Months here: 5

Countries visited: 5 (Italy, Spain, Austria, Poland, Germany)

Operas seen: 10 (Orfeo, La Traviata, Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro, Magic Flute, Salome, Otello, Acis and Galatea, Fidelio, Barber of Seville)

Favorite opera: Barber of Seville

Concerts gone to: 12

Favorite concert: Spanish Guitars in Barcelona

Kilos of Nutella eaten: 5.5, let’s not talk about it

Best city: Seville

Most moving: Auschwitz

Cones of gelato: innumerable

Favorite gelato: Tiramisu or Rose

Meal I am most proud of: Fresh calamari

Favorite meal out: Pumpkin riavioli in swordfish sauce at Alle Testiere

Best group meal: Family style in Rome (wine was also family style)

Best laugh: Pompeii over dinner

Best cry: With mom on the couch

Favorite chruch: Toss up between La Sagrada Familia and church in Krakow

Famous paintings seen: also innumerable (Birth of Venus, Last Supper, The David,

Titian’s Assuntion, a lot of Bellini)

Favorite snack: Tapas at Sagardi

Favorite ruin: House of the Vestal Virgins

Best Month: October

Books read: 13+

Finals taken: 6

Papers written: 4 (this semester was a joke)