“Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”

J.K. Rowling said it best, and today those words are especially poignant. Today I am leaving Rome. It's a sad day. As I have written before, I've come to know Rome as my home-away-from-home, so it is tough to say goodbye.

Mary, Laura, and I are going off on a big adventure. We're traveling Europe by trains for 15 whole days! We're starting off in Vienna and Budapest and making our way to Paris. Then we're heading all the way around the continent and ending Florence. Then we come back to Rome for a couple of hours and go our separate ways. Mary's going home and Laura and I are going to see Roberta in Ireland.

I'm going to continue to write about it, but I might not be able to update my blog quite as regularly. I'll be back to work as soon as I get in Ireland. So stay tuned, I'm sure I'll have so many more things to tell all of you about!

Wish me luck!