Monday...last week of class. It is crazy to think that it is all amost done! Finals are this week and my last chances to see anything left in Florence!! I have so much I want to do this week, but I really just don't have enough time! Today in food class we made ravioli finally! Our teacher said that it was something that was going to be hard and difficult to do correctly...obviously he was underestimating my class' cooking skills. We made them so well! We also made this eggplant, tomatoe, olive appetizer. It was interesting because it was all cooked together and a little mushy, but it was not bad at all. Then we also made fried rice balls, which were obviously good. I mean how could something that is fried with cheese and rice in it not be good? Finally for dessert we made fried, sweet ravioli with honey drizzled on top. It was fantastic...and I know how to make homemade ravioli now too! So it was another successful day of cooking today. In between classes I had a lot of homework to do for photography because I had an assignment to turn in plus a paper explaining my selection. This one had to do with landscape photos, which was probably the easiest of all my assignments. I focused my pictures on things around Florence and it turned out alright...not necessarily my best work because I don't think my teacher liked them all that much. I mean I thought he had a crush on me?! Haha guess that didn't last that long...I am getting much better at photoshop though. I can make anything brighter or darker in a picture like a pro. So that will be great to go home and make all my pictures look even better for me to use to decorate my house/room. Maybe I will share my pictures with Taylor too... :) So after class was over I raced back to the apartment to get ready for my boat trip down the Arno River that I signed up for through school! It is basically a gongola ride down the river that flows in the middle of Florence. There were 2 boats with 2 guys pushing
us along with a big stick against the bottom of the river. These boats were 100 years old!! 
It was really pretty because the sun was setting and we were seeing things that could only be seen from the river, not the streets. Although it was a very slow boat ride, it was relaxing to just sit there and enjoy the view. 5 euros well spent.
Carrie, Miyon, and I (my roommates) were starving after that too. So we met up with Liz (other roommate) for a nice dinner at this outdoor patio restaurant. We shared a bottle, or two, of wine and sat for a good hour or two just talking and soaking in one of our last nights in Florence. It is crazy to think that I am running out of time here so quickly! As much as I have loved being here though...I will say that I am kind of ready to be home. I miss being home and everyone there!! Can't believe something that I have been looking forward to for so long is actually coming to an end. I have mixed feelings about it ending, because I want to go home but don't want my trip to be over. I think it would all be better if everyone at home just came here with me!! That would be perfect :) Only 5 days left...ahhhh!!!
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