Today was a day of culmination. It was the last full day of our trip to Rome. I started off the day by finishing up packing and then I ate whatever was left in the fridge for lunch. After this it was time for the Giro D’Italia. This was the best culminating activity that could have happened to end this trip. We are all tired and exhausted after how much effort we have put into this trip and it felt amazing to have a payoff this big. A group of us (Laura, Caitlin and I) stayed the entire five hours of the race. It was amazing and empowering to see so many people and to see the dedication of the cyclists. And of course we got to see Lance Armstrong, photographed above with Caitlin in amazement. It was so much fun and I haven’t felt that much adrenaline run through my body in a while. It was encouraging to see how much work and how tough all of the riders were whether it be recovering from a bad crash or the sheer power of cycling up some of these hills. I hope in the future I can see a race like this again. I took over two hundred photos of the race so I will be sure to post them sometime in the near future. After the Giro a group of us headed out to dinner by the Pantheon and we concluded the night with some gelato. Now time for some sleep before our long plane ride tomorrow. I will be back home (in Potsdam) tomorrow!
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