Italy is beautiful and crazy and I am completley in love with it so far. Since I last updated Carolyn and I have trecked from Milan to Venice (then from Venice back to Milan...), over to Cinque Terre, then to Pisa and finally to Tuscany, where we are staying in a small town called Certaldo (technically still in Florence). God where to start!!!
Venice was surreal. We spent only two nights there, so it was a bit of a whirwind tour, but it was everything that comes to mind when you think about Venice...beautiful, romantic, odd (in a good way) and a little bit smelly. Out stay here started off on an interesting note too...We had literally JUST stepped outside the train station and were gawking at Venices main canal, when I heard a voice I recognized, turned my head and saw Logan going into the train station (easy to spot because hes a good head taller then everyone else) For those of you who dont know...Logan is a good friend from highschool. We did one of those screaming runs towards each other and he picked carolyn and I up, with big backpacks and everything. It was unreal! We saw each other less then a minute and then he had to run and catch his train to Austria. Crazy start to a crazy city! Even after spending two nights in Venice I still couldnt really figure out how it works...it looks like the houses are floating on the water! I learned that Venice is actually an island (shaped like a fish!), built up of clay thats been stacked up on old river sediment deposits, that its also actually slowly sinking and that its population has been cut in half the past 30 years. On any day of the year Venetians are outnumbered by tourists.
ok. I do have muuuuch more to say about Venice and Italy in general but I have just been informed that my time on the computer is up! This is what makes communication frustrating. But a few quick other points...
Cinque Terre was probably the most beautiful place that I have ever seen. A little too touristy again but right on the Mediteranean Ocean and hot, simple, stunning. We did the hike between the 5 towns and I dont think I have ever sweated that much in my entire life...
Pisa we saw the leaning tower and then that was it! I think we spent 2 hours there...but the leaning tower was actually even cooler then I thought it would be.
Now for the past 4 nights we've been staying literally under the Tuscan sun. It is beautiful, but more then the scenery the place is a haven for backpackers. Theres only 16 people, bbqs, a swimming pool, gardens, hammocks and the most unreal red wine and slow paced lifestyle. We were only supposed to stay 2 days here but we extended it to 4. Did a day trip into Florence yesterday which was really beautiful too.
Sorry this is much shorter then I wanted it to be!!! We head to Rome tomorrow morning and maybe they will have longer internet service :)
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