Wednesday, June 8
Train Days
Hi from Florence everyone.
We are in our five city in four days. Milan, Venice, Genova, Pisa, Florence. So, we have been on the train for a good while. Before we were taking trips at night to save on hostel costs, but our last couple trips have been during the day which I like a lot. The scenery is a lot like Texas, except that they have hills, so needless to say, its beautiful. Traveling by train also kind of reminds me of traveling from LA to San Diego because there are always signs of civilization. Today, for about five minutes was the first time we saw nothing but terrain. But the part about seeing the Italian country side is the wild flowers they have. They have a few of these yellow patches of flowers and these really beautiful red ones. I wanna find out what they are called, and Mom, we are gonna get some and put them in our new yard...yeah?? I took some pictures of them, or at least ones that look like them, that were inside the city limits of Milan. Those probably will not be up though for a few more days. I am just now finishing up loading all my France photos today, so check it out.
But if you havent yet, traveling by train is fun, as long as nobody is sitting in front of you and you dont really have to sleep on it. But yeah...
And for some reason it seems like there is a lot more graffiti here in Europe. We thought it might be just becuase its really urban and all, but I dont think thats it. Its all over the place, no matter where you go. Chris doesnt think any of it is really good. He says, if they are gonna put somethin up there, they should impress him. Well, right after he said that, we saw some pretty impressive stuff, I thought at least. But its weird that even though these people who graffiti are on the other side of the world from the US, they have the same handwriting and everything. I know i am not a specialist on the art of tagging, but i dont see any small different nuances. Its as if they all went to the same art tagging school or something. And whats even weirder is that they all do it well. Where did such criminals get such talent? Anyway...
We also saw the leaning tower of Pisa today, which was pretty cool because it came out of nowhere. We came walking around the corner, and bam, there it was. Just leanin. Its crazy how much its leaning and yet it hasnt fallen over. But, for about five seconds i held it up and i also fell with it...in the pictures, coming soon as well. Then we had Pisa pizza on a side street from the tower. me and chris had a really nice time as black men came to sell us sun glasses and jewelry. actually, i did buy a pair of Foakleys for 5 euro. Not back considering his first offer was 25.
Well, me and chris are off to get some Italian chicks, i mean, check into our hostel.
oh, and here is a link to his running blog. But you arent allowed to read his more than mine or else.
http://chrisloll.blogspot.com
bye people
We are in our five city in four days. Milan, Venice, Genova, Pisa, Florence. So, we have been on the train for a good while. Before we were taking trips at night to save on hostel costs, but our last couple trips have been during the day which I like a lot. The scenery is a lot like Texas, except that they have hills, so needless to say, its beautiful. Traveling by train also kind of reminds me of traveling from LA to San Diego because there are always signs of civilization. Today, for about five minutes was the first time we saw nothing but terrain. But the part about seeing the Italian country side is the wild flowers they have. They have a few of these yellow patches of flowers and these really beautiful red ones. I wanna find out what they are called, and Mom, we are gonna get some and put them in our new yard...yeah?? I took some pictures of them, or at least ones that look like them, that were inside the city limits of Milan. Those probably will not be up though for a few more days. I am just now finishing up loading all my France photos today, so check it out.
But if you havent yet, traveling by train is fun, as long as nobody is sitting in front of you and you dont really have to sleep on it. But yeah...
And for some reason it seems like there is a lot more graffiti here in Europe. We thought it might be just becuase its really urban and all, but I dont think thats it. Its all over the place, no matter where you go. Chris doesnt think any of it is really good. He says, if they are gonna put somethin up there, they should impress him. Well, right after he said that, we saw some pretty impressive stuff, I thought at least. But its weird that even though these people who graffiti are on the other side of the world from the US, they have the same handwriting and everything. I know i am not a specialist on the art of tagging, but i dont see any small different nuances. Its as if they all went to the same art tagging school or something. And whats even weirder is that they all do it well. Where did such criminals get such talent? Anyway...
We also saw the leaning tower of Pisa today, which was pretty cool because it came out of nowhere. We came walking around the corner, and bam, there it was. Just leanin. Its crazy how much its leaning and yet it hasnt fallen over. But, for about five seconds i held it up and i also fell with it...in the pictures, coming soon as well. Then we had Pisa pizza on a side street from the tower. me and chris had a really nice time as black men came to sell us sun glasses and jewelry. actually, i did buy a pair of Foakleys for 5 euro. Not back considering his first offer was 25.
Well, me and chris are off to get some Italian chicks, i mean, check into our hostel.
oh, and here is a link to his running blog. But you arent allowed to read his more than mine or else.
http://chrisloll.blogspot.com
bye people
# posted by lockmat @ 8:27 PM 
