If only I could have stayed. In March of 2008 I went on a tour of Italy with my school. It took a lot of time and many fundraisers, including cleaning up the garbage at the Craven Jamboree,  in order to go on this trip but it was well worth it. Italy was a place full of many interesting places and people. Venice was amazing. It was my favorite place we went to and I have to say going on a gondola ride was probably one of the biggest highlights. Throughout our week adventure we visited Venice, Florence, Siena, Rome and also many other places along the way. In Rome we got to see many things like the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and many of the other huge attractions. To this day I still cannot believe that I was able to witness all of these sites and I don’t know how many people have seen the movie Jumper, but it came out after I went to Italy and during it the guy goes to Rome and goes to many of the places I went. It was crazy to be able to say I’ve been there. I hope that someday I will be able to return to Italy and do some touring of my own.