The Month of May!

I now have one more month left of my exchange, and as school is ending in a little over a week, everything has been pretty routine.  I go to the school in the morning until lunch time and I read books and do small assignments that the teachers give me.  I eat lunch with my family and I hang out with them at the table and we talk.  Later in the afternoon, my host sisters usually go to the library to study so I go with them.  I go out a little later when my other friends go out and then I usually meet my host sisters again because we all have the same group of friends.  There is a caffe in the center and that's where most people go during the afternoons to hang out so I get to talk with everyone.  One day after school, my host mom, my host sisters, and I went to a city about an hour away to go shopping.  We all had lunch together and walked around to the shops in the center. It was really nice to have that afternoon with my host family to talk and shop together.  I had a lot of fun. I also went over to the other exchange students house for dinner one night and she had bought peanut butter and jelly.  We made sandwiches for dinner and it was the first peanut butter and jelly sandwich I have had since I've been in Italy.  It was nice to have that little taste of home even though I will be going back shortly.  We also sat in her living room and watched a movie in Italian before I had to go back home.  It was a perfect, relaxed evening. There was also a huge market in the center recently and I went with my host sisters and our friends.  We walked around all day and shopped at the little stands.  The other exchange student was with us too and she is leaving in less than a week to go buuuack to her city.  She was buying stuff for all of her friends back home and it kept making me think about how little time I have left in Italy.  I feel like my life is here now and it is going to be so hard to leave.  I try not to think about, but it helps me make the most out of this time and spend as much time with my family and friends as I can because I don't know when the soonest I will be able to come back to Italy is.  I have been very happy this past month and I believe I have another great month ahead of me.  The last of my exchange. The year has flown by so quickly!

Ciao! 

~Devon