Fancy hotel restaurant

We have been to so many castles. This one is one of the best just for the fact that it is though to have inspired Walt Disney for the castle from snow White it is so cool you can see the drawings from Disney and other people and they are very similar.
You are not able to walk up the road to the castle you must take a car. So if you don't have a car you must take a cab. The reason for this is because it is surrounded by military. They have what looks like a training camp set up.
So the bosses driver drove us up well there was 5 volunteers going so we had the three girls and one guy cramed into the back of the truck and it was a good thing we were all so tiny. Now this driver MM he is crazy he should be a race car driver. But it is funny to see howhe drives so differently when the boss is in. The car. He is a perfect driver don't think he ever goes over the speed limit. When she is not in the car look out. Drifting around corners skidding the tires it just funy to see the night and day change.  Don't get me wrong he is a great driver I have never not felt safe but it is nerve wracking just in the fact that they drive on the other side of the road here.
So he drives us up the hill we stop at this military check point and he is taking to the gaurds you can tell they are joking and apparently he reached over and un zipped a pocket and took something out then put it back in. So we keep going up, and he told us well we think he told us that he is in or was in the military. Posable as a driver it was hard the hand signals were not that visabe from the back.
So we get to the top well top of the road were the castle is we get out he takes us into the ticket both talks with the man. It was 7tl(turkish leara) to get in. So away our group goes. We every thing was well signed and very easy to tell were you were and what the room use to be. They had a information thing at the start and they had a map of the place with sketchings of each place. So you had an idea of what you were about to see. The high light for me other then the view from the top was the old wall going up the mountain it just blows my mind that man kind could make something like that.
It was very stunning.
So the driver was coming back in two hrs we got back down with twenty minutes to spare. And he was already there. So he was talking with a guy and the guy said he was taking us to the big solder. We ended up driving to this look off were you can see the other side of the mountains. It was so weird it is so flat. Tons of farmland. So different then our side of the mountain because we are between the sea and the mountain. The other side is just flat.
So we get back and call the boss. She tells us we are going to dinner at the onix (fancy hotel restaurant). She tells us to pick a time. So

So we call the boys with three good peices of news.one she is going to reimburse us for our trip to the castle, 2 we now have hot water in the shower witch is amazing once you have shower in ice cold you realy apriciate a nice hot shower. 3 we are going to the onix for dinner. Now D has been wanting to go to the onix for some time. He was very excited . We pick 8 as our dinner time and the boys were to come to our place to shower.
We got ready. Because it can still be quite chilly in the evening I was going to wear pants since I have no long dresses or skirts. B let me borrow one of her long dresses so that was nice. It was such a lovely dress.
We get there and they don't have any tables for big groups all they have are small round ones so we push two together.
The menu is on an i pad, that is right an i pad how cool is that u could click on something and see picture of it. I was extremely impressed by that. It was so cool. So I got pan ti
It was ok B also got it and she said it was not good compared to other ones she has had. We also got wine.
After dinner we had chocolate sufla. It was very good.  And apparently it is not on the menu only the bosses boyfriend can order it, felt very special.

It was a great day

Monday wondered around town got lost. Then worked
Tuesday wondered around town did not get lost had desert before 12.
Wednesday well to day was market day. So out came the belly dancing outfits. I could not find pants but thankfully B let me borrow hers.
I did end up dancing it was alot of fun but we did not sell much, lots of people looking. It was fun wehad this group of kids watch us for a long time. We tryed to get them to dance but no. It was a very fun day at the market.

Turtle beach

We have now started working in the morning or evening for five hours because it is becoming to hot in the day to work. Basically all we are doing is watering everything.
I started to walk bunny what a lovely dog and she reminds me of kea so much. We got six new baby chickens the boss got them at the market get to watch them grow up that will be fun.
Another volunteer came B she is from BC so it iscool to have another Canadian grl. The boys moved to the farm house.
On Saturday we decided to take a group trip to the beach ya. So me and shauna and B and D went to the waterfront to look around went back got our swimwear and away we went. Got a bus. It was a good fifteen minutes walk to the beach from the road. D and J had been there last weekend so he took comanad and lead us to the next little cove beach over. Now these beaches are special Because it is were sea turtles come to lay there eggs. Sadly we will not be here for that.  Very fine sand. It was a beautiful beach. We went swimming it was worm water very nice. It was so clear wish I had goggles it would be great place to snorkel. There was this rock out crop and it looked like it had under water caves. It would be amazing to snorkel there.

