Ciao everyone!
In case you havent figured out (because i have sucked at updating this blog); I officially finished my Peace Corps Service!!! On March 17th myself and three friends finished the last of our paperwork, and then took a vacation to Sani Pass SOuth Africa, with a stop in Lesotho, at Africa’s highest pub! From there we traveled to Sodwana Bay. I was really excited about the beach, but Sodwana turned out to be an epic fail because it was so hot and so many mosquitoes. Then, to top it off, we had to pay to use the beach! We only ended up staying 2 nights, before heading into a much much cooler Swaziland. In Swaziland Anne and I did a little bit of gift shopping and visited a Swazi PCV.
We came back to SOuth Africa a bit earlier than planned, and hung out with the rest of my intake group before I flew out April 1st. Flying out was really really difficult. Peace Corps was hard. Really really hard at times, and I definitely considered leaving early at some points. But I also learned a lot about myself, made great friends, and had some amazing adventures along the way, so it was hard to leave all of that behind.
Currently, I am in Italy on my COS (Close of Service) Trip. I met a friend of mine from America in Rome on the 2nd, we travelled around Rome and Florence before she left on the 10th. Currnetly I am in Pesaro visiting my cousin before heading to Germany the 14th.
Just prior to leaving my village, I found out that Drake Law awarded me a full tuition scholarship, so chances are I will be starting Drake (again) this fall. A lot of you either wrote recommendations, edited my statement, or just gave me support during my application process, so thank you so much!
I come back to Chicago May 6th. See you all then!
