For the entire span of our last week we all agreed to eat out for both lunch and dinner every single day. Needless to say, I was about to explode by the end but it was soooo worth it!! We got the opportunity to go back to all of our favorite places and even hit a few that we never got the chance to go to. Alyssa got super lucky that Tuesday night was her 21st birthday. For dinner we decided to go to this restaurant that we were told was really expensive. It is called "Aqua al 2." Their "blueberry steaks" were on every single one of our recommendation lists. Of course, each and every one of us ordered them. Although the idea of them sounds kinda weird, they were actually amazing! We were glad that we fit it in. Later on we celebrated at one of our favorite bars, "The Stove."

It worked out perfectly that Santa Maria Novella was having an outdoor market for the whole week. We would all hangout there during the day instead of studying for our finals. 

"Notte Bianca" or the "White Night" just so happened to land on our final night. It is considered a holiday for the city. Everything was open throughout the entire night. Nothing shut down. The streets were filled with people everywhere. At every piazza there were concerts being played. It was one of the most amazing things that I had ever experienced. I wish that we had something like that in America. When the sun was finally rising our entire program walked to the top of Piazzale Michelangelo and watched it together.  

By the time we finally woke up on our last day we had a lot of last minute packing and cleaning to do. Afterwards, we spent the rest of our time just walking around the city to take it all in and enjoy it. We stopped at both the Ponte Vecchio and Piazzale Michelangelo one last time. 

Having to say goodbye to Florence was very bittersweet. I was ready to go back to the United States to see my friends and family. Yet, I wasn't ready to end the best four months of my life. I made countless memories that I will never forget. Going into this experience I didn't realize how much I was actually going to fall in love with the city and really feel like I could call it home. I know for a fact that that was not the last time that I will be there. I'll be back for ya Firenze!!!!