Ciao Roma

This is it. I'm sitting in my apartment for the last morning. I still refuse to accept it.

I cleaned out my cupboards and managed to pull together a pretty impressive breakfast.

And I stuffed my life into two suitcases and a backpack. Barely.

I didn't mind saying goodbye to this extremely uncomfortable bed.

I even remembered to thank our cleaning ladies who put up with six girls' messes!

Last night, we had a big dinner at Tony's with the crew! It's impressive that I think all of the AUR study abroads packed into one restaurant in Trastevere. Wine, bread, calamari, pasta, & tiramisu, helped us to drown our sorrows of saying goodbye! People with early flights left throughout the night as we all hit our favorite places in Campo dei Fiori one more time. It was a great and terrible night at the same time - so bittersweet. I hate goodbyes.

I'm the last of my roommates to leave, as I am incredibly lucky and will be joining up with a Topdeck tour of Eastern Europe in about two hours. Going it all alone, I finally can confidently say that I'm not nervous or scared, but so very excited! Meeting people from all over the world will be awesome and the places I'll explore with them are going to be unforgettable. After surviving and enjoying four months in Rome, I feel pretty ready to take on just about anything. So bring it on!

To all the friends I hugged last night, thank you for making this an absolutely amazing semester. To all the people I'm about to meet, I can't wait to make more memories with you. To all my friends & family at home, I'm looking forward to seeing your faces again.

Ciao Roma, I will return :)