Wow! Last day in Rome! These two weeks went so fast. I am ready to go back home, but totally not ready to leave Rome. Ending class was very bittersweet. We got some pictures of the class. I got pretty sad. We ended class on such a great note. We all sat in a circle and talked about the traditional Italian holidays. Then we talked about all our traditional holidays. All in Italian! We had so much fun just talking. I think our teacher enjoyed herself very much. Eve...

Almost done with school! Today we received our certificates of completion. They look super official. I am very proud of working on learning a new language. I really did enjoy my time in the class. Very quickly after class we had to leave for Vatican City because the museums close early. I did not know what to expect with this. Jeremy joked that he and I had a time limit to how long, us Lutherans, were allowed in the Vatican. It was weird thinking that we were ent...

More school. Definitely getting a handle on understanding. I just never know what to say! But Max had said that verbalization is the last part of learning a language. Through school we have met some really nice people from many different countries. It was such a great opportunity to meet some really nice people from all over. Today was beach day! We were all so excited to go to the Mediterranean Ocean, I mean Sea! We kept accidentally saying Ocean. I think it's ...

This day started a heat wave in Rome. Before our cooking class we had an appointment at the Borghese gallery. We could have used a nap, but Max was so excited that we wanted to go. This was an amazing gallery of Bernini statues. Thankfully I stuck with Max who explained a lot to me. Bernini was a very Baroque artist. It was amazing to look at the statues and remember they were made out of marble. There was a woman on a bed and the pillows/bed looked comfortable. ...

Another start to school. It was hard to readjust the brain back to school thinking. For lunch we went back to the yummy Sicilian place and ate at our flat. I was able to Skype mom before we moved on to our next tour. Baroque Rome. I had heard a lot about the Trevi Fountains, but really didn't know that much. First of all Baroque is characterized by movement and action. Bernini is a very popular artist from this period. Boromini was another popular artist. Through...