Much of our Italian class: Kim, Joe, Jillian, Will, Maria, Madd (teacher), Me, Jake, and Adam (the "Cherubino"). Not pictured: Jordan, Zack, Michael, and Ben. I loved our class so much. I am really sad about leaving everyone.
Most of IES has left Rome. The program's official last day was Thursday. Sarah moved out on Friday. Kim and Caroline both left on Saturday. The apartment feels really empty with just me and Sonia. Our friend group is dwindling down also. Thursday night, IES threw us a going away dinner on the terrace. It was really nice but weird to be saying so many goodbyes. It's not like saying goodbye at home because very few of live anywhere near each other and seeing each other will be a little difficult. That night almost the whole program ended up at Cheap Bar in Trastevere. It was a nice full circle from the first night to the last. Everyone just hung out, chatted, got a little silly, and said their goodbyes.
Friday, to celebrate what would be considered the first day of summer, all of us (Jordan, Jillian, Jill, Michelle, Will, Kim, and I) who were still in Rome went to Ladispoli to visit Joe who lives there with his family. It's a cool city (only 25 minutes from Rome) right on the beach. We got there in the morning, picked up some panini, and then met Joe at his beach club. It turns out that the beaches are black sand! I had never seen that before. It was crazy cool. Because it was Friday, it wasn't crowded at all. It was gorgeous weather and the water was warm but swimable (at least for us Americans). Most of the Italians just lay there tanning. There was a lot of exposed leathery flesh that day. They are very intent on avoided tan lines...
Here's our final Roommate picture. Aren't we supercool?
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