More travels and goodbye to practicum classes

Last weekend, the study abroad program took us to Tallinn, Estonia and Riga, Latvia. We took an LCC bus all night towards Estonia and spent the day in Tallinn, the capital. We spent the majority of our time exploring the old town, with its castles and medieval style tourist attractions. We rode bikes on the beach, went to a history museum, and saw the city from a hill.
On Saturday morning, I convinced some friends to wake up early in the morning and go to the 8:00 Catholic mass at St Peter's cathedral. I was reallly excited about this because it is a traditional service in Latin! When I woke up in the morning, I think I was a little too excited because I thought my watch said 7:50 and hurriedly woke up my friend. We ran the whole way because we thought we were late, but then looked at our watches and noticed that it was only 7:15. I had woken up at 6:50! We had a good laugh at that and went back to the hostel to wait until the service actually started. The service was an interesting experience.
We only had half of the day in Riga before we drove back to Klaipeda. Sometimes I wonder what the point of tourism is and I don't like the idea of consumerism, but going to these places is helping me understand the culture and history better. It's also opening my eyes to so many different things. After 2 weekends in a row of traveling, it will be nice to spend the weekend here and go to the usual Sunday services and my Friday night Bible study.

I feel like I'm constantly reminded that I only have 2 weeks left here and want to make the most of my time here, spending it by doing things with my friends. This Friday, my roommate has a solo in the Talent show and another friend is presenting her thesis on Saturday.
The weather has been sooo wonderful here! I stopped wearing my coat for the first time and have been going for walks with friends.
Sadly, this is my last week of teaching! Yesterday, for the last class we presented the adult class with certificates and personalized notes. We cut a cake and had juice. The class surprised us by giving us chocolate and bouquets of roses and bringing out the wine! They even made a toast and a speech to thank us for teaching the class. This experience amused me because it was a cultural difference in wanting to drink wine instead of the juice we brought! We also presented the kids' classes with certificates and treats. It was rewarding to see how much they learned throughout the whole course.