Departure. Aug 29th

Saturday, August 29th, I zippered my suitcases & headed for JFK airport. It was a very emotional time for me and my family as we hugged and kissed goodbye... I went through security & waved goodbye and that was the beginning of a journey that I'll remember for years and years to come. The plane was delayed for quite a while, a little bit of unexpected air traffic held us back, but we were on our way and the flight wasn't too bad. Jet Airways India took great care of us, pillows and blankets, TV's for each guest.. newly released movies, CD's, and tons of games to keep you busy, all made the flight entertaining and bearable. It was really only about a 6 hour flight, but because of the 6 hour time difference, we flew into the future! lol. So we landed in Belgium at about 7:40am and made our first dollars to euros conversion.... Oh boy.. this trip is going to be an expensive one.

Mom & Dad always tried to teach me the value of a dollar when I was growing up... well throw everything you ever learned in the trash because in Europe.. a dollar is worth so much less! Unfortunately, with fees attached, I ended up with a little more than half of what I gave in US dollars. uGh! So anyway... as we continued through the neat airport of Brussels, we made our way to the train. The Grand Plaza in Brussels, Belgium was beautiful! Took some great pictures which I'll post tomorrow =) After doing some tourism, Me, Josh, and Taahir all headed back to the airport to catch our 2 hour flight to ROMA, ITALIA!!

Once we arrived in Italy, our driver ;-p picked us up and drove us to our residence. Checking in wasn't a hassel but what I found once I turned my key and unlocked my door.. I walked into an OVEN! No air? How could there be no air??? That's right.. I'm stuck in a box with no air and not even 2 feet of space in between my bed and the bunk beds (sorry girls first come first serve!). I truely did not expect to be living in a messwhole of a apartment... The plan is to complain to Temple and get switched to another room before the rest of the Temple gang shows up! That's for tomorrow, wish me luck! Well people I'm extremely beat and spent for the night as I'm posting this blog at 1am Romeeee time.. which means its only 7pm in Philly. gOod nigghhhtt! and check back for pictures of Brussels, Belgium!

Did you know that Belgium is composed of three main languages?

• French
• Finnish
• Geraman

Another cool fact is that English is the number 2 language in the city of Brussels!

French being first =)

Pictures will be posted tomorrow which is Monday August 31st. Keep in touch and check out my pics!