Parma and AFS Camp

So a few weeks ago I got to go to Parma to visit one of my friends from AFS. She's from Uruguay. It was so pretty in the north! It was the typical Italy that you imagine, with the green hills and cute little houses.
While I was there I didn't actually see a ton of Parma, but at least the important parts. My friend had an Intercultural dinner with AFS one night so my friend and I made empanadas (a typical food in Uruguay). On my last day however we went to San Marino, which is a whole another country, that is surrounded completely by Italy. It's very small and is basically just one town on this big hill. At the top though you can see all around, even to the sea. We also brought along one of my American friends who lives nearby. At the very top of the hill there is a castle and a beautiful view!
A few days after there was our last camp with AFS. It was really fun and great to be with the other AFS students but quite sad at the end. They talked to us about the troubles we will have with readjusting at home and they helped to prepare us for it. At the end we all signed eachother's t-shirts and had a chance to say goodbye.