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November 17th, 2008

“I’m so excited…and I just can’t hide it!”

Alright, as much as I should be doing my homework right now, I’m just too excited about what’s coming up that trying to focus is not even worth it! In just four days I will be flying out of Rome to Brussels, Belgium. From there, I will be taking a three hour train ride to AMSTERDAM for the weekend! As if that wasn’t enough, my best friend from Salve, Jenn, is arriving in Rome ON SUNDAY! She’s flying here all the way from the United States for an entire week! And you can only imagine how excited I am considering that I haven’t seen a single one of my friends back home in three months!

I’ve been saving up my two excused absences for each class this entire semester and I’m finally ready to use them up! I plan on showing Jenn all around Rome and exploring a lot of the things I haven’t even seen yet. Of course, Jenn will also get a nice taste of the fine Italian cuisine and Rome’s fabulous night life! On Thursday, my roommates are planning a very large Thanksgiving dinner, complete with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and of course, apple pie! (As much as I have embraced this culture, sometimes you just have to let the real American in you come out!) As for cranberry sauce, well, I had to ask mom to send that from the U.S. since Italian supermarkets don’t carry it. This doesn’t come as any surprise though, especially since I’ve learned that almost 90% of American food products do not exist in Italy or throughout the parts of Europe I have been to.

Anyways, it get’s even better! The following weekend after Jenn leaves is the weekend I have been waiting for all semester! That’s because I’m going to the one place I have been dying to go to for my entire life, the SWISS ALPS in Interlaken, SWITZERLAND! I’ll be tearing up some of the world’s most incredible slopes on my snowboard for four days over the long-weekend from school. Interlaken is supposed to be one of the most beautiful spots in all of Europe and judging from the pictures, I can already see why!

With so much to look forward to you can only imagine why I’m having a bit of trouble focusing on my schoolwork. Unfortunately, the only downfall is that everyday that goes by is just one day closer to me going home. As of tomorrow I will have exactly one month left in Europe. I can’t even begin to think about that though, despite how nice it will to get home and see all the people that I miss so incredibly much!

Until then, it looks as though this last month in Europe might actually be the best one yet! Considering this semester has been the best time of my entire life, I guess you could even say that I’m looking forward to what might be the best month EVER!

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