Saturday, December 18, 2010

SNOW SNOW SNOW

It just so happens that the biggest snowfall in Florence in over twenty years happened yesterday. On the day where the vast majority of villa kids planned on leaving. Needless to say that isn't happening anymore, due to Italy's incapability of dealing with snow. We probably got around 7 inches yesterday and the town fell apart. Buses stopped running and were abandoned, cars just slipping all over the place, no taxis, trains either not showing up or 250 minutes delayed. And planes canceled. I have friends who were supposed to leave this morning but now can't leave till Monday or even Tuesday. THANKFULLY, by some miracle, I am on a flight that leaves on Sunday morning, which is good news. The Florence Airport closed this morning, but it reopened and the majority of flights are in the check in or expected phase. Which is great. However, definitely won't be at rest until I see a flight that has departed for Frankfurt. It does appear that my travel plans will go ahead as planned. I have some pictures from this blizzard up on facebook, but I'll put some on here when I'm back home. We had to walk all the way from Florence to Sesto yesterday, about a 1.5 hour walk, due to the lack of transportation. Just hope everyone can get home / back to the states by Christmas. See you all soon

CORRECTION: Might not get home Sunday. It's looking very questionable, 50-50 shot. Wish me luck

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