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Four days left....

There are four more days till my departure to Rome and I am beyond excited. I just found of that my homestay consists of a mother named Stefania and her six year old son named Riccardo. I am around six year olds a lot from the Ronald McDonald House and babysitting. I love that age and that just makes this experience even more sweet! I am starting to pack for my departure this weekend which is not bad because I actually love packing. If you followed my spain experience, then you would probably know that I do try to post pictures and blog throughout the weeks. I will try my best in Italy! My next post will be in Italia and I’ll update when I arrive.

[sarahannabroad]

12 more days till Italy!

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I’m Going to Italy?!?

The last time I made a blog entry was when I was adjusting back to American life after spending a month in Spain. Now I am making an entry announcing that I am going to Italy! I am once again traveling with SPI Study Abroad to Siena, Italy. Siena is located in central Tuscany.

I leave on June 28th and I return July 17th. I am doing the Rome extension which means that for the first few days I will be in Rome, being a tourist and staying in a hotel. After that, I am going to be in Siena where I will stay for two weeks with a host family, attend Italian language school, and experiencing the Italian culture. I decided to go somewhere else because I want to see different cultures and be able to speak different languages. One thing that I feel is worth mentioning is this that I have taken Chinese for three years, and was learning Spanish in Spain for a month. Despite me actually having Italian heritage, looking Italian, eating pasta pretty much every day, I have never taken an Italian class in my life. 

Right now, I am using online resources to learn some basic grammar and vocabulary. Although Chinese is not going to help me in learning Italian, I have heard that Spanish is similar to Italian. Anyway, I want to start posting more on this blog even though I’m not sure how many people see this. If you are in high school and are considering studying abroad, please message me because it is so worthwhile.

[sarahannabroad]

Things I Miss About Spain

It’s been about a week and a half since I’ve left Spain. Although I am grateful to be back on a normal routine, there are many things that I have been missing including:

- Ice cream from Boulevard 

-All of the meals my family prepared

- My host family

-All of the people that I met while I was there

-The beaches

-churros con chocolate 

-afternoon and weekend excursions

-being able to walk everywhere

-speaking spanish

This is just a little short list that I will probably be adding on to....