we made it!

after and 8 hour flight to amsterdam, and 8 hour layover, and a 2 hours flight to florence, we finally made it! all our bags arrived with us, which was a very pleasant surprise. we got to the bible school at about 10 pm, did a quick tour of the school, unpacked and put away our clothes, and crashed. we slept until 11am (haven't done that in years). i still feel a little disoriented but ryan said he feels great. i'm going to try to go to bed by about 10 tonight (we'll see about that). apparently there is going to be a youth retreat here this weekend and a bunch of teenagers will be arriving at the school this afternoon. ryan and i are clueless at this point, but we did meet rosa (the lady that cooks for us), and obviously david, debbie, and their daughter, emily, and erminita, from albania who is also doing avanti with us.

so, here are a few great pics so far.

if you can't tell, this is me in the airport sleeping and looking awesome!

our room (notice martha we do have a full bed, not 2 twins)

those cabinets across the room are our closets (ryan has 2 and i have 2)

another view of our room, like the decor?

ps this in room sink is my favorite! it's so

convenient because the bathroom is down the hall

our balcony! (view to the right)

view to the left (looks like a park over there,

but we haven't been able to explore yet)