Just turned twenty-five and realized I have so much to see. I Looked into an around the world ticket... hoping to leave in August 2007.
Italia part one
ITALY | Tuesday, 26 February 2008 | Views [162]
Milano- So overrated in my opinion. The city is grey. Our first night in we met some really cool people. My favortie was Rie, a sweet japanese girl travelling alone. In the morning Rie and a Brazillian girl invited me to join them to see the castle and the main cathedral. Kids were celebrating Carnivale in the street and all dressed in cotumes. It is like Halloween for them. The Brazillian girl knew a boy, Simone, she studied with and invited him for lunch. We all went out to eat and walked around and then went for a tea break. The company was really great. Rie asked if she could join us to Venice and I didn't think J would mind so I said of course. In the evening we had a couple of beers and fell asleep. We left early the next morning for Venizia.
Venice aka Venezia- is just like what I imagined it would be. Since there was three of us we booked a triple room and stayed in a really cool hotel, Hotel Reiter, off the island on Lido. My nani used to say Venice is heaven on earth and even though it was cold and gloomy it was magical. There was something so fantastic ... maybe an energy that remained in the place. We made it for the last two days of Carnivale. We roamed around our first night and just stared at the costumes and tried to gain perspective on the orientation of the city, which would take me a week at least, I think. We made a plan to get up early and have a big last day of Carnivale. Rie made us pose like the Japanese in all of our pictures. The next morning we all put on tons of make up to join in the festivities and headed out. We caught good music and saw brilliant costumes. We saw a concert in the main square and hopped around all the main islands. It was really really fun. We decided to go for a nice Italian dinner. we found a restaurant that I can never find again, even with directions. Our meals were delicious.
Tags: Sightseeing
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