Friday morning we had our first exam over chapter 1 and then during our lunch break, we went to the beach and enjoyed the beautiful day. Right after class on Friday, a few of us attended an Italian birthday party. It was for Abbey's 10 year old host sister. I learned how to sing happy birthday in Italian. The next day we took a trip to see Castles and the wine country. It was absolutely beautiful. On Sunday, some friends and I took a day trip to Venice and it was definitely a learning experience. We planned out our transportation the night before but apparently not carefully enough. We had the wrong train time and had to wait 2 hours for the next on to arrive. This put us in Venice a few hours later than planned. But while we were there, we walked around Venice, took a Gondola ride, and had dinner. It was so amazing there and luckily I will get to go back for another day after the program ends with Abbey, her mom, and aunt. This week we have our next test and we are planning on doing some more traveling next weekend.