I am starting to write this blog post as I am waiting in the Newark airport. Its about 3 o’clock. My plane landed from Reagan National (or just National, mom/dad) at around 12:30 and my flight to Milan does not board until around 6. This is the first time that I have every flown totally alone, and its not all that bad. Going through security alone was a bit jarring, but not much more inconvenient than normal TSA. So far the Newark airport has been like any other airport - a lot of walking and even more sitting and waiting. As im sitting here… and waiting, I notice that most people are either on a phone, laptop, or tablet (myself included, I have to write this somehow) and then there is the select few that are reading books made out of paper (wow!). I am obviously used to this as America is just brimming with technology and time that needs to be spent, but I am interested to see if the obsession with technology is as rampant in Italy as it is here. To be honest, I assume it is… but it will be interesting to observe none the less. I am going to stop writing here and pick back up either on the plane or in Milan!