Guess who made it to ROME?! Wow, what a journey that was. I still can't believe I'm here now. How did that even happen? I'm so proud of myself, so to commemorate it, let me just walk you through my last 24 hours. Be warned however that I'm not my usual self today due to my nasty companion, the fever and the fact that I haven't slept in two nights.
I left Vancouver with tears in my eyes, not ready to leave everything behind. I may have shed a tear as I walked into the security checkpoint. There were crowds of people huddled together crying and saying farewells to each other, how could I not cry? The 10 hour flight to Frankfurt was surprisingly quite pleasant. I slept and watched movies along the way. Can't ask for much more.
The Frankfurt airport is modern and clean, with a almost industrial like feel to it. And it's massive since it took me well over half an hour to get to my transfer flight location. And as stereotypical as it was, the first thing I noticed in the airport were stalls and shops full of pretzels and sausages! Hehehehe.
And the flight from Germany to Rome? I lucked out and got 3 seats to myself, which meant...time for Michelle to spread out and sleep comfortably! I passed out like a cold turkey. The second I landed, I attacked a solo female traveller and started chatting about how lost we both were and once she found her program helpers, they even lead me to the train station where I had to trolley my way to Roma Tiburtina to meet two of my room mates. 15 minutes of hide and seek later, I found my room mates and I have to say, so far so good! They're all ever so friendly and Mauro even made me pasta. I don't know if I'm slightly biased but his pasta was so damn good! Apparently the boys eat dinner together every night (how cute!) and religiously watch football (soccer) together as well. I wonder if I'll be joining them on their rituals. Must learn Italian faster somehow!!! Also, a kid (I'm assuming) plays the piano upstairs and I've heard him/her practice the same song for the last 20 minutes. I feel like I'm in China again...maybe I'll get used to this place faster than I expected!
There's so much more that I want to say but my brain is dying and I really need to get some rest soon. Next time I'll post some pictures, I promise :)
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