In Rome at last! After a 3 hour delay in Dallas I was certain I'd miss my connection in London but gratefully the British were experiencing a bit of a downpour to welcome us which delayed the outgoing planes as well.So after much rushing and a slew of extremely friendly people with fantastic accents I reached my plane and came to Rome! When I got here I thought it would be easy getting to termini train station and from there the metro. I bought my ticket and discovered the guy had charged me too much for my ticket but I was already on the train and didnt want to go back so then I started listening to the statins we were stopping at and termini wasn't one of them. The people around me tried talking to me and as much as I like to pretend I speak italian I really had no idea what they were saying so I gve up And told them I don't speak Italian. I was informed I'd gotten on the wrong train...it doesn't go to termini and the one I was on cost half the price of the train I was on. The lady sitting next to me got off with me and showed me where to go so I bought a new ticket, got on a train with a really sweet nun and arrived at termini! I made my way to the metro, one line was closed but fortunately not the one I needed so I got to where I needed to go. My directions were to ask for directions and even though I asked in Italian my accent is apparently so awesome! That they still spoke to me in English...not that it's a bad thing, just a wee bit embarrassing. It was dark and things were looking sketchy so I was slightly affrighted but never fear I arrived and the angry hostess lady directed me to where my group was having dinner. So though I was tired...incredibly disgusting and aching I arrived in one piece and really...I'm in Rome, how upset can I be? Ciao!

Goodbye

Ciao America! I'm sitting in the airport enjoying my last few minutes of actually understanding what is going on but that's part of the fun, right? Well part of the experience at least. Well I love you all and might even miss you little bit...I'm typing on my iPad with a red cover...fond memories. I will slowly learn the art of blogging but until then and mostly until I have fun stories bare with me. Buona giornata e buona fortuna!