The day of departure arrived. It was the 15th of April 2012. Some years has passed now but I still remember the mixed feelings I had and the numerous thoughts flooding into my mind. Waiting for the flight at Milan-Malpensa Airport I was thrilled and afraid at the same time. A new adventure was about to start and it would have brought me to the other side of the "world". Australia is far... above all it was far from my beloved... However, I was sure: if I hadn't taken that plane, one day I would have had just regrets. So with passport in hand and suitcase dragging behind, I crossed the gates and took off...
In the meantime I met the other Italian assistants from the University of Genoa who like me won the scholarship for one year teaching experience in Victoria. I was not alone during that long and exhausting flight. We compared our expectations trying to ignore our worries.
After 24h trip over the clouds we landed at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne. It was deep night. Together we caught a van-taxi which drove us to the hotel reserved by Co.As.It on our behalf for the first week of training. I was so asleep that I could not even realize: I was just arrived in AUSTRALIA.
With 9 hours jet lag I woke up the following morning, ready for the first meeting day at Co.As.It located in Carlton: the Italian district. Along the way I immediately spotted the Brunetti café, the ice-cream shop Pidapipò and the pizzeria D.O.C. My favourites!
