Tripp's Final Blog

Well unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, this is my final post for “Scott and Tripp in Italy”. We hope that everyone has enjoyed following our adventures in Italy. We’ve definitely enjoyed telling you about them.

This has been a pretty good ending week. We got our finals knocked out and had Thursday afternoon and today to just relax and enjoy our last hours in Florence. It has been an amazing time and I can’t believe that the month is already over. Italy is great on so many different levels but it has taught me many things that I should never take for granted when I return to America.

1) shaved armpits

2) Not having to walk home through thousands of tourists and battle creepy North African men trying to sell you a stolen belt, wallet, or Rolex.

3) Grass, front yards, green things…like trees…there is no such thing as a yard in Florence.

4) Arkansas really is the “Natural State”. Tuscany is pretty but there is something to be said about farmland, the Ozarks, Pinnacle Mountain, and the lake

5) Great meals for less than $10

6) Free water at restaurants

7) Free refills

8) Customer service…people actually caring about the person they are serving, helping, or talking to.

9) Southern hospitality…people waving at people just because its nice

10) American deodorant

11) Air conditioning

12) Churches that aren’t just used for museums

13) Family and Friends…yeah sappy I know

14) Being blessed enough to have a car and not have to walk everywhere

15) Clean Air Act…I think I’ve probably smoked a pack a day…just from second hand smoke

This has been a great experience and I will of course always remember it. But if I tend to forget, I can always look back at the thousands of pictures I’ve taken or the fact that my life has been saved on the internet through this blog. Can’t wait to be back in America. *Cliché Ending* Thanks to everyone that has made this possible for me to come over here and experience Italy…maybe next time I won’t have to room with Scott…just kidding…Ciao