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this.”
    â€œDo what?” Katie prodded.
    â€œThis!”
    â€œCamping?” Antonio ventured.
    â€œYes, camping and all this. I mean, you guys love the adventure of roughing it, but this is the first time in my life I’ve ever been tent camping, and I hate to be the big baby of this group, but this is hard! I’m cold, wet, and hungry, but you guys all think this is great and want to live this way for the rest of the week. Or for the rest of your lives, for all I know!”
    They all stared at her.
    â€œI’m sorry, but this isn’t what I had in mind when we said we were going to travel around Europe.”
    Looking at Todd again, she decided she had better keep going while she was at full speed. “You guys, we only have three weeks to see everything in Europe. Three weeks! And if you want to spend the first week sitting here in the rain, eatingfish, I guess that’s okay, but I have to tell you, it’s not as easy for me as it is for you.”
    Christy felt hot tears coming to her eyes. She forced them to back off. “I’m sorry I’m being like this, but I feel as if the three of you would have a much better time without me. I mean, you took off and went hiking without me. You could have just done this whole Italy camping thing without me, and I could have caught up with you on your way to Norway or something.”
    â€œIs that what you want?” Katie asked. “You want to go to Norway?”
    â€œI don’t care about Norway. I thought you wanted to go to Norway.” Christy raised her voice. “Weren’t you the one who sent the email about seeing a fjord and the country your great-grandmother came from?”
    â€œSure, I want to get to Norway eventually,” Katie said. “No rush.”
    â€œBut that’s what you don’t understand. You don’t just say, ‘Oh, let’s go to Norway today’ and arrive in time for lunch. You have to find out when the trains are scheduled. Some trains require reservations. And what if we want to stop and see something else along the way? We need to have a plan. Why can’t we have a plan?”
    â€œWe can,” Todd said. “We can make a plan.”
    â€œThree weeks isn’t as long as you guys think,” Christy said, calming down.
    â€œSo what’s your plan?” Katie asked. “Give us a plan.”
    â€œI don’t have a plan.”
    â€œNeither do we,” Katie said defensively. “That’s why we were just letting things happen as they came along. This camping trip with Antonio is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
    â€œNo.” Antonio held up his hand and shook his head. “Christy is right. The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is morethan this camp, this lake, these trees. You must see the Sistine Chapel and the Eiffel Tower. Europe has much to offer you. More than what you are seeing here. Five days is too long in one place when there is so much to see. We will go in the morning, okay?”
    â€œAntonio,” Christy said quickly, “I didn’t mean we had to leave right away. I was just trying to say we need a plan. That’s all. We need to work together as a team.”
    All four of them were quiet for a moment. The sound of the pounding rain on the van’s roof made Christy realize how loud her voice had been as she had tried to make her point.
    â€œWhere would you like to go next?” Todd asked Christy.
    â€œI don’t really care.”
    â€œOh, come on, Christy,” Katie said. “You can’t give us a big pep talk like that and not have something in mind.”
    â€œWell, okay. If it were up to me, I’d like to see other parts of Italy,” she said cautiously.
    â€œSo would I,” Todd said.
    â€œIt’s settled.” Antonio clapped his hands. “As soon as the rain stops, we take down our tents, and you go see more of Italy. Mi Italia. You will love it