0:00:21.524,0:00:23.051
I'm trying to be as quiet

0:00:23.057,0:00:24.017
as possible right now because

0:00:24.017,0:00:25.547
my parents are asleep

0:00:25.547,0:00:27.097
right next door

0:00:27.097,0:00:28.447
but I am sitting here,

0:00:28.447,0:00:30.827
in an empty suitcase

0:00:30.827,0:00:32.186
when I need to be

0:00:32.186,0:00:34.385
at the airport in like 9 hours

0:00:34.853,0:00:35.973
I have like a million different

0:00:35.973,0:00:36.740
thoughts running through

0:00:36.740,0:00:37.073
my mind right now

0:00:37.073,0:00:39.179
and I am very overwhelmed!

0:00:39.179,0:00:40.551
also very excIted,

0:00:40.551,0:00:42.321
and nervous, and scared

0:00:42.321,0:00:43.873
but also, very overwhelmed

0:00:43.873,0:00:45.563
but i want to get some sleep, um,

0:00:45.563,0:00:47.184
before my 14 hour flight tomorrow

0:00:48.295,0:00:50.815
so let's start packing y'all!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
finally done!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but at what cost?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
got a solid one and a half

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
hours of sleep last night so

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
feeling pretty great

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
this isn't my first time traveling alone,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but this is my first time traveling

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
internationally alone

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
so i'm kinda scared, um,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
i've never been to Italy before,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't know any italian

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I tried to learn a little bit through Duolingo

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but my streak lasted for exactly one day

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and i stopped using it

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but i'm going to try and just like

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
memorize a couple phrases

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when I go to the airport

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
speaking of which,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I need to call my Uber soon

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because I'm home alone right now

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
mm this mango is so-

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
mm this mango is so good what the heck

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
okay thank you so much

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
okay thank you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
i feel like i was running off of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
pure adrenaline this morning because

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
i didn't get any sleep,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I didn't eat anything

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and now I'm finally

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
eating my first meal of the day

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, and it's like 1pm right now

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the lines were also crazy long today

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
i am very glad

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that i came here early

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
so i have actually a little bit

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of time before boarding

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
i cannot wait to just like, pass out

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when I go on the plane

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because I'm so tired.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I think it's finally starting to catch up to me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Made it to Roma!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Currently trying to find

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
one of the

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
people that I'm studying abroad with

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and this is so hard!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Very nice weather though

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Pasta!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ugh!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Finally back in the hostel

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that we are staying for tonight

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, tomorrow we're gonna head to Bologna

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
gonna take a train there,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and spend a couple days doing some tours

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, before we head to our farmstays.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm very excited

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, but also

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
soo exhausted.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I was literally falling asleep,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, at dinner

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
which was really really good by the way

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
my first real Italian meal

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the pasta of course was amazing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
so was the tiramisu

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
my card ran out of memory, um

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but yeah I am so, so grateful to be here

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've been kind of getting to know

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
my professors

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and the other students

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
from my program

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a little bit more today

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and so that has been really fun

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it is quite hard to film

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, in a space like this

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but I will take what I can get

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but yeah I'm going to get washed up

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and try and do a little bit

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of work before I sleep

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but I honestly don't think

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that's gonna happen

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because I am so tired.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I look like such a tourist

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Refreshing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's good! It's good.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oh my god!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Second gelato of the day.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Good.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Hello, this is editing Deborah

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
realizing from the future

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that she never explained

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
what study abroad program she's doing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
why am I talking in third person,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't know

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but that's what I'm gonna be

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
doing right now

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you can skip ahead if you

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
don't really care

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I think when most people think of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
studying abroad, they think of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
an exchange

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
where basically you go to a country,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a different country

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and take classes at a university

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
with the local students

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I am not doing an exchange.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I am doing a faculty led program,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
where for 4 weeks I spend

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
all of my time with 24 other students

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and 3 professors from my university

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the University of Washington

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we're basically learning

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
as we travel together

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and so first we started off in Bologna

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
now we're in Tuscany and

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we're going to be finishing off the trip

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in Rome for a couple of weeks

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's a pretty special program,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I am super lucky and privileged

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to have had the opportunity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to participate in this

