Perugia and Skydiving

Basically, you can follow along from my facebook, but this past weekend I went to Perugia for the Eurochocolate festival and then to Arezzo to go skydiving. Perugia was a really cute and quaint town and I really enjoyed being there, mainly for the reason that the whole town was filled with chocolate. I contained myself and only bought 10 euros worth of chocolate, but it was the best chocolate I have ever had. I also bought a cup of hot chocolate, but their version was literally melted chocolate, it was to die for! They even had a gluten free stand which made my day even though I totally thought all chocolate was gluten free haha oops!
The next day, Saturday, on a spur of the moment, 7 of us decided to hop on a train to Arezzo(about an hour away) to go skydiving! I was totally terrified, but it's something I have always wanted to, and when in Italy! We got to the place around 2 and I was the 2nd to last one to jump and I didn't get in the plane until 5:30, so needless to say it was a long day of waiting and basically freaking out haha. Ride up in the plane was the most terrifying thing of the whole experience because you are anticipating basically jumping out of a plane 2 and half miles up. I was shaking uncontrollable, partly because it was cold but mostly because I was about to pee myself. Once we got to elevation, we were above the clouds and it felt as if the plane stalled and that's when the nerves really kicked in. Two guys that were in the plane with us jumped and then it was my turn, after watching them fall out of the plane I just started screaming I was so scared. My legs were dangling out of the plane and the next thing I knew I was falling 2 and a half miles from the ground. Falling into the clouds watching the sun set in the distance was probably the most horrifying and the best feeling in the world! The adrenaline was incredible and it was just awesome! We fell into a rain cloud so it got a little cold, but for the whole minute you are free falling, it is just the biggest rush ever. Once we broke through the clouds my tandem pulled the chute and I was allowed to steer us around, so I pulled a couple wheelies haha. Landing however, was a little rough, basically it was just an ass-plant to put it in technical terms. All in all, it was the most awesome thing I have ever done and I would totally do it again!
After the rush of jumping out of a plane wore off, we headed back to Firenze and the studying began. This week was midterm week so I had 5 exams in 4 days, I did pretty well on all of them which is a relief. Now I'm all done with school work for the next week and half, so I'm off to Ireland and Scotland! We leave Saturday afternoon until the following Tuesday afternoon. It should be fun, I'm trying to meet up with Arthur so there will be a little CofC action going on in Edinburgh, watch out haha.
Well, thats all for now, I'll post another one when I get back from fall break!

Love and miss you all,
Lu