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Saturday, November 1, 2008
bonjour bon ami
I have been horrible about keeping up with this blog lately. I found a good book so all of my (little) free time is now spent reading. How horrible...
Im in Paris and loving it much more than I was expecting to, thats for sure. It really is the city of lights. Okay, I know they call it the city of love but its second name is the city of lights and I think that is much more applicable considering the only love Im seeing is a distgusting amount of PDA (public display of affection)...but when that term is used its never in the good 'aww how cute' but 'eww get a room' kind of way. So everything is lit up and beautiful.
I never realized how HUGE paris is. It really is a very large city and not walkable like other cities Ive been to. I actually have to use the Metro...how annoying. But I like the metro...you always meet interesting people and go exactly where you want to be, which is nice.
Rewind with me for a moment to the most amazing day of my entire trip so far. It was a crisp, cold day in Zurich, Switzerland. I had just spent the night before enjoying a few adult beverages (okay, more than a few) and spent the morning taking a long, hot shower, hanging around in my towel (who doesnt love that), reading a good book and just taking it easy. I packed my luggage and was preparing to move on to a new host when I received a call from my current host (he was at his girlfriends place so we hadnt seen him all day) saying that it looked like a good enough day to go for a flight. (He has his pilots license, you see, and access to a number of small, personal planes). Would we like to go for a flight over Zurich? Well I had to think about that for about two milliseconds before almost screaming YES! So Karissa, our new host (who we had meet up with us at the hanger...seems like a great way to first meet a person), our old host and myself took a small plane up into the air and, get ready for this, FLEW OVER AND THROUGH THE FREAKING SWISS ALPS. The sun was setting, there was a layer of clouds below us that looked like the softest of soft, powdered snow that everyone loves to jump in as a kid and there were, of course, the alps. Those gorgeous snow-capped Alps peeking through the clouds. Because it was a nearly windless day, we were able to get incredibly close to the actual mountainsides. AND I got to fly!! How cool is that. I flew of freaking plane through the swiss alps.
no big deal
too bad this place wont let me upload pictures...until next time...
From Zurich to Lucerne, where I met some really cool girls Im going to meet back up with in Amsterdam in a few days, to Paris and having a wonderful time. November 19 is almost here....unbelievable.
Im in Paris and loving it much more than I was expecting to, thats for sure. It really is the city of lights. Okay, I know they call it the city of love but its second name is the city of lights and I think that is much more applicable considering the only love Im seeing is a distgusting amount of PDA (public display of affection)...but when that term is used its never in the good 'aww how cute' but 'eww get a room' kind of way. So everything is lit up and beautiful.
I never realized how HUGE paris is. It really is a very large city and not walkable like other cities Ive been to. I actually have to use the Metro...how annoying. But I like the metro...you always meet interesting people and go exactly where you want to be, which is nice.
Rewind with me for a moment to the most amazing day of my entire trip so far. It was a crisp, cold day in Zurich, Switzerland. I had just spent the night before enjoying a few adult beverages (okay, more than a few) and spent the morning taking a long, hot shower, hanging around in my towel (who doesnt love that), reading a good book and just taking it easy. I packed my luggage and was preparing to move on to a new host when I received a call from my current host (he was at his girlfriends place so we hadnt seen him all day) saying that it looked like a good enough day to go for a flight. (He has his pilots license, you see, and access to a number of small, personal planes). Would we like to go for a flight over Zurich? Well I had to think about that for about two milliseconds before almost screaming YES! So Karissa, our new host (who we had meet up with us at the hanger...seems like a great way to first meet a person), our old host and myself took a small plane up into the air and, get ready for this, FLEW OVER AND THROUGH THE FREAKING SWISS ALPS. The sun was setting, there was a layer of clouds below us that looked like the softest of soft, powdered snow that everyone loves to jump in as a kid and there were, of course, the alps. Those gorgeous snow-capped Alps peeking through the clouds. Because it was a nearly windless day, we were able to get incredibly close to the actual mountainsides. AND I got to fly!! How cool is that. I flew of freaking plane through the swiss alps.
no big deal
too bad this place wont let me upload pictures...until next time...
From Zurich to Lucerne, where I met some really cool girls Im going to meet back up with in Amsterdam in a few days, to Paris and having a wonderful time. November 19 is almost here....unbelievable.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
finally, a post and some pictures
finally...i know its been a while and i wont promise tons of information but ill do my best to update. Its been an amazing time since I last wrote. I have fallen so in love with Europe and traveling in general I dont know how Ill ever leave it. From the people to the history to the amazing things ive been up to...its all so hard to give up for a day job in america.
