Ciao da Chester, NJ!

That's correct! I am back in the "908" for one week (at least that's the current update.) My return to Italy all depends on the Visa... which is looking both positive and negative. It can go either way....

My flight home was obviously long and grueling, but I managed to make two American friends who are living in Italy, and very close to me. So at the end of the flight we exchanged contact information. I also found out that they are on my return flight back to Italy. I was sitting next to a very nice guy (my age) on the plane. The flight makes all the difference when sitting next to someone who is friendly.

I will keep this blog short, but at the airport in Venice security was extremely tight! I was happy to see these precautionary measures, but at the same time it delayed our already delayed flight. We check in at the front, go through security, then passport control, then before we boarded all 200+ passagners (it was a fully booked flight) had to be body searched, and had our bags searched by hand. They had to open everything! But I made it back alive. During our decent, we were told we would be arriving at Gate 9... We land... "Sorry folks, but there are no gates available for us!" eh......Vaffuncolo! That night I chowed down on an endless supply of Sushi! Something I haven't had since I left!