Trey Reflection 2

Vance Berry
6/11/17
Reflection 2


I wrote my first reflection about things that happened a little later in the trip. For my second reflection, I will reflect on our excursions to Bellagio, Cortina, and Venice. Bellagio and Lake Como was unlike any lake I have ever seen in the States. Having the mountains right next to the beautiful and large lake was surreal to wake up to every morning. Also the breakfast at the hotel we stayed out was one of the best with the freshly squeezed orange juice to top it all off. I really enjoyed the difference between all the meals from the US to Italy, however the biggest difference of them all was for breakfast. At any hotel in the US, we would have staples like cereal, juices, eggs, bacon, and muffins. In Italy and in Bellagio especially (like Hotel Fonzari) there were spreads of meats and cheeses. Additionally the pastries that would be set out were all fresh and delicious. Sitting down for the meal in front of a huge, beautiful lake with mountains in the background was amazing. I’ll also never forget the dinner we had in Bellagio with the boat taxis taking us there. That ride felt like pure adventure with the storm clouds chasing us in the background, watching the rain hit the lake not too far away. In the US, I have never ridden in style like that to a dinner, and that will be in my memory forever. Cortina was a fun city with beautiful backgrounds and I outlasted our class a little to far as I was the last person at the bar we went to. The problem was that I had became friends with three separate groups that were visiting there and were talking to them while people from our class were leaving. I met two hockey players on the Cortina hockey team and going to ask them about the possibility of getting a jersey from them at some point to represent their team in the states. Venice was absolutely unreal. I have never seen anything like it with the waterways as roads and the amount of mosaics and marble in St. Mark’s Basilica. That church was breathtaking seeing the amount of gold and art in the walls. Also, our gondola ride was some of the happiest times our group had on the trip. It felt like we were in Disney World but much better. 

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