But enough of that...Ive been having a blast here in Europa. I went to Nice, France and stayed in the awesome hostel that is a converted monastery. It is really special place because every single person that works there is a traveler who ran out of money and got a job doing odd things there and then in a few months will move on to another city. a lot of hostels around europe have one or two foreign travelers and mostly locals, but this place is a melting pot. plus, it had free breakfast and free internet. but the internet was super slow and always busy so i didnt really get to use it. the hostel also arranges excursions for you so i decided to go canyoning, which was AMAZING.
first i have to tell you about melanie and alana, two australians who met each other on busabout and who then met karissa and i and we have become very close and started to travel with each other. its been great...we do things with them during the day and cook big dinners together in the hostel every night so we end up eating very healthy(besides the copius amounts of wine) and having tons of fun.
so mel and I went canyoning and becuase it involves wet suits and just trudging straight through water i have no pictures of the actual event. but let me tell you, it was incredible. We jumped off of cliffs into aqua blue water and slid down mossy rocks into deep watery pits. it was like an adventurous water hike. really really cool. one of the coolest things ive done this entire trip.
we visited monaco, the richest nation in the world. apparently just to be considered for citizenship there you have to pay a non refundable 1,000,000 euro deposit...you read correctly. 1 million euros...just to be considered. apparently both tina turner and michael jackson were refused. that money is lost and gone forever. the yachts - huge, the egos- even bigger. it was a pretty ridiculous little town that i wish i didnt waste a day on. except that the grand prix was taking place and that was cool to see. i dont think it was the real thing but a trial...still had tv crews everywhere. saw the monte carlo casino...very ritzy.
next we headed to the swiss alps and stayed in lauterbrunnen. AMAZING, WONDERFUL, GORGEOUS, OHMYGOSH. LOVE LOVE LOVE switzerland. it is seriously a beautiful place. Lauterbrunnen is this tiny, tiny town in the middle of a glacier pass made a long time ago. mel, alana and i spent five hours in basically an adult playground. you are strapped in to harnesses, given a short instruction and then let loose... and there are five courses you can accomplish. the hardest one being extremely difficult. we were swinging from tree tops and ziplining down long paths through the forest and working our way through tunnels in the sky 20 meters off the ground. all the while the trees are turning a beautiful orange. it was such a fun day. the hardest course required a lot of strength and has left me sore until this moment, even. there was this one tarzan swing thing that required you to jump from a platform and make it across to this net ladder, which if you missed left you dangling helplessly in the middle. well, mel and alana made it across but of course i missed the net ladder and was left...helpless in the middle.mel and i were laughing so hard i couldnt move. my arms were extremely sore and i was laughing so hard it was really debilitating (sp?). I was just stuck there...cracking up. so i finally calmed down and pulled myself to the net ladder and made my way around but it was an interesting few minutes just hanging in limbo. a really fun day.
then i made a stupid, yet wise, yet stupid decision. the next day mel, alana and i rode mountain bikes up a swiss alp. you know how people say they do things that are hard but really rewarding and totally worth the incredible effort? this wasnt like that. it sucked. royally sucked. i ended up pushing hte damn bike all the way up. okay,..im glad i did it because we had some incredible views until we were up so high that we were in a could (literally) and couldnt see a thing. and we enjoyed some delicious soup at the top. but it was miserable the whole way up. really beautiful...but really, really painful. I have some bruises and definitely sore muscles from that ordeal. but how many people can say they biked/hiked up a swiss alp? not many.
so ive been mentioning mel and alana a lot. karissa during all this time wanted to see the french countryside on her own and practice her language skills so she stayed with some servas members out in draguinan. dont even ask me where that is. she enjoyed delicious meals and scottish-irish traditional dance.
so karissa and i are reunited and i was sad to have to say goodbye to my new ozzie friends who taught karissa and me a lot of great ozzie slang that i reckon ill be using for some time now. (just did) busabout is coming to a close and this was the last leg for a lot of the people weve met along the way so we had to say goodbye to all of them this morning as we left for zurich. leaving cities and new friends every week is a very hard part of traveling.
