mcne1644 Katie McNeil

What is the most interesting thing you learned in another culture?

I have learned to live in the moment.

From New York, United States
Currently in Florence, Italy

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Katie's Italian Adventure - 2011

Taking the road less traveled....to Italy. Stay tuned for the adventures of Katie Mac.

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles

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Ok, so you just can’t make this kind of stuff up.

I started out my morning leaving at 8 for the train to Tiburtina. Unfortunately, the train station had a fire and I could not get to Tiburtina. Caterina and Enrico drove me to Termini station. At Termini station, I found out that my train to Bologna had been cancelled but I could take a train to Verona and get off in Bologna with a two hour delay. I boarded the train at 11:30. This trip would now take approximately 3 hours. About an hour into the trip, our train broke on the tracks. We sat on the tracks for 1.5 hours. It then took another 3 hours to get to Bologna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna. ; From Bologna, I was going to take another 1 hour train to Rovigo where Chiara was waiting but she told me to just call here when I was one hour from Bologna and she would travel to get me. Thank God!

As soon as I saw Chiara at the train station, it was like old times in Ireland. She looks wonderful! We decided to have a two-hour walk around Bologna and stop for a glass of wine. I certainly needed it at this point. We left Bologna and drove to Rovigo, where I would be staying for the next 3 days. Chiara’s parents and sister were all waiting anxiously for my arrival, as was Chiara’s dog, Max. Max is no average dog. He acts like a human. Chiara prepared bruschetta and a coffee flavored cake for dessert. We finally settled in and dreams of Venice danced in my head.