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The Club

The last night before we departed to come home we all decided that we had to go out again for the last time as a group. All week we had been tossing around this idea of going to the club, but we really didn’t know much about it or where it was. On the last night though we decided that we had to go and find it, and after asking around we finally found it. “The Club” was the name of the place and we really didn’t know what to expect at all. We all have been to clubs at home and knew what we would get there but didn’t really know what this was all about. We get inside and this place is crazy. It’s very packed and the music is really loud. We danced all night and it really was a great ending to amazing week. Jamal and I actually got to meet the owner too, which was great. He came up to us and talked to us about how he was from NY and moved out there a few years ago.  It was like the big party at the end of the week and we really couldn’t have asked for a better night. We didn’t end up getting back to the hotel until 4:30am when we had to leave at 5am for the airport. Needless to say we were all exhausted.

- Jon 

The Traffic Jam

On our last night in Milan we all went out for dinner downtown, which was normally just a few minutes down the road, but on this night it seemed a little different. At first we were all just having fun in the bus talking about the week and paying no attention to what was going on. Then after about 35 minutes we started to think this is taking a long time. Now coming from Pittsburgh I thought I knew what the definition of traffic was, but what we saw outside the bus was way more intense then what we see back home. We literally were weaving in and out of cars in intersections just to get through them. I don’t think that the sight “Do not block intersection” exist in Italy. Luckily our bus driver was great and knew how to get through this mess. At one point we were all up front and cheering him on to get us through and he did. Never again will I look at traffic the same way.

- Jon

Venice Map

I thought that the map of Venice needed its own blog post because how crazy it is. Our tour guide gave us a map of Venice the night that we went out for carnivale because she said that we would get lost pretty easily. Being young adults we thought that we would be able to figure it out, but just incase we brought the map anyway. Little did we know this map would end up being a lifesaver. After a night of partying and meeting new people we got all turned around and had no idea where to go. It was 3am and we were officially lost, but we still had that map. After what felt like all night figuring out how to read all the little streets and canals we finally made it back to the hotel. There is no doubt that if you ever visit Venice you should definitely pick up a map you won’t regret it.

- Jon