but now were in zurich with our new host, manuel meier. hes a 28 year old economist who lives in the most bachelor pad of bachelor pads. has three roommates...all economists...all young...its like college again. alcohol bottles on top of the kitchen cabinetsand whole pile of beer bottles in the corner ready for recycling. very homey. we cooked fondu (a traditional swiss meal) for manuel tonight and tomorrow we are making a big pasta dinner for all the guys and then going out.
will update more later...enjoy the pics
hi to karissas grandparents :)
But enough of that...Ive been having a blast here in Europa. I went to Nice, France and stayed in the awesome hostel that is a converted monastery. It is really special place because every single person that works there is a traveler who ran out of money and got a job doing odd things there and then in a few months will move on to another city. a lot of hostels around europe have one or two foreign travelers and mostly locals, but this place is a melting pot. plus, it had free breakfast and free internet. but the internet was super slow and always busy so i didnt really get to use it. the hostel also arranges excursions for you so i decided to go canyoning, which was AMAZING.
first i have to tell you about melanie and alana, two australians who met each other on busabout and who then met karissa and i and we have become very close and started to travel with each other. its been great...we do things with them during the day and cook big dinners together in the hostel every night so we end up eating very healthy(besides the copius amounts of wine) and having tons of fun.
so mel and I went canyoning and becuase it involves wet suits and just trudging straight through water i have no pictures of the actual event. but let me tell you, it was incredible. We jumped off of cliffs into aqua blue water and slid down mossy rocks into deep watery pits. it was like an adventurous water hike. really really cool. one of the coolest things ive done this entire trip.
we visited monaco, the richest nation in the world. apparently just to be considered for citizenship there you have to pay a non refundable 1,000,000 euro deposit...you read correctly. 1 million euros...just to be considered. apparently both tina turner and michael jackson were refused. that money is lost and gone forever. the yachts - huge, the egos- even bigger. it was a pretty ridiculous little town that i wish i didnt waste a day on. except that the grand prix was taking place and that was cool to see. i dont think it was the real thing but a trial...still had tv crews everywhere. saw the monte carlo casino...very ritzy.
next we headed to the swiss alps and stayed in lauterbrunnen. AMAZING, WONDERFUL, GORGEOUS, OHMYGOSH. LOVE LOVE LOVE switzerland. it is seriously a beautiful place. Lauterbrunnen is this tiny, tiny town in the middle of a glacier pass made a long time ago. mel, alana and i spent five hours in basically an adult playground. you are strapped in to harnesses, given a short instruction and then let loose... and there are five courses you can accomplish. the hardest one being extremely difficult. we were swinging from tree tops and ziplining down long paths through the forest and working our way through tunnels in the sky 20 meters off the ground. all the while the trees are turning a beautiful orange. it was such a fun day. the hardest course required a lot of strength and has left me sore until this moment, even. there was this one tarzan swing thing that required you to jump from a platform and make it across to this net ladder, which if you missed left you dangling helplessly in the middle. well, mel and alana made it across but of course i missed the net ladder and was left...helpless in the middle.mel and i were laughing so hard i couldnt move. my arms were extremely sore and i was laughing so hard it was really debilitating (sp?). I was just stuck there...cracking up. so i finally calmed down and pulled myself to the net ladder and made my way around but it was an interesting few minutes just hanging in limbo. a really fun day.
then i made a stupid, yet wise, yet stupid decision. the next day mel, alana and i rode mountain bikes up a swiss alp. you know how people say they do things that are hard but really rewarding and totally worth the incredible effort? this wasnt like that. it sucked. royally sucked. i ended up pushing hte damn bike all the way up. okay,..im glad i did it because we had some incredible views until we were up so high that we were in a could (literally) and couldnt see a thing. and we enjoyed some delicious soup at the top. but it was miserable the whole way up. really beautiful...but really, really painful. I have some bruises and definitely sore muscles from that ordeal. but how many people can say they biked/hiked up a swiss alp? not many.
so ive been mentioning mel and alana a lot. karissa during all this time wanted to see the french countryside on her own and practice her language skills so she stayed with some servas members out in draguinan. dont even ask me where that is. she enjoyed delicious meals and scottish-irish traditional dance.
so karissa and i are reunited and i was sad to have to say goodbye to my new ozzie friends who taught karissa and me a lot of great ozzie slang that i reckon ill be using for some time now. (just did) busabout is coming to a close and this was the last leg for a lot of the people weve met along the way so we had to say goodbye to all of them this morning as we left for zurich. leaving cities and new friends every week is a very hard part of traveling.
