Rome Day 1

So I got to Rome around 10 in the morning. I was able to figure out the subway system pretty easy and made it to my hostel pretty quickly. I checked in and decided to take a nap since is was raining a a lot out side. I woke up around 5 and luckily it had stopped raining. I picked a hostel that was about 20 minutes from the Colosseum so I decided to walk over and take a look. I was very impressed. I was only their for about 10 minutes before it started to rain so I started to walk back. The man who ran the hostel was a very nice guy who called himself Jeffery. He suggested a Turkish restaurant up the street so I went and tried it. I was a little scared but it was really good. I had a tour of Rome scheduled on a Segway the next day so I was really hoping that it wasn't raining so I could still make it.

Venice, Italy

Sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I have been busy enjoying Italy and Spain. I eventually made it to Venice. I had a great time. People told me that it was an expensive city and I now believe them.

I didn't make it to Venice on the first day that I was their because it was raining and I was very tired. I did make it the next day. I took the bus from Mestre where I was staying onto Venice. I then walked from the bus station to St. Marks Sq. I didn't know where I was going I just started walking. I was able to make it their in about 90 minutes.

I really liked everything that I saw. That city does need a power washer though. I made it to St. Marks Sq around 10 am. Their wasn't a lot of people there at that time which surprised me. I was able to walk around with out much trouble at all. I posted some of the pictures. I was able to make it to the top of the tower in front of the palace after about 30 minutes standing in line. I was then able to get a great view of Venice. When I got done with that I walked around the coast of Venice for a while. I must say that if I ever win the lottery I am going to buy a place their.

I walked around for a good 4 hours the Sq and coast. When I got tired I decided to walk back. I decided to take a different way back so I just picked a direction and started walking. After about an hour I was able to find the bus station.

When it was all said and done I walked for about 7 hours for a total of about 4 miles. When I made it back to my room I slept for about 11 hours. Then I woke up and took the bus back to Venice to catch a train to ROME!

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@#*% You Ash Cloud

Well, it turns out that my flight was 5 hours late getting to Madrid. This pretty much screwed up all of the planning that I had done for that day. I missed my flight to Italy, but I was able to get a direct flight to Venice. It wasn't what I planned but it worked out. I went to the train station hoping that I could find a place to sleep for the night. It was already 22:30 at night so I just walked into a hotel and asked for a room(don't ask how much it cost). Now its time to go the hotel where I have reservations for.

Ash Cloud

Well the ash cloud has officially delayed by flight to Madrid by an hour. I slept the entire way to Washington since I didn't sleep at all last night. Since I am not going to be near any greasy American fast food, I just ate the biggest Wendy's hamburger I could find and a large Dr. Pepper since that is only here in the US. Now its time to find out how the ash cloud will affect by flight over.

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