{"id":92,"date":"2023-03-29T07:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T07:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madelinesughrue.me.holycross.edu\/?p=92"},"modified":"2023-03-29T07:43:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T07:43:35","slug":"family-in-florence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/madelinesughrue\/2023\/03\/29\/family-in-florence\/","title":{"rendered":"Family in Florence!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thinking back to the weeks leading up to my departure for Italy, I remember worrying, \u201cHow am I going to survive a whole month in a foreign country before my family comes to see me?\u201d. Little did I know that I would be so acclimated to and comfortable with my life in Florence, that when my mom texted me about the logistics of meeting up with her, my dad, and 3 brothers in Rome, I would be shocked that a month had already flown by.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The five of them decided to travel to Rome before Florence, so after they had landed, I met up with the group while they began to explore the city. I\u2019ve done a lot of sight-seeing for the past two months, but nothing will top the view of seeing my family for the first time after being apart so long. It was so special knowing that my favorite people in the world were going to be able to experience one of my favorite places in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I could pretend that it was a perfectly normal family-trip, but things are never perfect nor normal when we are together. Some of our chaotic moments on our first day, to name a few, include:<\/span><\/p>\n