but now were in zurich with our new host, manuel meier. hes a 28 year old economist who lives in the most bachelor pad of bachelor pads. has three roommates...all economists...all young...its like college again. alcohol bottles on top of the kitchen cabinetsand whole pile of beer bottles in the corner ready for recycling. very homey. we cooked fondu (a traditional swiss meal) for manuel tonight and tomorrow we are making a big pasta dinner for all the guys and then going out.
will update more later...enjoy the pics
hi to karissas grandparents :)
Friday, October 17, 2008
staying here forever, never cpming back, better buy a plane ticket if you want to see me again
probably not entirely true
but i love it too much to leave
plus, i dont have much lined up back in the states and here...theres so much to explore
sorry for being so cryptic
hope life is going well wherever you are
but i love it too much to leave
plus, i dont have much lined up back in the states and here...theres so much to explore
sorry for being so cryptic
hope life is going well wherever you are
Thursday, October 16, 2008
blah blah blah in Italy
You know how when you get those really bad fortunes from bad chinese restaurants or a friend (or just you) tells a bad story but if you end it with 'in bed' or 'and then I found $20' it makes the story automatically better? Okay so a lot of you probably dont know that, but its something us younguns do and I've decided that ending bad stories (which I have quite a few of) and boring fortunes with 'in Italy' it automatically makes the entire story amazing. This is truth.
I don't remember what I wrote about last and Im too lazy to check but Ill give a bit of an update on whats been happening so far. I am in Cinque Terre...my favorite place in Italy so far...and my last place in Italy as well :(. It is just gorgeous. There are these 5 (cinque) little towns/villages (and I stress little) on the edge of this amazing mountain ridge by the water. Between each village is a hike. I am staying at one end, Riomaggiore, where the trail starts with Lovers Lane - a very easy, paved stroll. The hike to the first two towns is very simple but by the middle town, Corniglia, the hike starts to get really intense. Massive sets of steep stairs and narrow pathways next to major dropoffs and all the while a spectacular view out into the ocean. We met up with some other busabout girls and did the hike together. It was an overcastish day when we did the big part of the hike and you literally could not tell where ocean met sky. It was incredible. I love each and every little town and the hike between is a great workout and just a fun trip. I could really live in one of these little villages. There is so much to do too! The last town has a great beach and beautifully clear water (actually, its all pretty water - a turquoise, blue, clear, fresh looking water). There are mountain biking paths, horseback riding trails, scuba diving spots, kayaks and boats are out every day. Its wonderful. I really love this place the most of all.
We were originally only going to spend two nights here, but from the moment I got off of the train in Riomaggiore and saw that view of the ocean I knew I needed more time so weve got a total of four nights. We leave tomorrow morning for Nice, which I am also excited about, but it will be really hard to leave Italy. Im only holding out for Switzerland and the view of the Alps, which directly follows three nights in Nice.
Sorry I cant post pictures at this spot, but I will soon.
Food update - I eat a gelato every day...like taking medicine. The pizza here is as good as you would think it should be. Especially in Cinque Terre where they put it on foccacia bread...delicious!!
Ill update wiht pictures and more specifics of my travels next time.
Ciao
I don't remember what I wrote about last and Im too lazy to check but Ill give a bit of an update on whats been happening so far. I am in Cinque Terre...my favorite place in Italy so far...and my last place in Italy as well :(. It is just gorgeous. There are these 5 (cinque) little towns/villages (and I stress little) on the edge of this amazing mountain ridge by the water. Between each village is a hike. I am staying at one end, Riomaggiore, where the trail starts with Lovers Lane - a very easy, paved stroll. The hike to the first two towns is very simple but by the middle town, Corniglia, the hike starts to get really intense. Massive sets of steep stairs and narrow pathways next to major dropoffs and all the while a spectacular view out into the ocean. We met up with some other busabout girls and did the hike together. It was an overcastish day when we did the big part of the hike and you literally could not tell where ocean met sky. It was incredible. I love each and every little town and the hike between is a great workout and just a fun trip. I could really live in one of these little villages. There is so much to do too! The last town has a great beach and beautifully clear water (actually, its all pretty water - a turquoise, blue, clear, fresh looking water). There are mountain biking paths, horseback riding trails, scuba diving spots, kayaks and boats are out every day. Its wonderful. I really love this place the most of all.