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but basically we're here in Italy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to learn about the food systems

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and compare them to the food systems

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of the U.S.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
so we've been doing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a lot of food-centered activities

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we've been taking cooking classes

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
going on tours of vegetable farms

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and cheese factories

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and we've also been doing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a lot of reading and discussion

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
around food, food culture,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
agricultural practices, things like that.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I didn't film much in Bologna,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
just because I was still kind of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
getting to know everyone

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and I didn't want everyones first

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
impression of me to be

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that person carrying their camera around

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and filming everything

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Also, although the tours we've been doing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
have been very interesting

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, I don't know exactly how interesting

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you guys would find the in depth

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
video on the process of how parmesan

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
reggiano and prosciutto is made.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Although if you do want that video,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
let me know.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Let me know if you quys have any questions

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
about my program

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
or anything else in the comments,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and I will try my best to answer them.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Okay back to the video.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ah! Noo!!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Oo it is kinda cold!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I took a shower after going to the beach

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for the first time since coming here,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and guys this place is so beautiful

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the only thing is

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the bugs here are actually insane

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I think I might be allergic or something

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because I have like, welts on my legs

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
from the bug bites

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They look like rashes

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and they're so itchy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Bug spray does not deter these

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Italian bugs at all.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They're just built different I guess.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm on a farmstay right now

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, this is called Tenuta San Carlo

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I believe

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
honestly it has been so long

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
since I've vlogged

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that I kinda forgot how to vlog

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in the first place

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but I've been really just trying

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to enjoy my time

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and just soak everything up

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
because this has been such an amazing

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
experience so far

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
overall I'[m just so grateful to be here

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Even just looking out my

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
window is insane, like

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm in Tuscany right now,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm in Italy!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Studying abroad!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Like, what a crazy concept

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Mm that's so good!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I have a bug bite, right here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've been getting some comments that

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
it seems like I'm just on vacation

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and I promise that we're actually, like,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
doing work and learning things

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
uh, while we are studying abroad

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
here in Italy

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I just haven't been filming a lot of it,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
since it usually like

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
big group discussions,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and going on tours

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and things like that

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
today we're actually going to be

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
doing some stuff besides

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, biking and swimming in the ocean

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and so I'll try and film

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
as much as I can for you guys

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's okay you can just be yourself.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I don't know who I am anymore!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Jen's teaching Chris how to take selfies

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Rice!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Risotto!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Cheers!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I feel like I really have not talked much

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
in this vlog

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
so i thought I would do a little bit

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of a reflection because

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
tomorrow's our last full day

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of being at the farm before

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we move to another farmstay

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and it's been officially a week,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
since I've been here,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
about a week and a day actually

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and it's just crazy because I feel like

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've been here for so long

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
studying abroad so far

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
has been really great

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
honestly, like, exceeding my expectations

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, there were definitely a couple

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
of unfortunate situations

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but for the most part

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
there has been so many good things

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that I just didn't expect

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
One thing is that I feel like

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm getting so close with my professors

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've kind of always had an

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
inferiority complex

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when it comes to

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
um, people that I feel like

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
are superior to me

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I got to a really big university

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I never really talk to my professors

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
even though I should

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and now that I'm here, like,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
spending every day with them

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's been really great

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and it's something I didn't really

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
expect from this trip.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
As someone that is very introverted,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I will say that I have had

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
a little bit of trouble adjusting

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to how much social interaction

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm doing every day.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Like I rarely get alone time,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
which is something that I'm kind of still

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
getting used to because

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm someone that really values my alone time

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but it's a lot harder to get here

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
while I'm studying abroad

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but yeah I've just been kind of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
learning to listen to my body

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and not feel like I have to join in

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
on every single activity

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I do need my time to just

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
decompress, and be alone

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I think I was definitely really overwhelmed

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
for the first couple of days

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
just meeting everyone,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
being in a new country,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but I feel like I'm finally kind of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
getting used to the pace of

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
studying abroad,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and being with the people here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Thank you for your patience always

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I truly do not think that I would be here

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
studying abroad if it weren't for

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
your guys' support

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
and I can't wait for y'all to see

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the content that I am going to produce

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
while I"m here, studying abroad.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
With that, I will see you guys next time!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Bye