Oh travel

Ciao! It's been awhile since I've updated on what my plans are actually going to be for the remainder of my trip here.

Well, this is my last week in Perugia. I'll be very sad to leave this town and people here. This weekend has been a pretty relaxing one so far, my hard finals have passed, and I only have two more tests to take later in the week. Yesterday was a good day. Metra and I woke up early to spend a few hours in Florence. We had a good solid 4 hours in the Firenze sunshine. The sun has finally decided to grace us with it's presence here, in Italy. As a result I need to underline one thing: Italy is gorgeous! During our 2 hour train ride, I fell in love with Italy all over again. Everything is turning so green, flowers are blooming, the sky is blue, and the sun is warm. I'm so excited to be here. We were gone most of the day, and got home around 6:45pm.

Metra and I took the Mini Metro back to our apartment, and little did she know what was waiting her there. Next Saturday, the day in which most people in our program heads home, is Metra's birthday. The two roommates and I knew that we wanted to do something for her, as a surprise, sooner rather than later. So yesterday was the day. When we got home, Metra was surprised with a lasagna dinner and Nutella cake. It was such a fun time. We had a few other girls over also; we played hoopla, sat out on the Steps (more on the Steps later) and ended the night with a movie. I'm happy to say that Metra enjoyed it. I also have a few pictures to share from the evening, but I'll have to upload them a bit later.

Finally, I'd like to announce that if I ever said that traveling in Europe was easy... I lied. I'm sorry, I am realizing that it isn't so easy, and rather expensive too. The poor quality of the dollar doesn't help situation. I'm saying this because my flight home is for 2 weeks and a few days after the program here ends and my roommate Tina and I are planning on doing some slow travel. (More on slow travel later.) We have planned out a bit of our 2 weeks and it is a lot more complicated than I thought. I suppose it's just easier and cheaper when you can be based in one place (like school).

However, I am confident that I can plan this trip with all the experience I've gained this semester and I know that the rewards will be great. I'll leave it at that.

Oh and also, I opened up a much needed page in the Good Book, and it really helped me. This is what I found:

5Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;
Romans 8

Focus on God and the rest will fall into place.

I hope all is well back home.