Hello everyone! This morning I woke up to check my family’s flight and
then had to go to class and sit through it as if I wasn’t completely
antsy. I made it through, but then when I got back to my apartment I sat
and checked again and saw that they still had a bit of time until they
landed, but that didn’t keep me from checking the computer screen every
few minutes while I was making my lunch. When I finished my lunch I had a
little time to take a nap since my family hadn’t even landed yet and
they’d still have to get their luggage, get a taxi and get to their
hotel, so I did that.
When I woke up I had a text saying they had
landed! I waited until I heard from them again to meet up with them at
their hotel, but it wasn’t too much longer. After all, after a month, it
felt like no time at all. I headed toward their hotel and found it, but
had to wait at a crosswalk for what felt like a lifetime, but amidst my
waiting my mom walked out of the hotel and was waiting on the other
side of the street. I made sure no cars were coming and ran to hug her.
We walked inside and then met up with my dad and Becca and it was
wonderful.
We sat in their hotel room and talked a little, but then they
started to get a little hungry so I brought them to a little pizza
place across the street from my apartment and brought it back to my
apartment so they could see it. From there I gave them the little tour
of the place and we decided we would just do something close by tonight
because jetlag was getting to everyone. We walked to a little park down
the street from my apartment and walked around a little bit, but then we
headed back to their hotel. My dad and sister crashed pretty fast when
we got back, but my mom and I went out on the little balcony they have
and chatted for a while. When she started to get tired, she and my dad
walked me back to the tram I catch to get back to my apartment (which
literally couldn’t be easier) and I said goodbye to them for the night.
When I got back to my apartment I just hung out, but I was in the best
mood, so I don’t even care I didn’t really do anything. I’m just so
happy my family is here and I can’t wait to show them Rome. I’ll report
back to y’all tomorrow about what we discover. Until then–arrivederci!
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