One more day of classes!

I am getting close to the end of the semester and I only have 4 days left in Florence. I am going to really miss it here. Just as soon as I get to get the hang of things, figure out how to speak the language, and make friends, I have to leave. I have made some amazing friends that I am going to have to come back and visit. Actually 1 of them is coming to Kansas in the fall and we are trying to talk another into it. We will prevail!
Today I went into town to soak up my last days here and not even an hour after being there it started to rain. Disappointing. I stayed anyways and decided to just get wet. The only problem is every time it even starts to sprinkle umbrella salesmen come out of the wood work. They are standing on every corner and on one corner there were two. He shoved an umbrella in my friend, Clare's, face and I thought she was going to turn around and hit him. I almost wish she would have because they are so annoying.
Tomorrow is my last day of classes and Monday is my final for Italian. After that I have to pack up because I leave early morning on Tuesday to backpack across Europe. I am going to Rome for 9 days. Our group gets an audience with the pope! We found out that we are doing it on the 22 and we are all so excited. We knew we would get to but we didn't know what day. After Rome I am heading for Spain then France, then back to Rome to fly home. I think I am going to get really home sick during this time because I won't have any place that I can consider home. I think that is the only reason I haven't gotten homesick yet. I have come to view the Villa as a home, my safe place. Not even the earthquake can get me here.
I finally booked my plane ticket home. I am coming home May 11! Visiting Kayleigh is going to be one of my first stops.