Home

Got home on Wed. and went out to dinner with the family. Our luggage didn't make it so we had to fill our some information to have it deliver to our house. I got mine late that evening, so it wasn't too bad. I slept till 3:30 PM and helped decorate the christmas tree on Thursday. went to work on Friday, so that is good. I feel fine and not experiencing an culture shock yet:) I guess this wraps up my blog then, unless something else exciting happens in my life;) untill then,
Ciao!

2 days till we leave for home

It's Monday and we officially leave in 2 days. We had our digital gallery presentation today and I thought it went well, very casual compare to midterm because we didn't have guests. The only class I have tomorrow is Lucy's final for Italian class:/ We watched a video that Kristen had made of our semester and Caleb got everyone an Italian flag, so we spent time signing each other's flag:) Just have studying left to do and getting a good nights sleep:)

Enjoying Rome at Night

The countdown has started for when we leave for home.  Jenna, Rebekah, Kelly and I decided to tour Rome one more time before we leave. Yesterday we went and saw the Pantheon and visited Piazza Navona. Today, the three of them went to the catacombs in the morning while I stayed back because I'm been therefore and am not a fan of being underground in such tight spaces. I joined them later in the day at the Spanish Steps and we visited the Borghese as well as doing some shopping. We headed back to the convent for a rest before heading out again at 7 to Trastevere for dinner. Rome is so pretty to walk around at night, especially when there are Christmas decorations out:) Kelly and I got stuck outside because we came back before the other girls but didn't realize that it was past 10, therefore the nuns were not there to open the gate for us. This would not have been a problem as we could just call someone but I didn't have any more minutes on my phone and Kelly's phone was dead. So, there we were, two girls stuck in the rain at night. We decided Kelly would stay at the gate while I went to the Chinese restaurant and ask to use their phone. What should have been simple quickly became frustrating as she didn't speak English and I didn't speak any Italian. Thankfully there was a man who did, but right when I was going to call the convent, Kristen called me and said that she was at the gate (she was coming back from a Christmas party at the church). That brings us to the conclusion of our pleasant evening;)

Papal Audience

Today was our last excursion day before the semester is over and we head home:/ Dr. Szabo took us to the Vatican City to have an audience with the pope. Rebekah, Jenna, Kelly and I left at 7:30 because we wanted a good seat but that was pointless because there wasn't that many people there. The rainy weather might have had something to do with that. Anyways, the pope bless everyone in like five or 6 languages. Geneva College even got mentioned by name in his blessing:)
After the audience, I came back and did some homework for Humanities and Italian class. Besides that, not much else happened here at the convent. I finally get to go to bed before 12:00!!!!!! I will get pictures up tomorrow, which we reminds me that I dropped the camera in Greece and the lid that keeps the battery from falling out got chip, so it does not close now. Taping it shut will work, other then that, the camera is in good shape.