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I'm trying to be as quiet

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as possible right now because

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my parents are asleep

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right next door

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but I am sitting here,

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in an empty suitcase

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when I need to be

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at the airport in like 9 hours

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I have like a million different

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thoughts running through

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my mind right now

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and I am very overwhelmed!

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also very excIted,

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and nervous, and scared

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but also, very overwhelmed

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but i want to get some sleep, um,

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before my 14 hour flight tomorrow

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so let's start packing y'all!

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finally done!

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but at what cost?

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got a solid one and a half

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hours of sleep last night so

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feeling pretty great

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this isn't my first time traveling alone,

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but this is my first time traveling

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internationally alone

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so i'm kinda scared, um,

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i've never been to Italy before,

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I don't know any italian

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I tried to learn a little bit through Duolingo

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but my streak lasted for exactly one day

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and i stopped using it

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but i'm going to try and just like

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memorize a couple phrases

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when I go to the airport

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speaking of which,

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I need to call my Uber soon

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because I'm home alone right now

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mm this mango is so-

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mm this mango is so good what the heck

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okay thank you so much

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okay thank you

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i feel like i was running off of

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pure adrenaline this morning because

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i didn't get any sleep,

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I didn't eat anything

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and now I'm finally

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eating my first meal of the day

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um, and it's like 1pm right now

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the lines were also crazy long today

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i am very glad

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that i came here early

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so i have actually a little bit

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of time before boarding

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i cannot wait to just like, pass out

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when I go on the plane

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because I'm so tired.

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I think it's finally starting to catch up to me.

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Made it to Roma!

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Currently trying to find

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one of the

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people that I'm studying abroad with

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and this is so hard!

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Very nice weather though

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Pasta!

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Ugh!

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Finally back in the hostel

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that we are staying for tonight

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um, tomorrow we're gonna head to Bologna

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gonna take a train there,

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and spend a couple days doing some tours

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um, before we head to our farmstays.

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I'm very excited

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um, but also

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soo exhausted.

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I was literally falling asleep,

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um, at dinner

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which was really really good by the way

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my first real Italian meal

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the pasta of course was amazing

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so was the tiramisu

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my card ran out of memory, um

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but yeah I am so, so grateful to be here

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I've been kind of getting to know

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my professors

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and the other students

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from my program

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a little bit more today

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and so that has been really fun

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it is quite hard to film

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um, in a space like this

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but I will take what I can get

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but yeah I'm going to get washed up

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and try and do a little bit

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of work before I sleep

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but I honestly don't think

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that's gonna happen

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because I am so tired.

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I look like such a tourist

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Refreshing

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It's good! It's good.

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Oh my god!

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Second gelato of the day.

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Good.

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Hello, this is editing Deborah

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realizing from the future

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that she never explained

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what study abroad program she's doing

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why am I talking in third person,

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I don't know

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but that's what I'm gonna be

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doing right now

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you can skip ahead if you

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don't really care

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I think when most people think of

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studying abroad, they think of

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an exchange

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where basically you go to a country,

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a different country

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and take classes at a university

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with the local students

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I am not doing an exchange.

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I am doing a faculty led program,

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where for 4 weeks I spend

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all of my time with 24 other students

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and 3 professors from my university

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the University of Washington

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we're basically learning

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as we travel together

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and so first we started off in Bologna

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now we're in Tuscany and

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we're going to be finishing off the trip

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in Rome for a couple of weeks

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It's a pretty special program,

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I am super lucky and privileged

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to have had the opportunity

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to participate in this

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but basically we're here in Italy

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to learn about the food systems

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and compare them to the food systems

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of the U.S.

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so we've been doing

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a lot of food-centered activities

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we've been taking cooking classes

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going on tours of vegetable farms

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and cheese factories

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and we've also been doing

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a lot of reading and discussion

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around food, food culture,

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agricultural practices, things like that.

