Exactly one month to go..

Who would of thought time would fly by so quickly? I am here in Rome with everyone I met over two months ago with only one left to go. These people are not only my friends. They are turning into my family. I see them all day in good and bad circumstances. We get through everything together, everyone is always so easy-going. It is awesome how things have worked out with the people in my program.

This week has been full of homework and studying Italian, I have not been too enthused about it. We are still “internet-less” and I have to sit in my bathtub to get any kind of connection. Usually we go out and party on Tuesdays but this week we didn’t because everyone has so much work. I have been using so many euro minutes on my Vodafone trying to call everyone and figure out the whole internet situation. We are starting to finally get completely used to being here in Rome. Some of us have found the best options and places to accomplish the necessary tasks for everyday life here in Roma. People are finding laundry mats to get their clothes washed and dried since when we wash our clothes in our apartment and hang them up to dry they get so stretched out and do not fit well. We had to go all the way to University in Rome yesterday for Italian class called La Sapienza, it was a hike to say the least we left school around 3:15 p.m. and did not get back to our apartments until around 7:00 p.m. I was exhausted so I made some dinner and tried to do homework but without internet normal homework tasks are harder than you would think. Today Pat and I had a field study at St. Pietro which is where the Vatican is located. We got there and it was cancelled because today was Wednesday when the Papal Audience and the Pope have a ceremony. Wednesdays are by far my best day of classes considering I only have a morning class and then a huge break and Italian at 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

This weekend most of my friends are staying Rome except for a select few who are going on the Economics field trip for our program. Some people have others from different programs visiting so we are going to show them a good time! I have several projects and papers I should get a head start on considering I only have three true weeks of class left, with two trips planned in between, and Italians finals in two weeks.

I am unbelievably lucky to be here in Rome with all of my friends from all over the world (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, California, Indian, Pennsylvania, and any other place you can name). Today we took a bus home from my field study and it was full of Italians. We passed the Colosseum and no one even commented or looked at it, it made me realize how amazing the place that we study in everyday really is.