The 20 hour trip wasn't over when I got to Dusseldorf; there were still 11 hours left beginning with 4 hours of sitting in the airport. Unlike some people who were drinking beer at 8 am, I chose to read and sit in a coffee shop. The highlight of the airport was definitely the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar I found in duty free for only 15 Euros. The next flight was an hour and a half to London. You are probably thinking, "Wait. Why did he fly to Dusseldorf to London? He's flying one time zone backwards and an hour and a half further away from Bologna?" There is no good answer to this question so I just won't answer it. ingot to London at noon, so I had 4 hours to kill before my flight. I didn't want to sleep in a chair at the gate in Heathrow for fear of missing the plane or getting robbed, so I spent the time trying to figure out my phone situation. I bought a sim card for 20 GBP but it wasn't working in my unlocked iPhone so I spent the next two hours sneaking in and out of an electronics store in the terminal using the macs to both look up information and to connect my phone to iTunes. I finally got asked to not come back to the store again that day, but at that point I was hungry for lunch. Next thing I know, I'm sitting on the airplane with a belly full of Wagamama. I fell asleep before we left the gate and then woke up in Bologna!
My bag made it fine and customs was a joke. A quick cab ride took me to Bologna's central train station were my buddy Matt was waiting for me. Matt has been one of my best friends since 7th grade and has been studying in Bologna all fall. His dad is from Italy so he is trying to connect with "his roots". I reminded him that he was born in Miami, speaks minimal Italian, and wished him good luck with that! We are staying in an apartment that he found on airbnb because he lives in a dorm room with 4 Italian guys and it would've been tight. The apartment is super nice and the woman gave us half of the apartment. We have a room with a double bed, tv and lots of outlets. We also have a bathroom for our personal use right next door that has a shower, bath tub, toilet, bidet, and two sinks. It's massive! After settling in, we walked to meet two of Matt's friends from the program at a grocery store. We went back to one of their dorms and cooked what they call "family dinner," Matt and like 5 friends cook in one of their rooms and hang out for like 3 hours. It was fun and the tortellinis and green beans we made were delicious. Afterwards, we went back to the room and fell asleep after some face booking and blogging.
My bag made it fine and customs was a joke. A quick cab ride took me to Bologna's central train station were my buddy Matt was waiting for me. Matt has been one of my best friends since 7th grade and has been studying in Bologna all fall. His dad is from Italy so he is trying to connect with "his roots". I reminded him that he was born in Miami, speaks minimal Italian, and wished him good luck with that! We are staying in an apartment that he found on airbnb because he lives in a dorm room with 4 Italian guys and it would've been tight. The apartment is super nice and the woman gave us half of the apartment. We have a room with a double bed, tv and lots of outlets. We also have a bathroom for our personal use right next door that has a shower, bath tub, toilet, bidet, and two sinks. It's massive! After settling in, we walked to meet two of Matt's friends from the program at a grocery store. We went back to one of their dorms and cooked what they call "family dinner," Matt and like 5 friends cook in one of their rooms and hang out for like 3 hours. It was fun and the tortellinis and green beans we made were delicious. Afterwards, we went back to the room and fell asleep after some face booking and blogging.
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