Journey Here

Immediately as my journey to Italy began and I walked into Air France at the Chicago O’Hare airport the entire atmosphere and surroundings had changed to a European feel. Various signs were in different languages, French food was being served, and the workers were speaking several different languages. As I boarded the plane the flight attendants greeted us with “bonjour” and “ciao”, they were all very friendly. I was a bit worried about sitting on the plane for eight hours but each seat had their own personal television and many movies to choose from. I started off watching a newly released movie but ended up sleeping the entire flight. I woke up exhausted but was excited to be in Paris and get off the plane. While in the Paris airport I was expecting to see the Eiffel Tower but I was soon disappointed when it was not visible from there. Once we settled down at the airport my friend and I decided to look for food nearby. We found a little stand with muffins and she tried to order one muffin but we became very confused when he gave us three and the total was 18 euros. I started laughing saying “no, no we only ordered one” but the man looked at me with confusion so we let it be and gave the other two muffins to other people. The muffins were delicious and much lighter than muffins from America and tasted like angel food cake. Our layover in Paris was an hour and during that time I met several more CIMBA students. When we boarded our flight to Paderno the flight attendants spoke four different languages so it took a long time for them to explain all of the safety precautions. Just like the flight to Paris I slept the entire flight and woke up eager to get off the plane and take the bus to Paderno del Grappa campus. All together the journey from Chicago to Paderno del Grappa went very smoothly and I am hoping my travels home are similar