Time is Flying

I cannot believe how fast time is flying. We are in our last week of practicum and I am honestly getting so sad that I must leave Rome so soon. This has been such an incredible and inspiring experience from going to Marymount to going on all of our wonderful vacations. I feel that I have grown so much from studying abroad and would not trade it for anything. 

I only have two more days of practicum at the school and I am going to miss my students so so much. They are truly the best. I am so thankful that I have chosen teaching as my profession, it is such a rewarding job. Just getting a little sentimental looking back at all the experiences and memories I have made in the last couple of weeks. 

Ciao for now!

Isola d'Elba!!

What a beautiful place! 

This weekend was great! The weather wasn't exactly on our side but we made the best of it and the island of Elba is absolutely gorgeous. It was quite a journey getting there. We left our residence at around 6:00am and got to Elba around 12:00pm. We walked to the train station, took our train, took a bus to the ferry, took the ferry to the island, and took a car to the hotel. WOW. That was an experience in and of itself haha. But we made it and we were so excited. The view from where we were staying (Cala Di Mola) was fabulous!

Once we got to our place we were ready to head to the beach! We had been looking forward to seeing the beach since we arrived in Rome. The water was so blue and beautiful. Also, the beach was not that crowded which was definitely a plus. Many of us passed out on the sand. Dana and I went on a walk on the beach and found these rocks to sit out and just enjoy the wonderful view in front of us. 

We all then headed home where we had a three course meal waiting for us! Yeah, that was pretty nice. A few of us then decided to go out and see how Elba was at night. We went to this place called The Village that had the cutest shops and a beautiful view, especially with all the lights at night. We then headed over to this little dance/bar place that was so much fun!

On Saturday we were all ready to go back to the beach and were ready to go by 9:30am. The weather was still a little iffy but we didn't mind as long as we could put our toes in the sand and in the sea water.  It took a while to get going even though we were all ready to leave but we finally arrived at the beach, a different beach from the day before. This day was so much fun. Many of us once again passed out but eventually we all made our way to the bar for some tropical drinks. We had a blast! 

The rocks!

Kara and I on the beach

JMU in the water!

On Sunday, we wanted to lay out at the pool all day, which we kinda did I suppose. It was actually quite cold and cloudy but we laid there anyway and got some much needed rest. We then had another wonderful meal and had to get on our way back to Rome!

View from the drive to the ferry

Such a beautiful weekend.