By this time tomorrow, I'll be way up high in the sky and on my way back to Los Angeles. It was a strange feeling to wake up today knowing it's my last day in Italy. I'm going to miss it here very, very much, I'm really at a loss for words. The past few months here have been such a fantastic experience for me in many respects, although very different from my last time living in Italy, which was through a study abroad program. When I came with the PCC group, everything was arranged for us: our apartments, our daily itineraries, our transportation to and fro, and most importantly, we were all part of a group, so it was extremely easy for me to form bonds with others on the trip, many of whom I now consider to be some of my best friends and still keep in touch with regularly. Coming to Italy this time, however, has been quite different, but equally wonderful. On this trip I've had to plan and organize every single aspect of every single day here, which in truth, wasn't that challenging at all. The hardest part, by far, was the scholarship application process, which was something that I worked on for months and months. Yet once I got here, most things just seemed to fall into place. Granted, it was a huge pain in the ass using Italy's libraries because they have such restricting usage protocol, but other than that, everything has been splendid (although I would like to add that I'm knocking on wood right now, because I still have a flight to catch tomorrow, as well as a 30-page research paper to start working on as soon as I get back, so I don't want to count my chickies before they hatch).
Forgive me for sounding juvenile, but I am going to miss Italy soooooooo much. I love it here and I can't wait to come back. I apologize for being so lax about updating this stupid blog, but I really hate writing and therefore didn't post a whole lotta stuff. But, with that being said, I am more than happy to share my many tales in person, preferably over a beer or glass of vino.
Baci,
Meggie
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