3 tests and an essay complete = SPRING BREAK!!!

As I anxiously await Matt's arrival at the Florence airport, I figured I would update before we head off for the amazing journey of Spring Break!!

This past week was "midterms week." Back at JMU Midterms Week is basically hell, everyone is in the library, always studying, blah blah. In Florence... everything is basically just laid back. The tests are not nearly as difficult, and the teachers practically tell you what the test is going to entail. Even if you think you did bad on a test, they will count another assignment to weigh the grade out, so I have no concerns about midterm grades.

For wine class we went to Benvenuto Chianti Classico, which is a day long festival with around 150 wine producers, all producing Chianti Classico wine, which must use a certain blend of Sangiovese grapes and their vineyards must be located in the region between Florence and Siena. It was a great out of the classroom opportunity to be able to interact with the producers, ask them questions, and discover about their vineyards, and try their different wines.

Symbol of Chianti Classico made of corks

After completing all of our tests and essays yesterday, it was officially SPRING BREAK! My roommates all left this morning for the start of their journey to Sicily, so I am anxiously waiting all by myself! Matt and I are staying in Florence tonight and then leaving on a 6:30 train tomorrow for Rome, where we will fly out to head to our first stop, Amsterdam! We will be staying in Amsterdam until Tuesday and then heading to the city of Barcelona until Friday, when we will fly into Milan and then return back to Florence. I am so so so extremely excited, I can't even put it into words! These two cities are going to be amazing, there will be plenty of pictures and blogging as soon as I return! 

PS. I booked my weekend trip to the Almalfi Coast for March 24th!!