How 'bout that ride in?

I caved in and decided to join the blogging world. I figured it's best to start now before I blink and the semester is over. It all started almost a week ago when my teammate Christina and I finally landed in Rome after a day's worth of traveling. The eight hour flight to London and the two hour flight to Rome, though long, were rather stress free. We got off the flight and sped through customs with ease. My suitcases were even waiting for me on the belt when I walked up! I was shocked. However, it was too good to be true. At the Heathrow airport I  had no choice but to gate-check my carry on. I had no problem with that except it didn't show up in Rome. They failed to tell me it would not be traveling on my flight. This was a problem for at least half of the other travelers on my flight. I was one of the fortunate ones who only had to wait two extra hours. Others waited around two days. so I got to wait for a lovely extra two hours. Once my bag finally arrived we were off to our apartment. After nearly dying nearly a dozen times by the crazy Roman drivers, we made it alive.