Time to Say Goodbye.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_0i7Arjep4
This song is sad in English, but it's actually a beautiful love song in Italian.
These last fews days have been full and wonderful! Wednesday night, my roommates surprised me (and I mean really surprised me) with a going away party. We ate and drank and sang songs; and as I looked around the room and saw 20 or 30 of my Italian friends, I realized how lucky I was to have such good friends, even if there always was that language barrier. :) My roommates won't ever read this, but I still want to give them a shout out for being so wonderful these past few months.
And then I had to say goodbye to my other Italian friends and my American friends. It was harder than I thought it was going to be- I really loved the friends I made in Bologna!
My flight took off this morning at 6:30am which means I had to leave my apartment around 4am. But I didn't have to say goodbye to my roommates the night before. They just stayed up with me all night and invited some friends over and we made homemade tortellini until 4am when my taxi came. You can't ask for a better "last night" than that!!
But my international experiences didn't end there. On my airplane ride from Bologna to Munich I ended up sitting next to someone from France and the common language was... Italian!!
I'm now sitting in the Munich airport waiting for my flight back to the USA! My last day in Bologna didn't even feel like my last day; it didn't hit me yesterday and it still really hasn't it me today. But maybe that's just the lack of sleep. :)
Well fellow travelers, our time in Italy has come to an end. 4 months in Italy.
Thank you to all who sent letters and post cards, it meant the world to me! And I can't wait to see most of you in the next few days!
It's been the best or times and the worst of times. I know I'm going to miss Italy a lot and will want to come back again, but now, there's no place like home for the holidays!
Buon Natale tutti!!! Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!