Italy 2018

Ciao mi amici! I am writing to tell you I made it home alive! Of course the excitement of my European adventure continued all the way until I landed at PDX. I spent the last couple of days in Italy walking and shopping the streets of Reggio and Bologna. I got to Reggio on Monday afternoon. I checked into my hotel in the city center and stopped at my favorite cafe, Dolce Charlotte, for a mid day snack. I spent the rest of the afternoon walking the main streets, shopping, and of course, eating gelato. For the last month while I had been traveling, I had left my suitcase at the office of the apartment complex where I was living in Reggio. On Monday afternoon, I had to pick up my bag from them. It was nice of them to let me keep it there; it would have sucked if I had to drag that around with me for the last month. As I was taking my suitcase back to my hotel the skies kept getting darker and darker. As soon as I stepped foot into the hotel, the rain began to pour harder than I have ev...

This week was my last week to travel and explore Europe before I head home. :( After leaving Joe at the airport Tuesday, I flew to Budapest, Hungary, where I met with Emily and Erin after more than two weeks apart. Our airbnb host had arranged for a car to pick me up from the airport when I landed. It was really nice to not have to worry and figure out how to use public transportation from the airport to our airbnb. When I landed, there were three young girls probably in high school, that were holding a sign with my name on it like they do in the movies. It was kind of a sketchy situation, but I went with it. After about 10 minutes, this scary/pervy looking old man walked up to me and asked if I was Ashley and if I was ready for my ride. I would be lying if I said he didn’t freak me out a little bit, but he ended up being really nice. He asked me about my travels and was telling me all the best things to see and do in Budapest. He was actually kind of fun to talk t...