Day 24: Sunday
Woke up around 11:30am, made sandwiches for breakfast/lunch, then got ready to go out to the market to get a couple last things. We went out with Brandon because he wanted us to help him find scarves for his mother. We didn’t make it out until about 12:30 so we knew they wouldn’t be open much longer, but I managed to find a pair of shoes for ten euro and a scarf for one euro. Elli bought two pairs of sunglasses, a new purse, and these shoes that I really wanted if they had them in my size. Brandon found a scarf for his mom and some sunglasses! Then we walked down to the river to the lemonade place, but there was some confusion about our order this time and we didn’t get the same thing we wanted, and it was more expensive. Oh well, it was still good. Then when we got home I got to talk to Jordan for a bit, then I siested until about 7:30pm. Then it was time to start packing and getting ready to move out of Rome! I finished packing in no time, but it’s going to be a struggle with my heavy bags tomorrow. Then we ate the rest of our food and did the massive pile of dishes, cleaned the kitchen, and took the trash out. I started not feeling very well, as in a sore throat and headache and feeling hot and cold at the same time, so I hope that doesn’t get worse. It’s so crazy that I’ve been living in Rome for three weeks. It feels like I haven’t been here at all, and at the same time it feels like I’ve been here for forever. When I was going through my packing stuff I found my American money and it was so weird to touch and look at! And when I tried on a t-shirt yesterday it felt weird and uncomfortable. I am glad that I got to experience Rome, but I don’t think I could stay here for a longer amount of time. I feel pretty much like I’ve done all there is to do in Rome that’s worth doing. It’s just that everything here is so beautiful but so degraded from the tourism industry. I won’t miss the morning tram, and certain things about Rome and Italians make me so angry. Of course there are the things I love and will miss though, like the fountains everywhere! I am going to miss being in Rome and I can’t wait to come back eventually, but I am also very excited to get to Florence. My family made it to Venice fine, so I’ll be seeing them on Tuesday in Florence after I figure everything out. The train leaves early in the morning and I have to get up around 6:45, and I really need to sleep. Rumor has it we don’t have wifi in our rooms in Florence, so I can’t promise that I’ll still continue to blog as much as I have been since it will be much more difficult to access internet. Time for bed! Finally!
