Arrivederci!

Dinner at Palazzo Ranucci on Thursday with LDM

GIORDANO!  My cooking professor.  The last thing he said to us, "Don't stop cook.  Ever."

My new sister, Oleania!

Throwing my coin in the fountain!

Last time at the Caffe del Duomo

Last gelato from Bar Falleroni

API Farewell Dinner

Well it is officially time to say goodbye and leave Tuscania (in 3 hours and 38 minutes but who's counting!).  Tonight was the farewell API dinner which was a wonderful time.  After dinner, we went to Piazza San Marco where there was live music and a big party tonight.  We spent the night all together, and didn't want to leave!  We said our goodbyes, took a ton of pictures, and I walked home down those cobblestone streets for the last time.   I am all packed and ready for the day of traveling tomorrow (or today actually haha).  I will leave Tuscania at 5:45 am, and my flight to Chicago is at 10 am, and after about 11 hours in the air, I will be back in Illinois.  I haven't said goodbye to my host family yet, because I was gone all night and they said they would see me off in the morning.  Not really looking forward to that, because they have been absolutely wonderful.  They really do feel like my second family! When I was in the park this morning reading through my journal and reflecting on my trip, I made a list of things I was going to miss, and things that I loved about Italy/Tuscania.  More than half of that list are things relating to my host family.  I could not have chosen a more perfect host family.  I would not change one thing about my experience here, and if I could I would relive it all over again.  I'm am going to miss the students, my host family, the language, the food, the city of Tuscania, traveling, and just plain being in Italy.  I haven't even left yet, and I already cannot wait to come back!