And it begins...

Standing in line to board my flight from Newark to Rome. I tried to call from a payphone to tell my family I had successfully made it through security with all of my electronics, cameras and overweight carry on baggage ( don't tell) and it turns out payphones are no longer operational in the gate 40-47 area of Newark airport. While everyone was on their laptops, iPhones and blackberrs I stood trying several payphones. The reason for this being I refused to pay 4 dollars for one hour of Internet service... But when the payphones didn't work I gave in, so I am able to post this! currently I am trying to get used to hearing all Italian being spoken around me. It seems my flight Is full of Italian natives visiting the US for the holidays, like the guys we met in the terminal who had gone to time square to see the ball drop. Their English was impressive, they asked us to slow down talking, but understood and responded pretty easily it seemed. I can only hope I can pick the language up fast enough. Line is starting to move, that's all for now!