Life as a Hunton-Old Blog

For those of you who may be interested, I wanted to give you and update regarding our travels thus far. Last Tuesday, we headed to Venice. From there we ventured to Florence and are currently in Rome. On Wednesday, we fly to Cairo where Ashley (Michael's sister) is doing a youth ministry internship.

I don't even know where to begin when expressing my thoughts about what we have seen and experienced. Already, our time away has been worthwhile. I find myself growing more comfortable in cities after the first day, and I have to keep reminding myself that first impressions are not an accurate depiction of my true feelings. Meaning, I tend to misjudge our Expedia hotels until I have more time to develop a relationship with them. :) However, I'm getting better!!! (Michael is very happy about that.)

All of our "post-worthy" adventures are not coming to mind right now, but I will share this one story that just occurred. We took a tour of the Colosseum in Rome this afternoon. We decided that a break at the hotel would be the next best option. Before arriving back at the hotel, we stopped in an internet shop (where we currently are now). Our back-pack was a little bulky, and Michael accidently knocked a magazine rack over upon entering. He hurridly helped the employee pick up the books from the ground. Then, we didn't even have our passports and couldn't get on the computers! I'm flustered at this point, which is no surprise, and we both scurried back to the hotel.

After an hour of relaxation, Michael decides he wants to download the pictures from his camera onto the computer. We searched our quaint hotel room from top to bottom...and no camera. We were both at a loss because Michael had been carrying the camera around his neck the entire day. He checked with the front desk at the hotel--nothing. Then, as a last-ditch effort, he came back across the street to the internet shop. He returned minutes later with camera in hand. We are both quite relieved.

Not only are we fortunate to be in Italy, but we are so grateful that Italian luck came our way!