Mae Abroad and Back Again

Probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to do was leave Kyle this morning and walk to one of the many terminals I'll be in over the next 24 hours. The past 3 weeks have been so full of joy, I have adventured more than I've been able to do in a long time and with someone who I'm so excited about. It couldn't have been better!

My flights started at Capidichino International in Naples. After my short flight to Munich, I had a long 7 hour layover. I shopped around and ate some breakfast, tried to sleep a little. It was difficult as always, trying to sleep in an airport. We woke up around 3am this morning and so far its been a pretty emotional day so I am exhausted. I did cheer up a bit when I saw this decorative fellow getting in line to board our plane.

Once we finally got to board I headed to the back of the plane where my seat was and guess who my seat partner was? The cowboy himself, Hermann the German. Luckily he was a very nice old man, 84 years young and born in Germany. He was a very talkative man but also respectful when I was trying to sleep. He did make the flight a little easier and I didn't sit there and be sad the whole 12 hours. I was so exhausted and worn out by the time I landed at LAX all I wanted to do was shower and crawl into bed. It was 4 in the morning for me when we landed and I had been up for over 24 hours. I was beat.

This trip seriously has been one of the most amazing and cultural experiences of my life and I am so incredibly lucky and very appreciative that Kyle made it all happen! I experienced so much and theres so much more that I want to do over there I can't even wait to go back! For more reasons than one! Oh and one of the reasons, is the caffè (coffee)! I had caffè on the plane, oh man did it make me miss Italian caffè. Theres nothing like it!

Arrivederci!

♥ Mae

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