I traveled for September, seeing new places (Cinque Terre, Pisa, Siena, San Gimignano, Volterra, Florence, Berlin, Munich, Neuschwanstein, and Milan). For October and November I have been a part-time student, part-time tourist, part-time resident in Rome. I could immediately feel the difference between traveling and living in Italy, just like I remember from four years ago. I’m glad I spent a longer period in Rome opposed to continuing to travel. Besides that it is exhausting to travel, it is a completely different experience.
Now I am on the train from Rome to Milan. I’ll spend two nights there before I take off for my long trip back to the USA. I’m sad to leave Italy, especially sad to leave Daniele– but very excited to come back to the US. These past few weeks I have been constantly sick with a cough (so I can’t sleep), scabies, and more often than not a light fever. It’s really taking it’s toll on me. I’m actually a big of a wreck between it all.
[Edit] Link to Rome photo album:
https://picasaweb.google.com/kaitlyn.hanrahan/20101001Roma#
