I made it- but Man that Trip Sucked!

I finally made it to Siena today around 4:30 pm (yep, folks, that's a whole whopping 25 hours after I left my house).  So many things went wrong on this trip that I know that the rest of the six weeks will have to be amazing to make up for it.

Since I'm exhausted, I'll use a list:

FL to London
1. two screaming infants who finally quit 4 hours into the 7 hour journey
2. British boy with no personality as seatmate
3. freeeeeezing cold plane (but they did provide socks); ridiculously small seats and uncomfortable head rest (but amazing tv and movie choices)
4. Airplane food that tasted pretty yucky going down and worse when it came back up during hour six
5. No sleep- none
6. Panic attack around hour 5 about what the Hell I thought I was doing going on this trip alone
7. Forty minutes into line at passport entrance in London, I'm told that they switched my terminal. Have to ride bus alone with a very scary cockney man and wait in a different line
8. Am told by terminal A that my baggage is missing because the girl in Orlando forgot to give me a specific tag I needed-- very nice woman laughs when I tell her that my luggage holds six weeks worth of clothing
9. Am helped by nice man and luggage is found (after I almost decided to book a different flight home that same day)

London to Siena
1. crying baby beside me-- just awesome
2. weird stinky guy on other side-- awesomer
3. flight is relatively painless, but I realize towards the end that I haven't eaten since before 6 pm the day before... what happened to breakfast?
4. Wait outside passport area in very hot sun for thirty minutes-- I get dizzy and envision myself faceplanting on the pavement and then going to Italian ospedale.
5. Wait for luggage...wait...wait...
6. get luggage, get bag of chips--which I sit down and then forget-- get powerade (thank you god!)
7. No signs for bus from airport to downtown Florence.  That's right, no signs.  I walk back and forth in sun for ten-fifteen minutes, finally ask random bus driver for the "e questo autobus per stazione d'allautobus."  Still not sure that's right.
9. Bus driver will not take us to bus depot, only train.
10.  Three different people on the street give directions to bus station, only one of them is correct.
11.  Spend one hour is 90 degree sun with a 35 lb. backpack, a 10 lb. purse, and a 50 lb. luggage.  Arms rubbed raw from backpack weight.
12. Finally find bus station.

13. Meet NICE woman who completely turns my day around!!!
14. Arrive in Siena, which is about as beautiful as any city in the world. Wow!
15. Get amazing new room (very big) with wifi, an elevator, and beautiful floors, ceilings.  Did I mention the view is like something in a movie?

In all, that almost movie-worthy trip was worth it, I think.  But now that it's been almost two days since I've slept, I'm hitting the sheets.  Oh, and to Hell with typos, I don't care tonight.

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