Well, I did it! After all the months of planning, waiting, and filling out endless paper work, I am finally in Italy! It's still sinking in that I'm in one of the most beautiful countries in the world!
AFS representatives were right by the baggage claim in Laguardia Airport when I landed just like they said they'd be! After I got my bags, I began making some friends! I met kids going all over the world to places like Egypt, Turkey, France, and India! They were all just as excited as I was, and we sat there and talked for a long time waiting for other students to show up!
St. Johns University is where I met all of the other students going abroad including all of my Italy buddies! Guess how many of us it is in my Italy group? 55!! We were the biggest group there and, yes, AFS put all 55 of us on "Swiss Air" together for our 8 hour flight to Zurich, Switzerland, and we had so much fun!! I've met some great people, and everyone clicked so easily like we've known each other forever.
When we arrived in Rome, we were split up by who is going to northern and who is going to southern Italy. So now we are here together in Calabria, Italy (southern Italy) for a week. After we leave Calabria, we will be breaking off from each other to go stay with our host families!! Ahhh I'm so excited!!
At the end of the summer, everyone in the AFS Italy group (people who went north, and the people who went south like me) will meet back in Rome!
Until next time, Arriverderci! :)
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