So I'm writing this a few days after I've been home because I've been so busy I haven't had a time to do this yet! I know I should probably take more time to write this one but I'm afraid it's probably going to be pretty short because I'm a little "blogged out" (imagine that!)
Anyways, the last two days of the trip we were in Rome, Italy. I'd been to Rome before for a week so thankfully I didn't feel too much pressure to go see things because I'd already seen it all and I'm so thankful for that because I was so exhausted at this point in the trip and honestly so ready to be home that I just didn't have the energy to go go go like I had been!
On day twenty seven, we were pretty much just traveling to Rome then I had to nap because I was absolutely exhausted.
On day twenty eight, a few of us went to The Vatican and coincidentally the pope was speaking that day so we got to hear him speak! How cool is that? Then we went to the Colosseum and to see some of the Ruins, then we went to dinner, and then the Trevvi Fountain that night. The Trevvi Fountain was my favorite place from my former Rome visit so I wanted to make sure I made it back for that.
Then that was that and we flew home on a 10 hour flight the next day and I was welcomed back into America by Austin, Mom, Dad, and Betsy at the airport!
My first meal of choice back in the States? Chick-fil-A of course :)
I cannot describe how amazing of a trip this was. I feel like it grew me as a person so much just in my independence, my appreciation for history, my appreciation for America, my knowledge as a marketing major, my ability to work and deal with people, and so many more ways. I know this was the opportunity of a lifetime and I'm so thankful to Berry and my parents for allowing me to experience it.
It was definitely hard to be away from home for a month, I'm not going to lie, but it was a great feeling to prove to myself that I could do it. There is no doubt in my mind that this trip changed me for the better and I recommend it to anyone who is given the choice to do something like this. Getting to see sights I'd dreamed about my whole life was just the beginning of it.
I will never forget this INCREDIBLE experience but there isn't one part of me that wishes I were still there.
I think Dorothy said it best: there's no place like home.
