Back in America

Everyone - The kids have all arrived safely in Newark. After a very long flight, they are all exhausted (at least my daughter is). They left Rome yesterday at around 4:45 am. Mrs. Brooks said that some of the kids saw the Pope in Rome yesterday. They are now scheduled to leave Newark around 5:00PM. I'm sure everyone is excited to see their families!

Ciao from the Accorsos!

Beun guerno!!
We climbed mount vesuvius today!! we cant believe we climbed a volcano!! It was a rocky road getting there with Claudio and a lot of people felt sick but it got better later in the day. Everyone is great now though. Also it was a tough walk up but it was worth the wait. we were looking down at clouds! it was insane! Mr. Porto acted like he was the hobbit from Lord of the Rings. It was hilarious. Then we went to the archielotical museum of naples!! it was very interesting. Now we are in Roma! we just went to the colosseum! it was amazing! Ian made some corny jokes that Michelle got 5 minutes later. Melissa, Cara, Bai Rossi, and Porto took some rocks from it..sshhhh dont tell anyone. Coming back, Brad did his model walk down the streets for us. We got gelato like always....we are having a ton of fun and our hotel is great!!!
Ciao!
Melissa, Cara, and Christina

They have arrived in Rome!

Everyone - I just heard from Mrs. Brooks and she said they have all arrived in Rome safely!! Today they climbed to the top of Mt. Vesuvius which she said is still active! They could actually see steam coming out of the top of the volcano. They actually climbed above the clouds! They then went to Naples and saw the craziness of the traffic up close! In Naples, they went to the oldest museum in all of Italy (possibly in all of Europe). She said it was like you were in Greece since they saw many Greek-Roman artifacts. They are going down to dinner right now and then are going to stroll through the coleseum.

Again, you can call your child tonight at the hotel after 10:00 pm (their time). They have internet service in the rooms at the hotel, but it is very expensive. She is going to try to find an internet cafe so her or the kids can update the blog. They are off to the Vatican tomorrow.

The weather has been quite rainy, but I'm sure it's nicer than being here! The best thing of the trip has been the food! Very good!!

I'll update again tomorrow if she doesn't.

Kathy Miller

Hello to Katie F.

Hi Katie,
We check the blog a few times a day and it sounds like you are having such a wonderful time. I hope you are taking lots of pictures so we can see where you've been. I know you must be exhausted at the end of your busy day, but we will try to reach you tonight a little after 10 your time. If we can't get through we will wait until tomorrow when you are in Rome. Everyone here is good. Ryan is in alot of pain from his surgery, but every day will be a little better. I'll call today to see how he is doing so I can tell you tonight.
Take care and have fun!

Love,
Mom, Dad, David, Cali, and Corky

Chao Brittany!

Hi Brittany,

  We hope all is going well in Italy.  We are following the blog and wish we were there with you!  It sounds like you are busy and having a great time.  Just how many gelatos have you eaten? Please tell me that "mama-pompeii" was yelling out to you and not at you,  Ha Ha.  Your Grandma is doing well and getting stronger each day.   They are going to move her to a nursing home to regain her strength.   We love and miss you.  Tell everyone we said hello.  Remember to take in and enjoy every minute of your trip.  This is such an awesome opportunity.

Love,

Mom, Dad, Jordan, and Sadie;)

To Jenna from Chicago

Hi, Jen, it's Dad and Mom, typing from ChiTown! We were out looking at places all day and did not get back in time to see the blog and try to call you. We will be out again tomorrow, but we will pull ourselves away to give you a call around 10:00, your time, 3:00 our time. Great to hear you guys are having a blast. Miss you! D&M

Erin Italy

Hello! From Italy! It is soooo beautiful! Mountains are everywhere!!! But you were wrong! The Almalfi Coast did make me sick! Everything is sooo green! Trees are are everywhere!! How was the wedding? Friday was a long day. We got off the plane and went through immigration real quick and got on the bus for a four hour bus ride to Sorrento. And then that night we walked around until like 10:30 and we had to get up today at 6 to go to the Almafi caost, take a nice hike-feet only hurt a little, not too bad. And then POMPEII!! It was amazing. Tomorrow we are going to Capri and on Monday we are going to climb mount vesuveus and go to the Naples archeological museum and then to rome. But getting sleep and being awake as the day drags on is hard. Say hi to everyone! Sorry i missed the family! Bye!