I think this trip has spawned many incredible stories that will tell late into my life, but the floating piers will forever be at the top of my list. I feel like I am going to be that grandmother with many grandchildren, crazy about design, will ask me about. It was just like Christo said, it made the glow gold with a path reaching the horizon. This exhibit gave everyday people, regardless of how much money they had (other than travel to the lake) or worldly connection, the chance to experience not only walking on water but seeing the island from a different perspective and through a different means of transportation. The day altogether was exhausting in the best way possible, but laying out on that pier made me forget every trying time. We walked away from that pier knowing what incredible opportunity we had, being in Italy, withstanding the heat and dehydration. But I think Christo had to have known the serenity that would come once we stepped on that first pier. We were rocked, like a giant cradle soothing our previous discomforts. This experience was extraordinary and I am so grateful