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
Monday, June 6
italia
real quick update on things...
we took a night train to venice the other day and had a room that sat six people total. at first it was just us and some chick from seattle, she was cool, and then this italian couple came on, and i think the guy got mad at me cuz i buried my head in my lap and laughed after i said something and i think he thought it was directed at him. he began talking to me and all i said was, "i dont speak french"...but i said it in french, and he was speakin in italian, so i think there was a problem. i ended up just ignoring him and drank my nast sugar water. then that dude went to sleep and he snored soo loud. with that and the awkwardness of the seats, we didnt fall asleep until a couple hours before we arrived.
big surprise when we got there though, as i walked out the train station i heard someone call my name. it was suzie zimmer from school. her and some other people I knew from Masters were traveling as well. crazy times because thats the second time i have met someone i knew. the first was on the plan ride to germany from houston when i saw dexter the soccer play.
venice was pretty cool though. i really like it a lot actually. getting around there is pretty much impossible though if yo uhave an exact place you want to be. it is made up of canals, as all you know, and all the streets are basically alley ways. those alley ways basically made up a huge maze which got us lost, again. but let me warn any of you who are thinking of traveling to europe too...you will get lost too. think its impossible not too. everyone here says they get lost all the time too, so its not just us. but i think for the most part we do a pretty good job getting around.
but we just got into milan last night. i wouldnt even say most these italians look italian. they do, but i guess they arent as dark as i thought they would be. and havent really seen too many good lookin italians either. i guess i have to wait until rome.
anyway, my time is up, ciao
we took a night train to venice the other day and had a room that sat six people total. at first it was just us and some chick from seattle, she was cool, and then this italian couple came on, and i think the guy got mad at me cuz i buried my head in my lap and laughed after i said something and i think he thought it was directed at him. he began talking to me and all i said was, "i dont speak french"...but i said it in french, and he was speakin in italian, so i think there was a problem. i ended up just ignoring him and drank my nast sugar water. then that dude went to sleep and he snored soo loud. with that and the awkwardness of the seats, we didnt fall asleep until a couple hours before we arrived.
big surprise when we got there though, as i walked out the train station i heard someone call my name. it was suzie zimmer from school. her and some other people I knew from Masters were traveling as well. crazy times because thats the second time i have met someone i knew. the first was on the plan ride to germany from houston when i saw dexter the soccer play.
venice was pretty cool though. i really like it a lot actually. getting around there is pretty much impossible though if yo uhave an exact place you want to be. it is made up of canals, as all you know, and all the streets are basically alley ways. those alley ways basically made up a huge maze which got us lost, again. but let me warn any of you who are thinking of traveling to europe too...you will get lost too. think its impossible not too. everyone here says they get lost all the time too, so its not just us. but i think for the most part we do a pretty good job getting around.
but we just got into milan last night. i wouldnt even say most these italians look italian. they do, but i guess they arent as dark as i thought they would be. and havent really seen too many good lookin italians either. i guess i have to wait until rome.
anyway, my time is up, ciao
