July 5th: Going Home

Are we there yet?!
Look at us tall girls with our matching Cambridge sweats!
We are proud to be American!

Well the day definitely didn’t start off as well as I had hoped. Last night we went and checked out the "so called" 4th of July party and stayed for 20 minutes or so. It was a little weird but I did meet a bunch of people from Madison, WI! What a small world huh? We all were pretty tired anyways so we just went home and got some sleep for the long day of traveling we had ahead of us. I could have sworn I set my alarm but next thing I knew Lindsey was knocking on our door telling Kaari and I that we were suppose to be leaving for the airport! We threw all are stuff together and got out the door in less than 10 minutes! I wasn't very happy. haha.. I was on time everyday on this trip and had no problems waking up what so ever but this happens on the day we leave! Luckily, Kaari and I improvised and washed our hair in the sinks at the airport. Haha It ended up taking us a total of 28 hours to get home. First, we left Florence at 6 a.m and rode a bus to Pisa. We ended up having quite a while at the Pisa Airport before we could check our bags so we went and saw the leaning Tour of Pisa! We didn’t have much time there but at least we saw it.
Our flight from Italy to New York was ten hours! It was a pretty frustrating flight too... people were loud and there were kids EVERYWHERE! We were all really excited to be back in the states when we got to J.F.K. Unfortunately, our flight home was delayed another 3 or 4 hours and it ended up taking us close to the same amount of time to get from New York to S.L.C. as it did getting from Italy to the U.S.! I have mixed feelings being home. I'm a little burnt out and ready to be back home but at the same time I wish I could keep traveling and check out Germany, Ireland and so many other places! I give myself one or two days before I start really missing Europe. What an amazing trip! I will always remember this awesome trip and the people I experienced it with!

Happy Fourth of July!!

Our group listening attentively to our tour guide
Kaari and I on the Ponte Vecchio Bridge
The Duomo!
The David! I wasn't suppose to take a picture so Its a bit blurry but It still turned out pretty good!! haha


Happy Fourth of July! I’m a little sad I’m missing out on all of Jackson Hole’s Fourth of July festivities but hey.. I’m in Italy! Today we had a tour guide show us around Florence and tell us some of it's history. It was really great. Many of the places he took us are places we walked right past yesterday without knowing the history behind it all! Florence is so unique..I love it. We went to the Brancacci Chapel, The Academia, Piazza Della Signoria and the Ufitzi gallery among a few others. The best part of the day was seeing Michael Angelo’s David! It was amazing! All 17ft of it! It’s incredible that something that was sculpted in the early 1500s can be so powerful and symbolic. What a great day…tonight a few of us are going out dancing at a 4th of July party! crazy huh? We’ll see how it goes. Tomorrow is our last day and I’m pretty sad. This trip went by entirely too fast! It has all been like a dream to be quite honest…somebody pinch me!

Tuesday: July 3rd

Today we spent some time wandering around Florence and shopping some more of course! J We also decided to cross of the Ponte Vecchio Bridge to the other side of town. It’s starting to really kick in that the trip is just about over and we’ll be back at home in just a few days. I’m so sad! It’s crazy we aren’t going to be in the U.S. for the fourth of July tomorrow! There are a few parties for it out here which is really odd but we mat go check them out anyways and get our dance on!