We were originally only going to spend two nights here, but from the moment I got off of the train in Riomaggiore and saw that view of the ocean I knew I needed more time so weve got a total of four nights. We leave tomorrow morning for Nice, which I am also excited about, but it will be really hard to leave Italy. Im only holding out for Switzerland and the view of the Alps, which directly follows three nights in Nice.
Sorry I cant post pictures at this spot, but I will soon.
Food update - I eat a gelato every day...like taking medicine. The pizza here is as good as you would think it should be. Especially in Cinque Terre where they put it on foccacia bread...delicious!!
Ill update wiht pictures and more specifics of my travels next time.
Ciao
Sunday, October 12, 2008
the more you see...
Im now more than ever learning the meaning of the adage: The more you learn the less you know.
Ive heard that in several forms but it basically means that the more you learn and the wiser you become, the more you realize how little you actually know and how much more is out there to learn. The same can be said about traveling. The more places I see and things I do I become more and more aware of how much more is out there for me to explore and discover and how I so wish I could experience it all. The more I see, the more I know I have missed along the way. The more I do, the more I want to do. Its horrible and wonderful all at once.
I cant believe how fast this trip is flying by. Im incredibly nostalgic already about the things I have done. When I think about that first week and that first servas host I get those mushy feelings inside and miss those moments. I feel like Ive hardly been away, but when I begin to go through all that Ive done I think WOW, I really have accomplished a lot. I keep thinking about the things I need to come back to do and it makes me feel like Ive done hardly anything. But I know thats not true...its just that, well, the more you learn the less you know...
I went horseback riding today! Incredible! I booked through busabout and it was so much fun. I took a two hour horse ride through Tuscany and then ate a delicious meal and sampled some wines at this tiny castle village where there are only 45 residents...with great views. Ive got plenty of pictures to show you so get ready to wait for them to load (sorry about all of that) because theyre all great.
Ive heard that in several forms but it basically means that the more you learn and the wiser you become, the more you realize how little you actually know and how much more is out there to learn. The same can be said about traveling. The more places I see and things I do I become more and more aware of how much more is out there for me to explore and discover and how I so wish I could experience it all. The more I see, the more I know I have missed along the way. The more I do, the more I want to do. Its horrible and wonderful all at once.
I cant believe how fast this trip is flying by. Im incredibly nostalgic already about the things I have done. When I think about that first week and that first servas host I get those mushy feelings inside and miss those moments. I feel like Ive hardly been away, but when I begin to go through all that Ive done I think WOW, I really have accomplished a lot. I keep thinking about the things I need to come back to do and it makes me feel like Ive done hardly anything. But I know thats not true...its just that, well, the more you learn the less you know...
I went horseback riding today! Incredible! I booked through busabout and it was so much fun. I took a two hour horse ride through Tuscany and then ate a delicious meal and sampled some wines at this tiny castle village where there are only 45 residents...with great views. Ive got plenty of pictures to show you so get ready to wait for them to load (sorry about all of that) because theyre all great.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
feeling better, moving on
so karissa and I are feeling much better and out of the sickhouse in Rome, which we LOVED. We stayed with the sweetest woman in Rome named Francesca and had such a fun time with her and we were all sick together. We were all coughing and snotty...it was pretty funny and somehow Karissa and I managed to repair our immune systems.
You know how they always say that youll wait in line all day at the Vatican? Well, I waited for 30 minutes to see the Vatican and Sistine Chapel (my number one) - thats it. How great. It was INCREDIBLE. I ran through the museum, past the tour groups, and into the sistine chapel where guards tell you no picutres and no video...of course i took both. whoops! Once again, no picture can describe its beauty and my neck still hurts from craning upwards to stare at the painting for an hour. I loved it and was surprised that nobody ever mentions how great the floor is in there! It is a mosaic tile with a basic design, but its really pretty and I never knew that!
I also saw St. Peters Basilica...it was nice but sooo extremely gaudy...just gold and opulence everywhere I have a hard time believing people pray there. I guess theres a lot to look at when youre bored during services...
We took a trip d0wn to Naples from Rome and am so glad we did so. Cant believe how dirty and almost industrial Naples is. Also, its really, really cheap. I wish I had room in my pack for shopping because they had such cheap clothing there. Oh well. I did, however, get my nosed pierced! I have to have a stud in for a bit, but will soon change it to a thin, gold ring. Cant wait for that. And dont think I was the only one...Karissa got a piercing too! Right under the bottom lip. Check out the pictures..theyre not great but youll get the idea.
