This summer, I went on my first trip to Europe. Not only was it my first time in Europe, but it was my first completely independent experience. I paid for it on my own and traveled solo. The trip was a summer session of Study Abroad through SUNY New Paltz. The university I attended, the University of Urbino, was located in Urbino, Italy, a small rural town in Northern Italy. Prior to the trip, I had taken two semesters of Italian and would be studying Elementry Three Italian. My flight there was full of excitement and no sleep. My first time flying over the Swiss Alps: