One last post from Rome...

For Ashlea's birthday, Stephen and Jordan got her most of the stuff street gypsies sell in Rome. The one I hate more than anything is the bubble gun, but amazingly enough, when it was in a room with us instead of on the street being shot at us, it made it much more appealing. Anna tried to figure out the different surfaces she could make bubbles on.

This picture is from the Rome play. Every semester, the students put on a play and this year they did "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"

There's still one picture missing (because I have to get it from someone else since my camera doesn't work) of seven of us wearing "Flusche" shirts. Dr. Flusche is our art history professor and we think she might actually be a superhero, so we made shirts spelling her name. Each shirt is a medieval picture, so they all look like pictures alone, then when we stand together, we spell Flusche. We wore them to our last on-site class and she said we were her favorite class ever and that no one had made t-shirts. She even hugged us and took a picture with us! 

Well, the time is finally here... we fly back to America one week from Friday! This semester has been absolutely unreal and I'm incredibly grateful for all the memories, laughs, and experiences. I've gotten to see and do so much with so many of my close friends and that's just not the kind of situation that many people get to have (well, people who don't go to U.D.) This weekend we enjoyed our last real days in Rome (next weekend we have to study for finals) and it was very bittersweet. My friend, Stephen, and I co-designed the winning t-shirt for the semester this past week, which was pretty cool because that means we got a free shirt. I have one paper and one quiz left before finals and it is really hard to believe that the semester is really about to end. The professors, R.A.s, and our class have all been so awesome to spend this time with. It's so awesome to think of Rome in such a real way. It's definitely been 4 months that I will always remember with a smile.