Our host in Naples was a family: Vivianna (24), Sergio (19), and the Italiano momma, Anna Rosaria, who has the most beautiful hair ever. When I imagine myself at her age that is exactly how I see my hair. Full and mostly dark with white sprinkled in. She doesnt color it and it is just so nice. The pictures really suck on this one. Anna Rosaria took us to a fantastic pizzaria where we got real Napoli pizza and some gelati later on. Delicious. She was so nice and her house had an absolutely gorgeous rooftop view of Naples. I could live on her roof for a year - seriously.
I visited the Amalfi coast while down in Naples and was awed by the magnificence of the entire area. The busride there was magical. Seriously magical. blue/green water that gave way to tiered housing up the mountainside...it was just so beautiful. I find myself searching for words to describe it but I have none. I thought New Zealand was the most beautiful place ever, but the Amalfi coast gives NZ a run for its money. Magnificent.
Karissa went to Pompei for the day and I hear she had a great time. Saw very well preserved frescos and got a free necklace from a shopowner! Sorry I have no pictures for that one.
So now we are back in Rome for the night and will catch the busabout bus tomorrow morning for FLORENCE. Im very excited about this one.
I cannot believe I am more than halfway through with my trip. I could do this for years. I feel that Ive done so much and yet so little, seen so many sites and missed so many more. Its so hard to realize Ill be done soon. I now, more than ever, realize I need a job that allows me to do this for the rest of my life, because I dont know how Ill survive otherwise.
You know how they always say that youll wait in line all day at the Vatican? Well, I waited for 30 minutes to see the Vatican and Sistine Chapel (my number one) - thats it. How great. It was INCREDIBLE. I ran through the museum, past the tour groups, and into the sistine chapel where guards tell you no picutres and no video...of course i took both. whoops! Once again, no picture can describe its beauty and my neck still hurts from craning upwards to stare at the painting for an hour. I loved it and was surprised that nobody ever mentions how great the floor is in there! It is a mosaic tile with a basic design, but its really pretty and I never knew that!
I also saw St. Peters Basilica...it was nice but sooo extremely gaudy...just gold and opulence everywhere I have a hard time believing people pray there. I guess theres a lot to look at when youre bored during services...
We took a trip d0wn to Naples from Rome and am so glad we did so. Cant believe how dirty and almost industrial Naples is. Also, its really, really cheap. I wish I had room in my pack for shopping because they had such cheap clothing there. Oh well. I did, however, get my nosed pierced! I have to have a stud in for a bit, but will soon change it to a thin, gold ring. Cant wait for that. And dont think I was the only one...Karissa got a piercing too! Right under the bottom lip. Check out the pictures..theyre not great but youll get the idea.
Our host in Naples was a family: Vivianna (24), Sergio (19), and the Italiano momma, Anna Rosaria, who has the most beautiful hair ever. When I imagine myself at her age that is exactly how I see my hair. Full and mostly dark with white sprinkled in. She doesnt color it and it is just so nice. The pictures really suck on this one. Anna Rosaria took us to a fantastic pizzaria where we got real Napoli pizza and some gelati later on. Delicious. She was so nice and her house had an absolutely gorgeous rooftop view of Naples. I could live on her roof for a year - seriously.
I visited the Amalfi coast while down in Naples and was awed by the magnificence of the entire area. The busride there was magical. Seriously magical. blue/green water that gave way to tiered housing up the mountainside...it was just so beautiful. I find myself searching for words to describe it but I have none. I thought New Zealand was the most beautiful place ever, but the Amalfi coast gives NZ a run for its money. Magnificent.
Karissa went to Pompei for the day and I hear she had a great time. Saw very well preserved frescos and got a free necklace from a shopowner! Sorry I have no pictures for that one.
So now we are back in Rome for the night and will catch the busabout bus tomorrow morning for FLORENCE. Im very excited about this one.
I cannot believe I am more than halfway through with my trip. I could do this for years. I feel that Ive done so much and yet so little, seen so many sites and missed so many more. Its so hard to realize Ill be done soon. I now, more than ever, realize I need a job that allows me to do this for the rest of my life, because I dont know how Ill survive otherwise.
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