Arriving! A long journey...

Last night we arrived in Milan after a long journey! Our travels consisted of meeting at the Philadelphia airport at 5:15am on Thursday morning! We then checked in and got through security...everyone surprisingly awake with excitement! Once past security, many of us grabbed some juice and bagels and we then got on the plane!!! However, the plane ride was to Chicago...only a slight delay in the process of traveling to Europe! From Chicago, we had to quickly scurry to our new plane going to...London! Phew...it was pretty hectic but once on the plane mostly everyone napped! The flight was sooooo long!!! So so long! 7 hours felt like 20! But it made the arrival in London that much better! We arrived in London at about 11pm London time....it was a full day of travel. The good news was that nobody's luggage was lost (pleasant surprise)! We got a quick taste of England by traveling to a motel in taxis (which drove on the left side of the road)! The motel in London was a bit crazy! Everyone was exhausted from traveling all day and we piled into rooms, showered, and passed out. The motel rooms were very basic and plane jane. They had only a bed and a table. The televisions did not work, but we all just passed out anyway so it didn't matter! The next morning (Friday) we ate croissants and apples for breakfast and headed to the London airport again via shuttle buses to catch our final plane to Milan! The London airport was incredible. It was HUGE and once inside and past security,  we had time to relax for about 2 hours before boarding the plane. This time was spent by going to the shops in the airport, which was really like a ginormous mall.... literally. They had so many stores from jewelers (like Tiffany's!) to Department store-like areas, to shoes stores, to cafe eating areas, to electronics stores, to clothing stores, to book stores...name it and it was there! We noticed that Europeans tend to buy a lot of wine and a lot of perfume, because shops for those could be found al over the place in the airport mall! It was fun to explore the airport, but once we were ready to board the plane, everyone was pumped! The flight to Milan seemed so fast! (especially compared to the flight to London!) This flight was nothing...a piece of cake to us! We quickly arrived to Milan and got through Customs and got settled on a bus which then took us to Brescia!! We stopped along the way and grabbed some quick toiletries and snacks but this was a quick stop because we all couldn't wait to arrive and unpack! Upon arrival we were escorted to our respective apartments and got settled in! It is finally time to experience Italy!!!...