So I am now in Italy! I’m living in an apartment in Florence and it is really great. But let me start from the very beginning.
About 14 of us met at the gate at Phoenix Sky Harbor to fly first to Charlotte. The flight was a piece of cake. They didn’t feed us, but I guess that’s to be expected right now.
Once in Charlotte we all high-tailed it to the departure gate to London as we only had about a half hour until preboard. This plane was gigantic! I was so hungry that I didn’t even taste the food. I’m pretty sure the lady sitting next to me might have been a little bit… irked I guess is the right word cause I ate faster than my dog eats food. I managed to get a little bit of sleep at least.
We then had a HUGE layover in London… 7 and a half hours because the plane was delayed. Oh well. Then was the flight to Florence which I slept through entirely.
Basically throughout the whole flight process I waited in more lines than a kid at Disneyland. It was crazy I spent hours and hours standing in line. It was more exhausting than the flights. All of my bags came in though so I really can’t complain.
After we got to the hotel, Sam and Jill were waiting for us so we went out until about 2 or 3 am with them. Since then, we’ve moved into our new apartment, which like I said in the beginning, is really pretty cool (although its taken me a couple days to write this because my internet cuts out). All of us guys get along great, there’s probably 14 of us in this apartment complex. Its sort of a dorm set up though, as there are only 3 bathrooms for us to share. But we have gone shopping and bought lots of food and wine of course.
So the food here is so good! I have not eaten anything that I didn’t like. I eat entire pizzas. Everybody does. It puts NYC pizza to shame. And the pasta is out of this world. And the wine is as cheap as the water. We had unbelievable $50 or $60 bottles for only about 6 to 10 euro. Amazing!!! We’ve all been having a great time so far!
Class starts tomorrow. Its strange because I’ve already been learning a ton of Italian because I’m surrounded by it all the time. I’m actually looking forward to going to class. I know, I say that now, but I’ve got high hopes. I’d like to be able to speak more of the language besides hello goodbye please and thank you.
