"Not all who wonder are lost"

This weeks highlights (Includes church update):

• Wore my new shoes and not just fell, I CRASHED to the floor and got a ballin bruise
• Went to Assisi which is the most beautiful place in the world
•  I saw St. Francis’ crypt and heard about five minutes of mass in English!
•  Left my passport in my room and missed the train, ended up having a beautiful morning to   myself

• Second train to Verona was booked for the wrong day, so we train hopped on the regional trains all the way there
• Opera got postponed an hour and a half due to a torrential downpour, which we fell victim to

• The Venice hotel lady was not the nicest, but I got reunited with my best friend! 
• Went to mass in St. Mark’s basilica and had a lovely dinner date with my bestie on the canal in Venice followed by a water taxi ride

• Had a terribly hard music final but didn't really care because I am in Italy
• Basically I still love it here but I am ready to go home

 Hort Highlights:

• On our last trip to Florence we went to two really pretty gardens and the amounts of lemon trees we saw were absolutely endless! I got to take some fallen lemon leaves and a piece of a lavender plant home with me(:
• We also got to tour an old mason with old paintings of the gardens that we learned about in class so that was very neat! 

Things I’ll miss:

• The geography
• The religious shrines and statues on every corner
•  The architecture and the history
• The gas stations that are actually really nice

Things I wont miss:

• People who are a fan of cutting you in line
• Expensive meals out
• The drivers (but lets be real, they are scary everywhere)

Things I’ll try not to take for granted in America:

• Free toilets
• Free water
• Free grocery bags

Words I’ll never forget:

• Andiamo
• Ragazzi
• Alora
• Non lo so
• Focus

Well Italy, its been fun! Hopefully one day I will return! 

Ciao!
Katrina Zekulin