That night we all got dressed up and went out for our last dinner. I ordered pasta carbonara, my favorite roman dish, and it was a perfect last meal! I was very upset to leave Rome but I had an incredible semester and I felt nothing but happiness that I made great friends and have amazing memories to go home with.
On our last Friday in Rome, we went for our last gelato at Giolitti’s! It was sad to walk down to the pantheon for the last time and realize we were actually leaving. It will always be m favorite place in Rome because we lived so close by!
On Saturday night we brought a few bottles of wine to the Spanish steps and had a relaxing night sitting and talking about all our favorite study abroad moments. We are all sad to be leaving right as the weather is getting nice but we are all happy to be leaving as tourist season is starting.. we had to climb to the top of the steps just to get a seat at 1030pm!
On Saturday we walked up to Borghese gardens and sat by the lake for a few hours. I sketched and molly took photos.. It was a perfect roman afternoon!
That weekend, we celebrated my roommate, Shawn’s, 21st birthday! We made her a sign with 21 tasks and the italians were surprisingly excited about helping us check them off! Apparently even in Italy they know how to celebrate turning 21!
A few weeks later, in honor of Italian Liberation Day, we had an “America the Beautiful” party at our apartment to celebrate the end of the semester. It was complete with American beer, american music and all sorts of tacky decorations! I’m sure the italians didn’t love seeing us walk around in our tshirts afterwards but it was worth it!
The following weekend we took a day trip to Tuscany! We went to two wineries and sampled some wine and cheese. We weren’t crazy about the tour group we booked it through but Tuscany was beautiful and the wine cellars were a huge underground maze!
Adding to my collection of dog photos.. I thought this picture was too cute not to post.
We spent the next two days in Mykonos, going the beach and eating delicious greek salads! The island is absolutely perfect, exactly what you imagine when you think about greek island hopping.. Our hostel was even on a little white side street! It was my favorite place by far!
The next morning we took the 7am ferry to Mykonos. It was a great way to see all the islands that are off the coast of Athens!
On our last night in Athens we went to a really small restaurant right across the street from our hostel. We had the place to ourselves with the exception of a guy playing the mandolin and we sat there for a few hours soaking in our perfect greek dinner..
For my last big trip of the semester my four roommates and I traveled to Greece for Easter Weekend! We spent our first two nights in Athens in the Plaka district. We didn’t know what to expect and we were pleasantly surprised by how beautiful the city is! We had just enough time to visit the Acropolis and the major tourist sites. The views of the city were incredible…