When we got back we decided to go out for dinner.
Oh major side not. We do not have hot water in the shower in is ice cold water. I shower with my head upside down so the water does not touch my body. After the hair is washed I go to the other bathroom it has a sink and tolit and I use a face cloth to was the rest of me. For some reason that sink has hot water.
OK so we went to dinner D went to the farm to get changed and to see if J and the new guy that arrived that day M wanted to come with us. So D and J show up at our place and we head off to dinner. We found this little place looked good. It was in B lonely Planet Book so that was cool. I have no idea what I got what it was called. It was like pitia bread with cheass on it.  B got the something but her cheese was the kind that they make in Cyprus. It was good but I don't think I would like alot of that kind of cheass. So after dinner we go to this cafe that had tons of deserts. I got this chocolate cake it was so good so yummy.
The next day B and M were going to the farm with the boss to see it and work a little. So the boss shows up at our place with presents.
Need to back track last Wednesday at the market the boss and shauna got talking about belly dancing. Then the boss wanted us to belly dance at the market I said no thank you right away. Shauna however seamed like she was on board and excited. Later I found out she did not want to do it. So our boss shows up with three belly dancer out fits. Now these out fits our amazing. They are hand made actual outfits like professionals wear these. She had them flown in from istanbul. They cost way to much. But they are beautiful. There is red gold and pink. I got the pink because it was the biggest cup size. We are going to get Safty pins and pin the skirts to our pants. Now apparently shauna is going to dance from my understanding I don't know if she was just going along again guess I will see on Wednesday. I am going to just be surrving tea. I am comfortable enough to do that but there will be no dancing coming from this girl.
They are beautiful there is a picture up on my face book Page. Oh and I don't think B will be wearing one. She way wear just the skirt over pants and not the top.

So B and the boss head off to the farm. After cleaning the house and eating me and shauna head to the farm to see what every one else is doing for the day.
The boss suggested a group outing to the castle up on the hill. We can see it from the farm.

Chicken naming

So we started work at 6:30 this morning. We had a local rooster wake up the apartment at 4:30 sun rise is 6:18. I think if it keeps up we will be having chicken for dinner.
So we got to the farm shauna was going to water green house and stuff that hose could not reach. I did everything else. So shauna goes to the green house I decided to start at the back work my way forward. I turn the water on and walk to the back. All I here is rushing water. So I walk towards the water tank and water is gushing out a gallon a minute easy. So I run to the lunch zone were my bag and cell phone is call D Wake her up she calls people now we had this problem yesterday so thankful I knew who to call and she understood when I said water problem again. Because no one else was to come to the farm till 9 and it is 630. We had no keys to unlock the gates. Thankfully the back gate was left open.
So after that excitement I went to start the watering. Some one came fixed it. It took my full five hour shift to do all the water. There is that much just so you get and idea of how big this place is. Shauna finished way before me and weeded the row that we are preping to plant next.
Once I was done it was quiting time and almost lunch time. So we sit at the lunch table and some of the chickens came over. So we named them well one was named yesterday,  I named a hen gladis yesterday. So you got roger the rooster, then his hens gladis, lusial, sookie, and phillis. Then there is the roster that has no hens that stocks the others he crows alot so some times he is ugly or annoying. Dapending on the moment. Then we decided to count the chickens and ducks and we can't find one chicken and there was a cat snooping around the chicken coop this morning who I got with the hose. Scared the living daylights out of the poor thing.
We found her in the hen house. But we got a plesent surprise when we went in the chicken coop we had six baby's our boss got them at the market the other day so we are hoping they are hens so ugly can have some lady's and maybe that will make him shut up.
It was a good day. Still no hot water in the shower. Had to flip head up side down to cold to stand under water.

