Un giorno dolce e amaro
Sigh...the day has finally come. My visa has run out and somehow, so have my Euros.
Guess I have to come back to the United States!
When departing for this odyssey last May, I made faint threats that if this Elekchun Bid-ness don't get over soon, I would defy my papers and just stay in Italy covertly forever and ever. Luckily, some of the American people have some sense! In honor of that, Trevor and I joyfully marched into Ignacio's on Wednesday and commanded him, "Ignacio! Per favore, due cappucini per Obama!"
So yes, return to my native country is bittersweet. It will be nice to have a president I am not alternately enraged and embarrassed by. But on the other hand, there will be a severe lack of 3 Euro wine, gelato outside my door, and pasta con seppia...
I have learned much, some of which I'll be able to detail on the various planes I take today. I'll begin with Rule Number One. See the picture for more info. :-)
posted by beth.fer.ves.cence @ 6:53 AM
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2 Comments:
time flies! but it is great to see that you had a good time in europe. to bad that we couldn't visit you, i am sorry for that. and that you couldn't stop by at our place in germany!
your mom will love you for that rule!! but it is true, we should be more thankful and express it to our parents!! we tend to forget about that. hmm, or at least i do (shame on me)...
whenever i go abroad, it is all exciting and i have also stayed with host families and it is fun and everything, but no matter how great it is, it also shows me that back home is not that bad after all and that my parents are the greatest parents i could ever wish for!
awwww....I agree ALL around... I was bummed my parents didn't get there either -- though since Garthe was in Japan for SIX YEARS since they visited him, I didn't feel too bad....packing was quite the adventure as well, but I had my birthday card from you guys in my purse during the flight, so it was fun to look at some pictures while the pilots blabbed on about their various, unending reasons for why the flight was delayed/not taking off/or smelling funny!
so yes, it is great to be home -- and in an effort toward re-acclimitization, the weather is exactly like it was in Turin for the last couple weeks!
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