I appreciate every scoop of gelato I get with friends a little differently now because I don€™t know if it will be the last of my time abroad. For me, gelato is less of a tasty treat than it is an opportunity to spend time with the people that I have grown so close with over these last 3.5 months. It is the staple of Italian culture that I always relied on when making new friends at the and the statement, €œHey, would you want to maybe go get gelato after class€ helped me find some of my new life-long best friends while pushing me WAY out of my comfort zone€”to me, that was what coming abroad was all about.