Sunday, July 26th:
Did a little more shopping in Florence before our train ride at around 3pm. Bought me a nice leather bag, very happy and satisfied indeed. I did well in Florence =)
Family:
As much as I miss my own, I’d say that this group has come to be my unofficial family. Especially after this trip to Florence, where the journey to and from have been EPIC, it makes us all so much closer. I know it sounds cheesy, but we all feel like we know each other now -we’re forced to rely on each other, we only talk to each other, we have long train-ride conversations with each other, and we look out for each other. We all have our own little archetypes within this “family” too, and it’s funny when I think about it. It’s just little things that I like thinking about - just over this short weekend trip, we all made sure everyone was home ok, we shared the bathroom, we woke each other up by jumping on the beds (ok we just do it to Jake), we sprawled out on the train with our feet up, we had long, confiding conversations…the list could go on.
It’s our last week here and it’s going to be so bittersweet - I’ve become so close with these strangers! People are so busy nowadays… I wonder if we’re going to go about our normal lives and never see each other again?? I mean, I know we have facebook now and everyone will stay in contact for sure, but it’s never going to be the same! I’m looking forward to seeing all of the pictures, to the farewell dinner so we can share all of our stories again, the scrapbooks, and looking back to see that my experience here wouldn’t be what it is without the people that I’m with.
