Hey if you are still looking at my blog....here are some new albums from my trip! enjoy!

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In about four hours I will be leaving in my 26 pound (50 dollar) cab to the airport to finish my journey. It seems so weird that I have been gone since December. I can't believe I am finally going home after all this time, and although I am sad to leave Europe, I feel like it is time for me to go home (until I get sick of home and want to come back). The experiences I had here were life changing, and I am so happy that I had this opportunity. And you you get the chance you should visit:

ROME

London

Cork 

Amsterdam

Paris

Prague

Salzburg

Vienna

Rome

CAPRI

Firenze

venezia

Rome

Cetzky Krumlav

Sienna 

Sperlonga

Berlin

ROME

I LOVE ROME

I went to ireland and now i think i have pretty much been everywhere in london. i am leaving tomorrow, if you would like to welcome me home...

Hello to England! I left Rome, and it was pretty sad. It didn't strike me until the last moment, when I saw six of my friends sitting in the shuttle waiting to go to the airport. Once I saw one of my very good friends, I knew it was sad time. That is the thing about how I cope with these situations, it doesn't really sink in until the last minute. 

... But, before we get to that, I want to tell y'all about my last day in Rome. Although I wanted to go everywhere and see everything I love, I could only fit a few things into my schedule. First, I went to the post office, and struggled with some Italian who could not figure out how to mail a package, how ironic... Then I went with Mindy to our favorite bakery, which was pretty much scrumptious. After that, I said goodbye to a good friend of mine, Stanely the dog. I miss Stan so much! Ok so, now we get to the sad part. My friends (Ximena, Scott, Jenny, Maria, and Kristen) went to the orange grove, a famous grove outside of Santa Sabina. This was the place we went to when we first arrived in Rome, so as you can imagine, it was a difficult moment. Then we went to the Borghese Park/Gallery/grasslands, and rented a boat on the little pond in the middle of the park. It was soooo much fun. Kristen is quite the rower. She took us all around the little pond, and we even saw turtles! Dinner was also a treat. Then I ventured on to Giacominis, to say goodbye to my favorite panini makers! It was so sad, I said goodbye, and they were all teary eyed, and I am going to miss them. We went to this restaurant that served a five course dinner, which was delicious! It was so cute because it was run by this little Bubushka-like woman,  (sp?) but she was Italian. Sh would come over to the tables and kiss them, and it was so funny. The food was so good, but it made me toooooo full! And finally, after dinner, we threw our coins into the Trevi Fountain to say goodbye to Rome and make our wishes!

And now I am in England. It was quite the journey to get here, but this is where I am, so I am going to make the most of it, and most likely keep on missing Roma! Which a good friend use to tell me....if write ROMA on a piece of paper, and look at in a mirror it spells AMOR! 

Other than my art project I am done with finals! And normally this would be the time where I run around all excited about summer, and no school, but I am actually really sad. Saying goodbye to college professors has never been a big deal for me. But, honestly I have never found out so much about a professor's life, or grown as close to them as I had here. I think in some way or another each of them have been inspiring. I just said goodbye to my art history professor, and she is just the cutest little lady! And I had my Jan, the evil teacher, final, and although I am pretty sure I failed, in someway I am going to miss his evil ways...

Anyway, I just got back from dinner at this place called Tutti Frutti. It is the cutest little place, you have to ring the doorbell to get in. And the waiter is so nice, we had him before. And he made a us a special dessert because we are leaving!!! Boo Hoo! I love Italy, all the people are so nice and so willing to talk to you. 

Ok so sorry I haven't written, but these last couple of weeks have been hard ones. Basically, I am leaving on friday. And I am not too happy about that, because I really am not ready to leave. And on top of trying to do EVERYTHING in the last couple days here, we have actual finals, which is sad and time consuming, but I guess that is what we came here to do. I love Italy so much, I have come to realize. It is an amazing place. And I dont think it is in the people, or the program or all the other bullshit, but it just comes back to the fact that this country is so beautiful it is continuously hard to accept. I can't believe the people who are unhappy here, because I dont know if they are really appreciating the country. Everywhere I look there are relationships and life and connections between people, despite the sick flashers, who I HATE by the way. 

Last night we had our farewell party. FAREWELL!!!!! Nooooo! I dont know what I am going to eat everyday when I get home, and I know I said that when I first got here, but I really did get in the habit of having a pizza a day, or maybe two. And this is not pizza like any pizza in america. This is fresh tomatoey engulfed in a mozzarella madness, seeping into the paper thin crust of goodness. No where can I find this in the states. 

I will keep you updated, pretty much this week will be hectic, but after the program I am going to England and Ireland, so ya, there is more to come!

Pace 

i am just so lucky, it is unbelievable