*Author's note: Before I begin, I would like to say that I am in no way discounting the greatness of this opportunity we are all experiencing, but rather finding a comical way to describe the feeling of being away from home for an extended period of time and that time nearing an end.
As we come to the end of our time in Italy, one could say that the troops are a little, well, low on the morale department. I know that we are all enjoying our time here, but it's hard to appreciate it when you are so close to home. Naps have become more frequent and so has the snack food. A couple of the girls have been resorting to gummy worms and apple-o's and we have taken at least one trip to the Italian Burger King.
We have begun to work on our final bout of presentations and papers, which has helped keep our minds busy as we get closer to the final day. I think it's easy to say that we are looking forward to our day in Rome which will take place on Friday, mainly for a change of scenery (and also some monuments here and there: colosseum, pantheon... Yadda yadda) We are all finishing up our gift buying: some of us have got it squared away, others are remembering last minute gifts to gather. We tackled the last of the museums this morning and will be making our way through this jungle of the renaissance up to Piazza Michelangelo to see the beauty of the skyline tomorrow.
We will continue to keep our eyes on the horizon, but only while appreciating every last minute here. No worries parents I'll keep an eye on the gummy consumption.
Over and out,
Sargent Caitie Cornelius
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