The Gremlin's Grotto

Well... here we go. Just got into Rome today, and this Hostel is a little steep, which is to be expected of this city. This keyboard sucks so excuse any mistakes hehe. I am feeling better, and all is good. Ok... where to begin. Venice... yeh... Venice. Besides having alot of interesting art and architecture, the city itself kinda sucked. Too many tourists, too many couples... and definitely too many americans (excuse that comment my American friends but the americans in Venice were old rich farts... lets say, ¨typical americans¨). Anyway, on to the story. Venice was definitely not as expensive as Switzerland... trust me, the swiss are professional ripoff artists. We stayed two nights in Venice to see the sites, but we went to bed early and did nothign in the evenings at all. I did get to have my Gelato though :) We found a hotel to stay in that was cheaper than the hostels actually, and the people were nice, but overall, I will never go back to Venice. So, with that behind us, we moved on to Florence.

Now, Florence was a different story altogether. The hostel was very good and not too expensive, the city was a bit cheaper and the sites were AMAZING! Brunelleschis Dome, Giottos Tower, the Uffizzi Gallery (not going to bother naming artists, although Botticellis' Birth of Venus was there), and of course, Michelangelos David. It was very cool. We met 3 cool people that we hung out with... two spanish girls and a BC dude who was living in Switz playing semi pro soccer ( he is hopefully going to try out for EPL and Canadian National next year apparently). Anyway, we are heading to Madrid on our way through Spain to see the two girls who have offered to be our guides there... that combined with some friends in Granada, we should have guides for days in Spain. So anyway, St. Pattys was a bust, Florence wasnt that good for that, but overall I loved Florence. So, we came to Rome today, we are set up, saw the Colleseum, and hopefully we will be able to see the big things within the next few days... oh, and we are going to see AS Roma v AC Milan on Sunday. We worked out our sched to see a Barcelona game too!!! hehe, I love it. Anyway, I know there is more, and I left some out purposely for now, but this should give you a fix ;)

On the Road constantly,
The Desk Gremlin


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