things I've learned so far on spring break:

a) my Italian - culled from opera librettos, one summer of an intensive italian course two years ago, and eight years of singing in latin - is totally inadequate.
b) Venice's population is made up of 0.33% residents, 0.33% tourists, and 0.34% mosquitoes.
c) the BWI stop on Amtrak’s NE Corridor train is greatly underappreciated.

I'll write actual things about all my travels when I get back to Paris.

For those of you who are totally out of the loop (losers), my Spring Break itinerary is as follows:
April 12-15: Marbella, Spain (with friends)
April 15-17: Venice, Italy (on my own)
April 17-19: Florence, Italy (on my own)
April 19-21: Rome, Italy (con mia mama!)