5?

In a freakish case, I randomly woke up at 6am and couldn't go back to sleep. I laid in bed trying to go back to sleep until I got so hungry I had no choice but to get up and make myself some breakfast, and have not yet found my motivation to study. I only have 5 more days left in Rome. 5! What is going on? Gabby and I reflected on all the things that we'll be different and that we'll miss about Rome, so I thought I'd share it with everyone else.

- Gelato (kind of an obvious one) can't/dont want to think of all the cones I had this semester.
- Cappuccinos. Most places only a euro and so much more delicious than I could ever make.
- Fresh and cheap pasta. Along with all the other extremely affordable fresh foods. Meats, cheeses, produce... noms.
- Cheap Peroni. Sorry you probably don't want to read this mom, but I've actually started liking beer some.
- The ability to literally walk into ruins (boom). The amount of history throughout the city is unreal. In the US a building is typically a couple hundred years if it's considered old. Here it's thousands.
- The affordable travels and ability to go so many places. Maybe it's cause I grew up in Hawaii where you could only drive to the North Shore or Kailua, but I have gotten to take 3 euro trains to so many different small cities as well as Greece and Amsterdam relatively affordably.
- The Churches. I'm still Jewish, but the churches here are amazing. Nothing makes me say wow more than walking into a church and looking up at the ceiling. (the ceiling in the picture is of the Gesu the head Jesuit Church and was done by Gaulli)
- Our gorgeous apartment. We lucked out big time with our penthouse, but nonetheless I'll miss the gorgeous balconies, kitchen and even the airplane sheets.

Off to a study break of gelato. Hoping they have papaya today (guess you cant always take the hawaii out of the girl) but seriously, this papaya gelato is UNREAL.