Cyprus hobby farm

Today on the farm lol
So odd to say.
So last night the boss shows up with our cell phones yep we have cell phones. MOM we will have to come up with a time to talk.
So she said she would call us in the morning because there is a market and she wanted us to help out. So we wait and wait no call at like 8:30 we go to the farm because still no word from her and the boys had all ready headed out.
So we get there and she is all good morning nothing about not calling us. So we go and help pick vegetables well greens to sell.
Then we are off to the market. It is a very big market. So we set up. Sell a few things. mostly stood there.
She got her driver to drive us back. We'll the steering wheels are on the right side and the drive on the other side of the road. It is so freaky, the roundabout is the most nearve racking part because you go in it back wards.
Back at the farm we had lunch... Well it was ok.
After lunch we finished the second trench so lots of mixing dirt to put in, and then planting. We planted turnip yaaaaaa.
Then some unbearing the poor baby's got covered so we had to find them. Then so weeding, well most of them have thorns it is not fun. I got one in my finger hurt so bad. Then it was quitting time.
After work we went back to the market, because we have no clothing to work in. Spent 35 leara and got pants and two boys tanktops lol.
Going to look so sexy tomorrow. Will come home with some nice tans.
On a sad happy note my boots (black dress ) they bottom is giving out so I will have to toss them, good not less weight and I get to buy new ones.
Well I am off to bed 5:30 comes nice and early

First day on the farm

We got up at 7:30.  The guys head out any time between 8 and 830. We got up I put on my jeans hiking boots and a white and green three quarter length shirt that I do not care about then a sweater.
The guys we work with are nice funny and help full.
The owner R came over to meet us that was nice. Went over somethings then we all walked together to the farm.
They have 3 adult dogo argintinos and 4 pups. 5 ducks and chickens. Then lots of plants.
So we get there and the dogs were so excited R has been gone for 3 weeks it was her first day back.
So we did a walk through got to see the green house and all the gardens.
We helped move plants from the green house to the garden. Then we planted.
To make the garden rows one guy uses a pick ax to dig the ditch then u go around behind him and remove the dirt by hand into buckets.  Then lunch it is suplyed by the hotel
For lunch
White been salid, soup, spegiti and almond bread and then as much fruit as you want. After lunch it was back to the trenchs
LOL witch works because it was a mini trench that we are diging.
So then I was tasked with the riping of card board job. It had been socking in water and had to rip it apart Athens into little squares. Texas water was dark and mysterious.
Then we had to mix the dirt to fill the trunch we dug out. Did that.
But now tomorrow we can plant tomorrow.
It was a good day and it ended with making juice out of left over fruit so we had apple juice pear and orange. It was very good.
I think it was a great day, got to find myself a hat.
Very excited think it will be fun.
Mega down side do not have hot water.  Showering in stone cold water in not fun or refreshing.

Farm life here we come!

