Arrived in Sicily!

So, I made it to the main Italy transit terminal by following most of the other people.  I thought that having my contacts in would make maneuvering the unfamiliar airport a little easier, but apparently my eyes were tired or something or else all my eye prescriptions are off because everything was blurry; hence, contacts out and glasses back in.  

Sunset from Joe's Apt

After wandering the terminal a bit, but really tired beyond belief I ended up standing in a line for 30 minutes that I thought was for getting my 3rd flight's boarding pass, but finally I decided it was stupid to stand in a line for no reason and went over to the passport check and walked right through.  So thank god I hadn't kept waiting in that line!

My Welcome to Sicily Plant!

The Rome airport is INSANITY!  I have never been to quite as confusing an airport.  I'm not sure if it was the unfamiliarity with it, the lack of language ability, or the fact that I was just tired as hell, but it was kind of awful. 

Anyway, found the right terminal, got my boarding pass, and procceded to wait the next 3 hours, even though all I wanted to do was shower and lie down!!!  Thankfully, I had a book to read which managed to pass most of the 3 hour wait...not sure what I would've done otherwise!  How I wished for my cell phone to have worked!

Got on the right flight (which could've been problematic had Joe not warned me that gate changes are constant in the Domestic terminals!) and the minute I got on the plane (which was actually really nice!!!) I was asleep; which was kind of a shame since I think the views of the island were probably really nice! 

Landed, got my bag (was totally scared it was going to get lost in the THREE flight & transfers trip!), and Joe was there to pick me up (complete with a "welcome plant" and better yet, a sandwhich and coke...which was really good and definitely needed considering I think a huge part of my tiredness was the fact that I was actually really hungry!)