Graduation!

I have some sensational news:  I graduated from Law School this past Saturday!!! You can feel free to add an "esquire" to the end of that. After spending the past twenty years in formal education, I have officially graduated from Law School.  Here are a series of GIFs to express how I feel about that.   Thank you to everyone over the past two decades for all of the love and support throughout my education as well as being there to participate in this achievement and celebrate with me.  Thank you for all of your congratulations as well! Thank you, Obama. And now, ALL the dancing.    Now, I have one week of...

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Posted in: 3L,English,J-Mad,Michigan,Michigan Law,University of Michigan

Last Day in Genève :(

I cannot believe how fast the semester has flown by.  Already, it is my last day in Geneva.  After packing up my suitcase a bit, I met one of the last people in our Michigan program who was also still in the city at the Parc des Bastions (or, the park by Place de Neuve on the #12 tram, or the park with the Reformation Wall).  It was such a beautiful, sunny day that we just enjoyed all of the sun and walked around the old town.  We continued through the Old Town until we passed down by the lake and the flower clock at Jardins Anglais and decided to continue walking along the water until we reached the Brunswick Monument.  I had my last dinner in Geneva at the Cottage Café, one of my favorite lunch spots in the...

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Posted in: 3L,Cottage Cafe,English,Geneva,J-Mad,Lake,Parc des Bastions,Place de Neuve,Reformation,Switzerland

Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel

On Saturday, May 3rd, 2014, I had some time in the morning just before I had to leave to go to the airport to catch my flight back to Geneva.  I had tried on Wednesday to get inside the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, but without having a ticket reserved, the line would be an all-day wait.  Even the line for tours to skip the line had to wait for at least another hour.  So, I went back to the hostel that night and talked with some people and learned that you have to do the online reservation through the Vatican Museums' website.  Go through the steps on the website, put in your email address, and print out the voucher that will be emailed to you.  If you check the FAQs, you will see that you can only...

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Posted in: 3L,Adam,Chiaramonti,English,Italy,J-Mad,Laocoon,Laocoön,Laocoön and his Sons,Michelangelo,Museum,Mythology,Pope,Rome,Sistine Chapel,Trojan War,Vatican City,Vatican Museums