So got up at 6:30 get on a train heading to Rome. Well we have to switch trains near the end so had to ask around it was confusing but we made it. As the train pulled up people got on and this one guy infront of me turns at the top and grabs my handle to help me then I stow it and he wanted to put it up top I say no. And try to get back to the door to help shauna.  But he is in the way. This older man was helping shauna and the young guy takes the bag from him and then puts her bag up and then helps her with her back pack. He moves my bag on top of hers before I can say anything. So we go sit down and a few mins latter the you guy comes up holding out his hand with a sad sad face on. Well I had no coin on me and if I did I would not be paying. I did not ask for help he just did it. If I would have been thinking I should have offered him an apple..
The train ride was uneventful iventfull.
Got to the airport. I have forgotten what it is like to fly with a nice airline. We were greated with a smile treated nicely. We get on the plane and it was a little over half full.
We got headphones they put on just for laughs. Then we got a drink and a little bag of peanuts you could move to what ever seat you wanted. Then the put on 17 again the movie with greek subtitles.  Then we got super, rost with noodles, role with butter, and a little desert like cream puffs, we also got another drink. Then tea or coffee.  It was a very pleasant flight we had mostly blue skys so we could see alot it was soo cool because we flew down the cost of Italy and then we passed over the islands it was very nice.
Until (doom noice) there was turbulence and we were at the back of the plane so I sucked you should not go sideways in a plain. Just saying.
So that was ok got over it the movie helped. So we come up to cypers and fly over it then fly towards the ocean turning and getting lower and lower and the landing gear comes out the turblance picks up all you can see is ocean out the window..... Lower and lower, finally as we are just about to and you see beach and run way. It is very very close to the ocean. Was not fun, I was death griping my arm won't lie. Sucked that shauna laughed at me for having stiff hands from griping,  but every one has there thing. Flying is not one of mine I will do it with out a word, but still I don't enjoy it.
So we land
Oh oh back up the bus
In Roma airport had to go through passport check and got my second stap yaaaaaa you can't read it but it is there so great.
OK so we land and have to go through passport control again and got another stamp. Oh ya I rock.
So we get our luggage it was hot in the air port so I am putting my laiers away in my suit case oh ya I weighed in at 19.7 it was great.
So we are supposed to be picked up and we look at the sings but non have our name so we stand there wondering what to do. And a guy shows up and has a sign with our names.
Now have had two signs with my name moving up in the world look out.
So we ear will not pop so I get it. The back. They drive on the opesit side it is so weird.
We get to the turkey boarder and we give the driver our passports he goes and get us turkey visas.... They are a peice of paper that says vias and you passport information and another stamp. Oh ya.
So once we get over the border the guy gets out and puts a taxi light on his roof. We pull up to this hotel the Rocks hotel and casino. Well there is a jagyer parked out front. Very very expensive looking hotel. He gets out I guess to ask directions,  and shauna turns to me and is like the metter is running it is at 40 already. I am like I hope they are paying because we did not know we would be paying for a cab.
So he gets back in and drives us around the city to this apartment building and says this is were you live. He unlodes our bags a young guy greats us we will call him J and then the cab takes off.
Now we are pretty confused because we thought we would be on a farm not in a city.  So we meet another guy D. There is another girl living there as well. So me and shauna share a room we each get our own bed.
We found out that the farm was just a 20 min walk. We do not have Internet at the apartment but we are able to go to a hotel and eat there and use the Internet,  and it is the facy rocks one. So we were talking fiindkng out about the guys we are going to be working with, more about the job the owner. It was nice.
We walked to the hotel to us the Internet. Sadly my play book died.
Then to bed because I wanted to go to the farm with the guys in the morning to check it out. Very exciting.

Big ego

Not much has been going on. Headed back to Florence to get our luggage met to girls from the USA. We did spend one full day in Florence and it was am awesome amazing day. Well to start off with we all slept in it was great since I have not been sleeping well on thous ofle mattress. Then we went to a park it sucked. Very un kept and no flowers just trees and hedges. So we head into the castle that we visited last time. It was so hot and sunny out it was great.
The gauren was beautiful. All the green was out. Shauna took lots of photos, I got to play model. It was great, I had alot of fun evening if I could not look peaceful.. I even tried my hand at taking photos I rocked.
It was a great stress reliefer day.

Wondering on an island

We decided to wonder around, you can not truly get lost on an island. We did try to find sait marks. And we did after lots of wondering. The church was so amazing it celing was all gold mosic. It was stunning so much good. We did not pay to see the stolen marko body. The square was interesting the restaurant cafe around it had full bands playing a hot chocolate was 10€.
The sun came out, so we headed back to the hostel,  on the way we stop at this little restaurant. It was all locals in there the food was good. Very friendly men they would say bye when they left or we left it was odd.
Back at the hostel we got our sunglasses took more clothing off. I took a quick nap by accident.  so we got going and decided to explore the last part of the island. We walked and found this nice little steep area to sit down. It was very peaceful to just sit in the sun.
So because there are no cars here the police have boats with lights and all. We were to slow to get our camera out and get a photo of the police boat ziping by.
We decided to try and refund the Chinese restaurant for dinner.

As we are walking to the Chinese place. I get the hicups as I am holding my breath shauna graves my sides and yells at me. Well I squiled and jumped. People look at us and we are laughing so hard. We must have looked mega crazy.
Nothing much happened after that got strawberries for 2€ .

