Blogs from Veneto, Italy, Europe - page 220

A city built on water well, not really, it was built on little islands, but... whatever. anyways, it was nice. the first day was great, and the second day it got muggy and rained. eh, oh well. it was still nice when it rained. i kind of liked it. we took a boat ride, not a gondala though... it seems that only tourists ride gondolas... and it's like way expensive too. our boat was like a big waterbus. it was cool. the pictures i took at night, i took alone, walking around. it was cool. the streets were so skinny, and the buildings tall, and the feeling you get walking through them --even in florence and all that-- is interesting. "calles enganosas" i called them, "decieving streets." this because it was hard to tell weather a ... read more

Got up just before 9 so I could make it to breakfast, then went back to bed as there was nothing else to do. Got up at 12 and had a shower and stuff, then wandered to the bar to find people as the other girls were still sleeping. Found everyone just hanging around playing cards and reading and stuff. Chatted to Ange for about 2 hours, then read her Elle magazine when she went for a nap. Melissa, Nat and Brigitte got up at about 5, and we sat round the bar waiting for dinner time. Had spaghetti bolganaise for dinner at the self service restaurant, then went back to the bar (for something different). Had a Mythos beer, which isn't as nice as Amstel. Went to bed at 11, tired from doing nothing all ... read more

Ciao readers, So, since the last blog entry, we've actually been pretty productive...some of the highlights: -Our two days in Rome were frenetic and jam-packed. We saw all the Rome-y things, walked for hours, and only treated ourselves to gelato once (a day, that is). Towards the end of our second day, we decided we wanted to see Old Pope's tomb...however, we were stopped after security found my swiss army knife (Liz, after: "What? He's already dead!"). So that was sorta disappointing, as was discovering at 10:30 p.m. that the Metro was closed for repairs. I would like to say that we instead walked back to the hostel, but that would be a lie...we took a cab. -Next day, we boarded a train for Florence. Twenty minutes into the ride, this sour-faced man trudged down the ... read more

Munich to Venice From the Contiki guide : Spectacular scenery as we head south through Austria, before crossing over ther Brenner Pass for two nights at our hotel near the canals and cathedrals of Venice. ( Breakfest, Dinner )... read more

It's been a very long day. The night train started off well until a fourth person joined us in the middle of the night, and continually woke me up by turning on lights and then with hideous snoring. The real kicker is that all the rest of the rooms in our cart were empty -- but all the doors locked. Adam stood around with me in the early A.M. and then we went back in to go to sleep -- he gave me his i-pod to listen too 3 It took awhile, but I fell back to sleep for a couple of hours. Our train arrived late to Munich, so we missed our train to Verona, but we caught one 2 hours later. We had a little compartment, and I slept for the first few hours, ... read more