La Fine.

3 and a half months,
15 weeks,
108 days,
5 Countries,
25 Cities,
324 delicious meals,
and 10 pounds later...

I am sad to say that I am leaving Florence.

Today has been a rough day, with two finals and everyone crying. I don't know if I am ready to leave, but I guess it is time to go. All my bags are packed, I bought an extra giant suitcase that I will be taking back all my extra goodies in. Today my whole host family was crying at dinner while we ate my favorite meal. I am not ready to leave them!!!

But tomorrow my American family will be waiting for me with a Synergy, and we will go get my other favorite meal...SUSHI!!

This has been an amazing experience that I will never ever forget and has made me grow so much as a person. I am so sad it is over.

My diet starts tomorrow.

The end.

My Cheesy rhyming poem about the amazing city of Florence

For my creative writing class we had to write something about going home. So I wrote this
( I am such my mother's daughter)

What will I miss about Florence you ask

Well this answer is long so this isn’t a simple task

I’ll miss Angela with her diva hair flip

Our walks to school

And our Venice trip

I’ll miss Francesca and our gym workouts

Just so we could lay on the beach in Cinque Terre and the Amalfi Coast

After eating very VERY large amounts

I’ll miss Michelle and her new phrase “and then I found 20 bucks”

Her mother’s funny texts

And talking about how art history sucks

My roomy Jillian and her contagious laugh

When trying to speak Italian at dinner, she’s my other half

And then there’s my Italian family I will miss the most

The sweetest family in the world

I still don’t understand why they eat cookies for breakfast instead of toast

My mama with her delicious food and radiant smile

I can’t believe I am leaving her and going so many miles

Then there’s Despina my older Italian sis

All of our chats about friends, boys and life I will truly miss

Theresa the youngest of the fam

Speaking such great English

And helping me study for my Italian exam

Gianco my babbo cracking funny jokes

These people have become so much more than just my hosts

Florence, I’ll miss your pasta and cheap wine

Your scenery and boys that are oh so fine

I’ll miss your baby sized coffee and all your gelati

My Italian class at the VR

And taking trains everywhere instead of driving my car

The Duomo as a guide when always getting lost

Can I stay here all summer?

How much will that cost?

Oh Florence, I am so sad that this is the end

That this is it.

The only thing I won’t miss will be all of your dog shit. 

It's the final countdown.

I have 3 days left in Italy and realized I haven't been updating my blog much..so here are some highlights

1) My family came to Italy! After a long 44 hours of traveling due to: electrical problems on the plane, broken bathrooms, and 4 plane changes. But they made it! We got to stay in a Villa in Tuscany and they convinced me to miss school for most of the week because they said that B's were good enough for the semester (I love being abroad!) We went to Sienna, Lucca, Rome, Chianti, and Volterra. My favorite day was our Chianti day because we had a picnic, went wine-tasting, and that night we got a private cooking class. I think that might be what I would do if I had to plan a perfect day for myself.

2) The play..read the post below.

3) I attended a Florence soccer game!! It was really fun to see all of the Italians rooting on their team (even though the Florence soccer team sucks.)

4) Kai and I went to Cinque Terre this past weekend (My favorite place ever!) My friend Alison came with us the first day and we went to the place I went to before with the best Pesto pizza ever made on this planet. Then we just hang out on the beach all day. We layed in the sun and the water was even warm enough to swim in. Kai and I went to dinner at a place where he ordered Pesto Ravioli and I ordered sea-bass that they filleted at the table for me. The next day we went to the Cinque Terre, or the 5 lands. My favorite was Riomaginare.

Those are my highlights. I am so sad my semester is coming to an end :(

Come you like it.

When you go abroad you learn all sorts of things about yourself you didn’t know.. well folks, I learned I am an actress!!

Haha, well not quite, but I was in our school play, “As you like it.” So how did I end up signing up for this? Well, my friend Francesca is in a class about the history of the Italian theatre. Long story short she got extra-credit for being in the play, so my friend Angela and I decided we would be good friends and do it with her. For the past couple months we have been asking ourselves how we got ourselves into this. But, the night of the play we realized what a blast it was! Going abroad is all about doing things that you would never do at home, and I am glad that putting myself out there for the school play was something I did. It was an experience I will never forget.. Pictures will be up soon but my wi-fi is too slow at my house.

Canceled Flight!

Welp..my families flight got canceled to come here today..stupid United! But hopefully there flight tomorrow leaves!! Keep your fingers crossed for me!