The First Week and The Last Week Are Always The Longest and Hardest

This is the final week, my last week in Firenze. It's been raining pretty much everyday for the last like week which sucks because it makes people stay home more unless you really need to go out. I have finals all next week. I'm nervous about my Italian language final. I'm not really too nervous about the speaking part; it's the written part I'm nervous about. I'm confident in my other classes but language classes always gave me some trouble. I just want to pass everything and then go home!

For my last weekend in Italy, I went to Pompei on Friday. Since it was raining, I only got to go to the Pompei ruins. I didn't realize how massive the ruins are! I totally forgot that the ruins were an entire city. It was actually the city of Pompei for a long time. It was incredible though. I was sad that I wasn't able to climb Vesuvius. If it wasn't raining I would have done that too. I was supposed to spend the night in Pompei but I ended up coming home because of an incident. I was a little lost trying to find the hostel I was going to be staying at. The information desk at the ruins gave me a completely useless map of Pompei so I just head to the city center towards the big church. I guess I was pegged as being lost and a tourist and some guy tried to mug me and tried to take my camera. He didn't get it and I'm ok, just really shaken by the whole thing. I was able to find my hostel and checked in and sat in the room for a little while. I was really uncomfortable so I decided to go back to Firenze that day. I was just a bad incident and I'm still a little shaken by it but I feel safer here in Firenze. I still got to enjoy the ruins at least.

I come home in a week. I'm getting really anxious about coming home and so is Bobo. I still have to get some stuff to take home. Friday is pretty much the packing day but I already have some stuff packed up and in my luggage. I'm a little nervous about coming home too. I miss all my friends but I don't thin k me coming home is going to be well received from them. I don't know how to put it. I don't feel like they're going to care. I've tried my best to keep up with everyone online and stuff but it's different when you're in person. We'll see though. I just want to get back home at this point. I'm going to miss Firenze and Italy as a whole but I do miss being home. I've got a bit of a sore throat right now but that might be due to the drastic weather change here. I don't have a fever and I'm not coughing so I'm really hoping that it's just extreme allergies.

I hope everyone at home is doing well and I hope everyone is having a good semester and keep on keeping on! The semester is almost over for those who are still in college. I'll see you all when I get back!

A Doppo!