I arrived in Venice after 26 hours on a ferry. I think I am truly a traveler now. I had deck passage on the ferry which means I didnt have a cabin or a seat so I just used my bag as a pillow and my sheet for a blanket and slept on the floor. Everyone I met was trying to talk me out of taking that ferry but all in all it was alright. I met some girls that had stayed at the pink Palace hostel too so we all were hanging out talking and had our little set up on the floor. We finally arrived and the girls took off to their hostel and I to mine. They had a pretty central location but my hostel is a campground so I had to take ... read more

Sorrento/naples I arrived in Naples to catch the cirumvesuviana train to Sorrento. I thought about getting a famous Napoli pizza but the thought of leaving the train station wasn’t appealing. I haven’t heard very nice things about Napoli. So i caught the train, which wasn’t nice either. Hot, smelly, and crowed. I arrived in Sorrento and then to the hostel. What a place! Very modern, beautiful, and has air conditioning! I was so exhausted from my Rome adventures I couldn’t even fathom leaving the hostel that afternoon. So I went to the roof terrace to relax. This was so nice, great view of Sorrento and the surrounding villages and the ocean. I met a few cool people in the hostel. One Australian guy was super cool, and we ended up eating dinner at the hostel together ... read more

I stood in line at Termini train station for 2 hours just to find out that I don't need a reservation for my next 2 trains and therefore did not need to get in line at all! SO.... good to know, but it made my whole day pretty unproductive. I met up with a friend and I thought "man, I think I have seen everything in Rome" but he took me to some churches I hadn't seen and out of the city center walls to have a good cheap pizza! I took it easy in the morning, hostel life is really taxing! I made a few cool friends at the hostel and even a few of the people I knew that worked there are still there. I keep trying to convince them they need a professional ... read more

Siena!!! Che bella citta! I arrived in Seina, and what a beautiful city! It surrounded by villas and farms and little towns on rolling hillsides! I am staying on just the outskirts of the city, and it is so beautiful! The veiw! The garden! Oh my! I went into the center just for a while today. I was so exhausted! But I walked around the main piazza called Il Campo. Each year in July they have a famous horse race there called palio. This city is much smaller than the others I have visited so far. Much more tranquile! (until someone scores in a world cup game then the noise coming from the bars is quite boisterous!) I also walked to Il Duomo. It was simply breathtaking. And from there I just wandered around wherever it ... read more

World Cup- My friend Benedetto invited to his friends house to watch the world cup! It was the first game Italy was playing. Wow! I feel like this was something really classic.... watching soccer (the world cup no less) with a bunch of Italians that are getting all excited and yelling... when Italy scored everyone LITERALLY jumped up and cheered! There was pizza, limoncello, grappa, and cigarette smoke... they were quite an entertaining bunch! When we left, i saw something blinking in the darkness and I thought maybe the grappa had gone to my head but benedetto said "oh, la luce" it was a fire fly! I had never seen one before. He said they used be quite common but now there are fewer because of pollution. Today I went to museums! It is impossible to ... read more