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Grazie, Italy

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Well ,  just like that my time here in Italy has come to a close (for now at least). These past 7 weeks have been filled with many memories that I will never forget. My time here started out with me working at Chille de la Balanza as well as taking Italian language classes at the Florence University of the Arts. I made friends with my classmates and other students of FUA, including my roommates, and I also became part of the family at Chille de la Balanza during these first three weeks. The next month my schedule freed up quite a bit since there were no more school classes. With this extra time in my days, I was able to hang out with my roommates and explore Florence even more. Not soon after classes ended though, both of my roommates had left Italy. It was at this time that I started to leave Florence on the weekend for day trips to other places in Italy. By the end of my time in Italy, I was able to go to Venice, Naples, Milan, Rome, Siena, Bologna, San Gimignano, Pisa, and Lucca. Th
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Hi!  Long time no talk...write? Either way, I am glad to be back to blogging! Currently, I am sitting at the jetBlue juice bar in the airport, waiting to board a flight to Rochester, New York- so I figured this would be the best time to work on this first blog on this site and catch you up on all that has happened in my life. A lot has gone on since I last wrote (on my last blog ). The last time I wrote, I was in Amsterdam, about to go on a week long cruise along the Rhine River. I am currently still working on making the vlogs for this trip, and they will be posted on my YouTube channel shortly.  The cruise was a graduation gift from my mom, since I graduated high school with straight A's and honors and I was the first Mexican-American graduate from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. During the cruise, we went to Germany, France, and Switzerland. After coming back to California, I had my family reunion (which I will also have vlogs for), I attended IBStage in Barcelona, Spain (another