I have arrived

Just a brief note as I'm extremely tired and haven't really slept in 35 hours... I've made it! Ernesta picked me up, with her grandson who speaks English well, and we drove to her house which is just amazing. The artwork is literally stunning and the dinner she made was divine. The wine was delicious, the prosciutto was perfect, and the pannatone was possibly the best piece of bread I have had in my life. It's really a good thing that everything is more expensive here because the calories the food packs are not joking.

Well I'm lying in bed now (they have wifi - awesome) and I could explain much more of the journey but I'm too exhausted. Here are some bullet points
  • Dear Delta Airlines at Charles de Gaulle, I am not happy with you.
  • French people in the airport didn't like my cowgirl boots
  • Longchamp items are in fact not cheaper in France (at least in the airport, duty free)
  • The driving here is terrifying... narrow, windy streets with no lines to tell you how many lanes there should be
  • Target converters don't work for laptops (at least not Dells)
  • If your mom is an expert packer and packs your stuff, watch her do it so you know where stuff is
Alright, well, that's it for me. Sleep is winning right now.

Buonanotte!

P.S. I just ran spell check on this and basically every word came up... because they're not in Italian.

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