Puddles

Trip Start Aug 28, 2007
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Trip End Dec 16, 2007


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Friday, September 28, 2007

Well today was our first dose of the rainy season to come. I had an Italian test today...ha, bombed. Oh well. So then we had to pack for Barcelona! We decided to leave from our site visit in studio...when we went to the apartment it was sunny and clear on our side of the Arno...but as we were leaving with our backpacks stuffed with clothes...it stated raining. By the time we got to the site we were soaked. Of course, I don't own a raincoat and my umbrella was not going to fit into my luggage to come to Italy. So my feet are soaked along with my roof and scarf.

Finally we got to the train station after ducking under as many overhands as possible. The train we got on took us directly to the Pisa airport. There was a woman on the car with us who had a winter jacket on and apparently felt hot, but didn't want to take her jacket off, so she opened the window instead. So we're soaked and having cold air blowing in on us...SUPER...sounds the the formula for getting ridiculously sick to me! Final she got off two stops before the airport and I walked over after she got up and stepped into the area between cars to talk on her cell phone waiting to get off....so I could shut the window as she was whooping and hollering in Italian or Russian, whatever she was, to the person on the other end of the phone.

The best luck happened to me though...she left her umbrella! Granted it looked like one that cost 5 euro, but hey, it's 5 I didn't have to spend! So since it was the last stop on the track I asked the girls if it made me a "bad person" to take it and then told me "look at how soaked you are...she left it and is long gone, NO! Take it!" So that was that. I now have an umbrella!

Now I'm sitting on a flight on Ryanair to Barcelona. We're all so excited because we get to speak Spanish! Which we're all soo much better at than Italian! Lana you should be jealous, I just wish you were here to help translate! Alright I'm going to go doodle!

Until t'mar, ciao!

ps. there's a emergency card in front of me that says:

In Case of Emergency Landing:
no glasses or dentures
no shoes
no jewelry (necklaces & earings)

I'm taking pictures of this card and captioning the ridiculous rules they have! (with help from Kara)
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