Italy, here we are!

The flight to Italy itself was good. Our team got to all sit together and we even met a Italian girl who lives in the area we will be doing most of our ministry. Sleeping is a little odd on a plane but you get use to it I suppose. I (Rose) didn't mind it at least. Caleb had an interesting run in with a German man who told him to stop shaking his leg. Somewhere in the middle of the night Seth and Brianna decided to trade spots, but as Seth went to get up he grabbed the back of the Italian's seat which woke her quite suddenly in a terrible fright. I wasn't awake but I heard later she was pretty upset. She thought the plane was going down or something. As we were getting ready to get off the plane she apologized. Overall I thought the trip was quite enjoyable for my first over seas trip.

My first thought getting off the plane was, "Man, it's hot!" The plane wasn't cold but it wasn't warm either and walking into the airport was like walking into a room where the heat has been left on to long. The sun was shining, and it was beautiful. We all got our bags, which is a blessing. You never know if your bags will get put on your next plane when you have a switch like we did.

After waiting for a while in the airport our team leader got there. Because our plane was late it messed everything up so we ended up having to take a bus and than a train to get back to the Center. The train stations are very nice here. You go under ground to get to the other side of the tracks which I loved and hated at the same time. I loved it because it was something new for this western girl, I hated it because I had a bag that would not do what it was supposed to do. I dropped it on an Italian lady's foot. That was embarrassing.
The train was wonderful though! I loved watching Italy pass by, and I'm glad in a lot of ways they didn't have a van for us. We had more space this way and it was enjoyable to listen to the Italians talk.

We got to the Center about 2pm or so. The rest of the day was filled with meeting our two added members, Wes and Joey, unpacking, eating and just trying to stay awake until bed time.

We were all glad to see the clock hit 9pm though. I think that's the earliest I've gone to bed in the last year!