointed if I don’t blog this weekend, I’m not sure if I’m going to bring my computer. One of the best things about this semester abroad is that is has helped me become acclimated to the world around me. I don’t feel so estranged being in London, and I don’t feel very apprehensive about traveling, this weekend, to a remote English town with a group of USC kids I hardly know. I’m very happy about this sense of ease with my foreign situation, and I hope I can bring it with me when I travel in Italy next month.

Tonight I was looking at hostels online in various cities in Italy (my itinerary is very vague, possibly nonexistent, at this point) and found none cheaper than 20 US dollars a night. I’m pretty disappointed by that, but I’ve been mulling over another option. There is a website called Couchsurfers.com which serves as a database for travelers and people willing to take them in for a night or two. I’m pretty apprehensive about the whole process right now, but I feel like this would be the way to travel. I would make lots of friends and save money. So right now I’m mulling it over, but I think in a week or two I may start emailing people in Italy and setting up some sweet couch contacts for my trip.