Gondola ride in Venice Italy

Well, the rest of the train ride was good till the end. There was a family of five sitting across from us there oldest daughter was sitting beside me. The second stop is also called Venice but there is a different name after it so they asked if this was the Venice station they needed we said no. So we are sitting and wating. Next thing they are rushing the sings on the train say the stop we need so we are all rushing to get off. There was a couple sitting under our bags and the had hurd us and they explained that this was not our stop they just changed the signs for the next stop. At this point the family was off and the train was moving. so we did get off at the right stop. You need to take a bus, but no normal bus a water bus. It was 7€ . And it was awesome. So we get off and fallow the directions they were good directions. We arrived and cross the private bridge over a Canale.
It was sunny and calling for the rain that night and morning so we went right out to explore.  Explore we did. We had a couple guys ask about gondola rides but they all wanted 80€ so we sadly passed. We got talking with one driver and he offered 60€ and they do not run in the rain. So we went for it.  Sometimes you have to splurge.
Was it ever worth it. Oh back track on our walk we got a small bottle of wine like the size of a beer bottle. So as we were getting on he said you are all set with your bottle of wine.
So we opened our wine it was a twist off top. It was an amazing thing to sip wine and cruise along.
Oh dad we got to see the watershed from the Italian job oh ya so cool.
From there we just walked more found a Chinese restaurant had dinner went back to the hostel.

