Never ending day

Well today is the day that will never end. I am tired of looking at old building and walking in the hot Italian sun and whining to Kyle about how I dont just want to walk for miles. But through all of this, today still was a good day. I found a great deal on Italian leather sandals this morning which made the long walk back to the hostel a little brighter. Then we also got a carton of wine, yes it comes in a carton, like you might buy some broth. The wine was £1.24 so we got our moneys worth. We have had some great food here in Italy. By far the best in our travels (especially compared to Germany and Switzerland where we ate at Hooters). Kyle is now drinking wine out of his water bottle. We are trying to get the full European experience. I am not looking forward to the flights home tomorrow. Looks like it will be about 15h of travel.... well more than that beacuse we will have to get to the airport early to print boarding passes since I could not do that here. We did go to the Spanish steps today, we stopped, looked, and said, yes those are the Spanish steps and continued on... that was it. Then we drank wine and played rummy in the room. Now Kyle will talk. Well this is the last night. I am really gettind disappointed. Everyone told me before we left be careful be careful. Watch out in Europe crazy people there. In Rome pick pockets everywhere. Where are all the bad people? I came here hoping and expecting to get mugged or at least have someone attempt a pick pocket. I really wanted to get to punch a Euro for trying to rob me. Nothing yet. O well guess I should not be complaining all the hype for nothing, I think I have a better chance of getting mugged in Chicago than here. O well I just really wanted a good mugging story. Peace be with you all. I feel very holy right now being this close to the Vatican. Also good luck to all you fair participants.

Rome Day 2

Day 2 in Rome is in the books. We got to see the Vatican and many other sights. I would say we are about done for. I am not really ready to go home. But I am completely done walking around looking at old buildings. I am confident that Abby feels close to the same. If someone would offer me a week long white water rafting trip I would be in but no more walking around looking at stuff. The pope was not taking American visitors today. I asked one of the workers, I decided that was ok since it was a Sunday and all. We walked around the whole outer wall of the Vactican this morning much to Ab's dismay. But I thought it was worth it.

Rome

Well we made it to Rome. We are on the final leg of our journey and we might be ok with that. Not sure I am ready to get back to the daily grind but I would hate to miss all of fair week. Went and saw the Coloseum. Was very cool have no idea how they build that when they did. We are staging tonight. We came back early to blog and have map out the vision quest to the Vatican tomorrow. I even got a brochure today about becoming a Catholic. Don't know if that is going to happen though. I also have a TV so I am stoked the only english channel I have found is MTV and I am not impressed with Jersey Shore. Not sure why people watch it but o well. A big plus is the shower here has the most water pressure of any we have encountered on the trip. If you are staying somewhere with a shared bathroom make sure to lock the door. Some young lady opened the door on me and not sure what she said but I could tell she was not happy in what ever language she was speaking. If I get to kiss the popes ring tomorrow that will be the highlight of the trip.

Venice

Very glad we stopped in Venice. I am also very glad it was only for a day. It was very neat to see how they park boats outside of their houses like we park cars. First time I have ever been on a boat bus. We just hopped on and it took us everywhere we wanted to go. I think I had the best food yet in Venice. Had an awesome calzone. It was as big as your head. It sucked that Venice is sinking a lot of front doors had water part way up. It was a great stop but sleeping wasn't fun. All night Abby claims she was attacked by Italian misquetos. To hear her tell the story she is lucky to have survived the ordeal.

Cinque Terre

We are in Cinque Terre right now it means five lands or something.. We walked the path along the coast to four of the five towns, but I could not cut it on the last town, so we took a boat. The scenery is amazing and so is the food, finally. Tomorrow we are taking the train to Venice. It will be a quick trip. Well almost out of time...

Interlaken

It is beautiful here, once again though, I am not sure if I can upload pictures. I wish I could. We rented bikes again and rode them around the area. The mountains are all around us and so are glacial rivers. We are going to go white water rafting in a little while. There are people parasailing, skydiving, rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, and even swimming, but I think the water is freezing. Everyone here keeps talking about how hot it is. It feels like a great day to me, about 80 or so. No humidity. Tomorrow we are headed on the train to Cinque Terre. I have a feeling the scenery there is going to be just as amazing as it is here. Once again we will be along the Med. coast when we arrive. I can not get our pictures up right now, but I might come back later if I have time with the camera cord....

German food is gross

Well after 4 days in Germany Kyle and I can not wait to head to Italy for some good food! Tonight we had some nasty sausages and Kyle had this super salty spam-like meat. The only thing that is really good so far is the bread... but that has been pretty much everywhere in Europe. There's a huge gay rally going on in the Marienplatz so that is taking a lot away from the authentic German experience. The German flags are replaced by Rainbow flags, but that too is an experience in itself. We can not upload pictures here because the computers are on super lock down, but it is the nicest place we've been so far. Looking forward to our train ride tomorrow through the Alps. We will be stopping somewhere, we're not sure where to switch planes, but I'm hoping it's in Austria. We shall see.