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I didn't film much in Bologna,

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just because I was still kind of

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getting to know everyone

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and I didn't want everyones first

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impression of me to be

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that person carrying their camera around

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and filming everything

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Also, although the tours we've been doing

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have been very interesting

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um, I don't know exactly how interesting

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you guys would find the in depth

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video on the process of how parmesan

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reggiano and prosciutto is made.

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Although if you do want that video,

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let me know.

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Let me know if you quys have any questions

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about my program

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or anything else in the comments,

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and I will try my best to answer them.

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Okay back to the video.

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Ah! Noo!!

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Oo it is kinda cold!

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I took a shower after going to the beach

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for the first time since coming here,

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and guys this place is so beautiful

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the only thing is

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the bugs here are actually insane

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I think I might be allergic or something

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because I have like, welts on my legs

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from the bug bites

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They look like rashes

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and they're so itchy

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Bug spray does not deter these

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Italian bugs at all.

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They're just built different I guess.

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I'm on a farmstay right now

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um, this is called Tenuta San Carlo

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I believe

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honestly it has been so long

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since I've vlogged

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that I kinda forgot how to vlog

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in the first place

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but I've been really just trying

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to enjoy my time

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and just soak everything up

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because this has been such an amazing

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experience so far

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overall I'[m just so grateful to be here

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Even just looking out my

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window is insane, like

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I'm in Tuscany right now,

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I'm in Italy!

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Studying abroad!

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Like, what a crazy concept

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Mm that's so good!

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I have a bug bite, right here.

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I've been getting some comments that

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it seems like I'm just on vacation

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and I promise that we're actually, like,

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doing work and learning things

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uh, while we are studying abroad

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here in Italy

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I just haven't been filming a lot of it,

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since it usually like

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big group discussions,

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and going on tours

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and things like that

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today we're actually going to be

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doing some stuff besides

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um, biking and swimming in the ocean

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and so I'll try and film

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as much as I can for you guys

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It's okay you can just be yourself.

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I don't know who I am anymore!

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Jen's teaching Chris how to take selfies

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Rice!

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Risotto!

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Cheers!

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I feel like I really have not talked much

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in this vlog

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so i thought I would do a little bit

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of a reflection because

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tomorrow's our last full day

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of being at the farm before

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we move to another farmstay

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and it's been officially a week,

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since I've been here,

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about a week and a day actually

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and it's just crazy because I feel like

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I've been here for so long

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studying abroad so far

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has been really great

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honestly, like, exceeding my expectations

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um, there were definitely a couple

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of unfortunate situations

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but for the most part

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there has been so many good things

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that I just didn't expect

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One thing is that I feel like

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I'm getting so close with my professors

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I've kind of always had an

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inferiority complex

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when it comes to

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um, people that I feel like

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are superior to me

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I got to a really big university

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I never really talk to my professors

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even though I should

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and now that I'm here, like,

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spending every day with them

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It's been really great

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and it's something I didn't really

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expect from this trip.

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As someone that is very introverted,

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I will say that I have had

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a little bit of trouble adjusting

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to how much social interaction

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I'm doing every day.

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Like I rarely get alone time,

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which is something that I'm kind of still

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getting used to because

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I'm someone that really values my alone time

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but it's a lot harder to get here

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while I'm studying abroad

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but yeah I've just been kind of

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learning to listen to my body

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and not feel like I have to join in

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on every single activity

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I do need my time to just

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decompress, and be alone

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I think I was definitely really overwhelmed

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for the first couple of days

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just meeting everyone,

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being in a new country,

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but I feel like I'm finally kind of

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getting used to the pace of

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studying abroad,

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and being with the people here.

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Thank you for your patience always

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I truly do not think that I would be here

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studying abroad if it weren't for

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your guys' support

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and I can't wait for y'all to see

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the content that I am going to produce

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while I"m here, studying abroad.

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With that, I will see you guys next time!

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Bye