LaurenTaylor3

I have slept for 12 hours, I feel much better! Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast, a taste of home. We drive to Pompeii, it’s only about 45 minutes away. As I am now awake, I notice more about Italy as we are driving. The houses tend to be two or more stories tall. The cars are small, apparently a side effect of the high price of gas. Part of this is from the taxes on the gas. I saw an Italian Pine, and Pliny was right, it does look like a mushroom cloud. We park at the back of a restaurant and walk to the site, passing a group of multilingual street vendors. I try not to make eye contact. We are at Pompeii! I have wanted to be here since elementary school, an interest which ... read more

Set off from DFW, I think my parents are more worried about this trip than I am. Found free Wi-Fi and updated my Facebook status and ate a sandwich. Wait, wait, wait. Bonus! Apparently U.S. Airways offers Wi-Fi during flight. I wonder how they can connect to the interwebs in the air though… Nice lady sitting next to me is also headed to Italy, but Florence not Naples. Said I was perky and apparently this being my first international flight is a perfectly valid explanation for that. Not gonna lie, the take off is my favorite part of the flight; it feels like a roller coaster. I also like looking out the window as everything gets smaller and smaller, like a train miniature. Eventually fields and forests look like a patchwork quilt with embroidered rivers. Supposedly ... read more