I'M HERE!

Well, after many long hours of airports, layovers and STRESS I am finally here!!! I literally have no concept of time whatsoever and it was the weirdest feeling being wide awake in a plane where it's supposed to be 3 am in the country I am going to. The night before I left I hungout with my friends and family and said my last goodbyes and then Saturday morning Mom and Granddaddy took me to SFO to see me off!! Lugging around a 50 pound backpack, a 20 pound carry-on and a 50 pound suitcase was no easy task but I fared well compared to my other friends; (surprisingly I was the one out of our group of friends who packed the LEAST!) We left San Francisco at around 3 in the afternoon on Saturday and flew 10 hours straight to Germany. The German flight attendants were the sweetest and so accommodating! After a very cramped and uncomfortable 10 hours in the plane (of which I probably slept for 2) we landed in Frankfurt, Germany and the city was literally blanketed in snow; I've never seen that much snow or white in my life! The highlight of the plane ride was probably watching the sun rise while flying over Ireland and Great Britain, I literally saw the sky change from dark to red to pink, orange, yellow, blue and even green. When we got to Frankfurt everybody that had 2 carry-ons, (a purse and a carry on) had to check theirs, but mine fit thank goodness! When we finally landed in Torino (after flying over the alps!) everybody who was asked to check their carry-ons got their luggage lost!! Italian time is funny, after waiting in a very short line for 2 and a half hours the lost and found finally found the time to deal with the problem. Then we got to our hotel, went out to dinner at a really cool pizza place (in which you literally had to ask them 3 times to stop bringing pizza around!!) and then took a quick tour of the city. So far so good, I am moving into my apartment tomorrow and starting school Tuesday!!! I miss you all terribly and can't wait to talk to you soon!!!

Love love love,

Caitlin