Okay- I just got back from Spring break in Rome which was really amazing and fun but I'm going to start with the end of my trip first because it was crazy! As my friends and family have already pointed out, I seem to have the worst luck with traveling because something always happens: shoe bombers, lost luggage,  hoof and mouth disease, detained in Heathrow, and this time a volcanic eruption.

My work called me on Friday asking if I thought I'd be affected by the eruption but I hadn't even heard anything had happened- when on vacation you can feel very out of touch with the world.  I'm really addicted to my iPhone and it is so hard to not use it while I'm out of the country.  Anyway, I figured it would all be cleared up by Sunday but Laura and I found an internet cafe to check on flights. Flights all over Europe were cancelled and I knew I'd have to figure something else out.  It was hard to decide if I should just wait it out to get on another flight or go ahead and find another way home.  I decided to go to a smaller train station out of Rome, but I couldn't get anything either after standing in line for over an hour.  Finally on Sunday, I was able to get online and get a ticket to Salzburg, Austria and my awesome friends Kat and Pam said they would drive down from Germany to come get me (they had been in Rome at the same time but had a car so they could drive home but there was no room for me).




I was so glad that I found a train ticket online- staying an extra week in Rome may sound exciting but when you are stressed out and out of money, the fun is gone.