Castle at lake como

Woke up to a beautiful sunny day. It was very exciting to seethe sun. There was still fog over the mountains but the sun was shining so you know it will burn off. As we ate breakfast to the amazing views of the snow covered mountains and talking about places to see and go with other guest. It was just heavenly.
We set off for the town that a girl we hung out with in Florence.  E she is the one that told us to go to lake como. We got down and caught a ferry over to the town with the train. We don't have any time to spare before the train is there so we book it up the hill. We get to the train stop and the building isfully locked, there isn't were to buy tickets. We ask one man he tells us to goto the bottom of the hill at the Torisum both or on the train. We look atour watch there is no way we can go down and back in less then five minutes let alone get tickets. We decided to try and buy our tickets on the train.
We got on at the front of the train the sign we read said to get tickets from the conductor so to me front ofthe train seemed like a good bet.
We walk from car. To car trying to find some one. Finally we found a woman we got our tickets, they were no more expensive so that was good because we had maybe 15€ and we hadn't clue how much theride would be.
We arrived in nthe town around 11 we are to meet E at 12 at the train station. So we go for a wonder around town, find an atm go down to the lake. There were so many swans. I have not seen so many with were ever were and it is spring so the males were swimming around all puffed up and strutting there stuff. Very funny to watch. I love watching the wildlife they are so intersting to watch there behavior expecially spring time.
We wondered back up to the station. Well we were taking up all the space on very tiny steeps. Not really but it felt that way. The steeps were very large like long, and every one wound walk up them were we were sitting. Shauna had to move for one women. Why they had to walk the extra steeps to were we were in do not know.
Once E showed up we went down to the water from the girls got capahino I got hotchocolate. Well the guy was so nice he gave us little pink marange things. It was some of the best hot chocolate ever. So great it may even beat out rome. It was very good.
E had to run to work so we went and got our train tickets back but we had an hour to till. Window shopping was not an option because it was after one and all the shops close from one to three. We found a cool cortyead inside a shopping center. Who ever designed these places are litk hay let's remove the roof and put in a cort yead let's and a random balcony for fun. Some things are so different.
We got back to the town that is just across the lake from our place. There is a castle somewhere so we decided to go there. We went to the Torisum both she said it was 20 min hike. So off we set well it was 20 min up a steep hill. Shauna was were her new flats and we'll they had no grip. She was slipping on the mule trail we were walking up. That is right not a road not a hiking trail a mules trail.
We took two half times on at this rock that was sticking out of the wall. No laughing it was very interesting. Next we stoped at this little watering fountain. As we walked away shauna want to get its picture so as she headed back down I could here the squalls as she would slip. Was going to be an interesting trip down.
We came to this little town I pray they have a road because if nott, if I was living there there is no way I would be walking that every day I would become such a hurmit.
We got to the castle and guess what more hills and stairs. It was 4€ and you got a peice of paper with the history and information about the castle.
As shauna was reading the paper I watched two lizards make babies it was very interesting, at first I though they were fighting.
At this castle they still did falconry it was funny we walked up the hill and there was two hocks and a barn owl just chilling. They also had a great horned owl at the entrance. They had suits of armer hanging around I picked up an arm price and it was so heavy. Could not imagine how heavy all of it would be.
Then you climb these steeps that are made out of stone and are just hanging out of the wall. It was very sketch steeps but the payoff was worth it because we got to see a draw bridge it was so cool it moved under your feet. Once in the tower there were more stairs to climb. These were food and even more sketchy then the rock ones. Totly feel like we should have signed a wavor. Just to look at these stairs. However you could see the crank to pull the draw bridge up. Then they had fosles just hanging out in the middle of the tower it was so cool to see they were found on the grounds and they are of sea lizards. It was very cool.kinda like there were dragons in the tower.
We walked down around the outer wall. There was still an old gate standing so I tryed my best to do my best gaurd impersonation. I just looked constipated but shauna had a good laugh. There were these stairs that leed down under the castle. So I made shauna go first since it was dark.
Well we get down there and there are two paths one you can kind of see the other pitch black. This family with three young boys can down so we let them go first. There was some armer but other then that itvwas just dark and wet. The celing was driping water.
As we made our way back down the path
Oh rewind, shaunas camara died witch sucked because it was a great view from the top of the tower.  We decided to go pee before going back down. Well we experienced our first hole in the floor. Now it was a fancy hole but a hole non the less so I go in take a picture and just stair at it. I had no idea what to do. So I go back out and I look and shauna and say how she just laughs and said no idea. Thankfully there was a handicap stall. There was a toilet but no seat not sure how some one handey cap can squat but then again no idea how they would get up there.
OK so walking back down still laughing about the hole in the floor. Only thing we can think is take pants fully off.
So as we walk down we noticed a sign for a water fall. It was certainly steep down hill so igo down to see if I can see it. Nope I didn't find it.
Second go and get on the fary and take it around the center of the lake. It took close to two hours to do and we did not get off any were. For a dog to go on the ferry if they are over 20 ponds they must have a muzzle. If they are smaller they must stay on your lap. If off your lap must be muzzled. What a great rule very simple and straight forward.
After our two hour ferry ride we get back to our town and decided to get some dinner. We went back to the restaurant that we met the greats couple ever. I got this pasta thing that one of the girls from the hostel had suggested. I don't know what kinda pasta it was because it was gray and had stuff I. It. It came with some type or greens and potatoes and lots of cheass all mixed together it was very good. I understand why it is one of her favorites.
Back at the hostel we planed out the rest of the trip. All that is left is to book the flights.
we got up this morning and got ready we were running a little late and made it to the ferry with 2min to spair. From there we gout our train tickets at the bottom of the hill. Then the hour wait for the train. Now we are on the train on our way to Venice.  The sinking city.

