Day 21: Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Venice, Italy to Munich, Germany If I remember correctly (ha ha), this was a long, very scenic, driving day. According to the pictures, the only excitement was that I took a picture of Luna sleeping (and then nuked the picture because it was horrifically unflattering and I'm a nice person... sometimes). For some reason, our gang decided we needed to take a picture of the others nodding off on the bus. I liked my shot of Kent sleeping as we went by castles on the first day. I think my mug shot is one of the worse, I had my mouth wide open- there was probably drool involved. If someone sends me the pic, I might post it, we'll see. I do recall that we didn't get into Munich until ... read more

Day 19: Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 Rome, Italy to Venice, Italy We leave Rome and head over to Venice. Along the way, we stop at a small resort town on Lake Garda, Sirmione. During the summer time, is impossible to get around in due to all the tourists but it was off season and it was deserted. The main attraction for me, was the castle!!! Beautiful, and the perfect spot for the next P.O.N. I climbed around in there while everyone else explored the town. We only had about 40 minutes until we had to be back on the bus, so it was a short trip but worth it. I can't find the name of the town nor castle on Google, so I'll have to post that info later- sorry folks! We get into Venice and ... read more

Day 17: Saturday, December 13th, 2009 Florence, Italy to Rome, Italy. Ah, Rome. Sweet, sweet, Rome. What can I say about it? No, seriously, what can I say? Why did I let my blog updates get so far behind?! All the cities are blurring into one... Plus, as I re-read some of my entries, yes, I have a problem with skipping between past/present tense and my punctuation sucks. Deal with it :) Or offer to edit it for me! So, I don't see any pictures that show the drive from Florence to Rome, so I'm guessing nothing unusual happened. We got into Rome and the bus dropped us off in the Piazza del Popolo and Dave led us on a 1-2 hour walk of Rome. I really wish this happened with each city because it gave ... read more

Day 15: Thursday, December 11th, 2009 Nice, France to Florence, Italy. Today we bid adieu (had to spell check that) to France and head to Italy, specifically, Florence. Right outside of Nice we stop for a photo op and then at Fragonard Perfumery. They had a display case in the entrance of different perfumes from around the world with a section dedicated to Rochester, NY- awww, home. We did a quick factory tour where we saw a guy making soaps in the shape of ducks and then ushered into the store. I wasn't planning on buying anything, but walked away with some solid perfume's and face cream (which I'm lovin'.) We then drove for a few hours, stopped for lunch, and continued on thru Italy with a stop in Pisa to see the infamous tower. Unfortunately, ... read more

Day 13: Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Lucerne, Switzerland to Nice, France. Another long driving day full of many many mountains. We get into Nice and, at first, I am not impressed. We must have come in thru the bad part of town though because when we got to our hotel (Hotel Albert 1 right by the Promenade) it was beautiful again. We stopped at the hotel for about an hour and a half and then we got back on the bus and headed to Monte Carlo, Monaco which was about 40 minutes away. By the time we got there, it was dark but we did a quick stroll thru the area that has the palace. Tonight's excursion was a restaurant and I can't remember what I had, but it didn't disagree with me so I was ... read more