Europe has always been my dream destination. Having been to the Americas, China, Middle East and around Southeast Asia, it was the one area of the world that seemed so elusive to me. Part of what made it so was the fact that my family always chose to go to the States for the holidays. So when I found out that there was a chance that we were going to go this August, I was beyond excited. My cousin, Rachel , decided to have a destination wedding; and being the romantic that she is, she decided to have it in an actual castle in Florence, Italy . * Ate Rachel and her fairy tale wedding. Now it seemed like we were not only going to Europe, the whole family was going as well. Around 20 of us, including my lola. The month leading towards the trip, I got excited about the prospect of seeing all these beautiful faces that I had only read about in books and seen in movies. I got word that the wedding was going to be part of a Mediterranean cruise . So I suggested to my folks