Switzerland for chocolate why not

Last night after we got pizza we got talking to a girl from Australia and a guy from USA. The guy was going to climb a mountain today but it was going to rain witch it did. So we decided to get a bus into Switzerland.
Off we went to ketch the bus. The three girls it was alot of fun we got stoped on our way into Switzerland and the guy came on the bus and just gave everyone a hard stair. We got into town and first off we were in the town beside the town we were supposed to be in. So we look in a map and just had to cross this river into town.
So we found the Torisum both. We asked them what there is to do since it was raining out. He suggested that we go to the chocolate Factory or an outlet malls. so chocolate Factory it was. It was very cool you could go into the factory. OK getting ahaid of my self. So you walk into the building and the smell hits you just pure bliss. U pay the 3 € and they give you a stick that they just diped in chocolate from there chocolate fountain. Then they have a museum. From there you go into the factory (hehe side note just took a break from writing to go and get chocolate) you go through a door and into a walkway incased in plexy glass.
 So as yu go along you go up on the gangland to see the factory floor. From there we could see the packaging part and some quality control. This guy was taking white chocolate bars and putting them on the scale they all weight around 10. Then he just tossed it in this box. They were in the possess of cleaning up. They had boxes and boxes maybe boxes is not the right word crates would be better. Well there was so many white chocolate bars in there I can ony guess they will be melted down and sent through again.
They had a movie set up on how the chocolate was made at the end of the musume. We watched that. Then it was off to the store part to get to try some chocolate. Got to love free samples. There was five kinds to pick from I tryed them all and may have retryed a few again and again. So we all got chocolate. In the end we had 3 kl of chocolate... It was awesome and our bag was heavy. There was so much to choose from it was all well priced as well. So I got two crispy chocolate bars, two milk chocolate bars and a bag of whoppers. They make great chocolate.
We got the train back to town.
Oh oh rewind to the Torisum booth. The chocolate Factory was not in the town we were at so we had to take the train and to get to the train up needed to take a cable car up the hill. Well this cable car was harder to find then alantise. We did not have a map we ended up going half way up this very large stairs wondered around town. I wanted to go one way shauna wanted the other way. Well what a wondering mess so bake to the Torisum both for map well the map sucked and we still could not find it so we started asking people. Well that halfed work. Finally we found it. Stupid little thing was hiden. Oh also they use the franks not the euro. They will except the euro bill but u get franks change.
So up we go and we are trying to find the orange train with a smile face. We ask a guy, wrong direction so we go into the ticket office. And stand in line. To be told to cross the street.  Sure enough it was right there. Oh man what fun we have.
When we came back from the chocolate Factory we decided to walk down the hill. So so could have walked up it. Not hard at all.
So back in the town in Switzerland we decided to stop for lunch well dinner it was four. Oh man the restaurants here are so messed up the kitchen classes from four to six. It is very annoying. We finally find a place and get some pasta.
Then we stop at a candy shop to get some for the ride home.
As we are on the bus. Oh we needed to get bus tickets and so the driver stoped at a news stand. And was able to get them there shauna gets off and three other people do. So shauna was the last one to get off. So last in line. Me and the other girl kind joke about him leaving shauna. And sure enough the third person gets back and he classes the door and starts to drive well me and her jump up and are like no no no, he is like ok calm down moving and sure enough he stopped right at the news stand before he was a little way down the street. People on the bus are laughing at us we are laughing and shauna gets on the bus and looks so out of place so when she gets back on we tell her about it. We had a good laugh over it.
We did not get searched at the border we did not even get stoped. And we realized that it may be illegal to bring that much chocolate over the border. Well thankfully we did not find out because no one stop our bus.  Go us for smuggling in chocolate.
Back at the hostel we had a great night just socializing drinking wine.
Oh almost forgot. When the hostel was telling us how to get there. They were very adiment that we get off at the right stop so I thought the stop was coming up so we ding the thing well there was one before it. How are we to know there are no signs saying we're it stops so we are like no he asked next one we are like si we think.
Good times on the bus.

Best couple ever

Things got fun last night. We ended up getting pitchers of wine and the four of us split them. Two Canadians one American and one Australian. It was alot of fun I drank more wine then I should have.
This morning got up oh I have to tell u about the bathrooms they are so tiny your knees hit the door and u have to sit so far back on the toilet. Then to flush there is a pedal on the floor. Well I have to open the door to be able to turn and steep on the pedal. The sink also has a pedal that u need to step on. There is even a red and blue one.
Our first day here I found 15€ on the floor out side our room. So last night the guy that runs the kitchen was going into the staff apartments. ( we had meet him going down the hall right before I found the money ) so I asked him if he lost some money he said yes 15 € . So I gave him his money. He was so grateful that apparently we were to get free breakfast tomorrow morning. Sadly I decided to stick with just bread.
So we moved rooms to a bigger room with a balcony overlooking the lake and our own bathroom. So no more knee knocking.
We headed down into town. We walked along the water it is very cold here. There is snow on the mountains. We went in this caffe I got icecream with a ring of hot chocolate around it. So good. Shauna got chilly hot chocolate brave girl. We then got tea neither of us wanted to be out in the cold. We wondered around town but we either the stupid time when shops close. So we went for lunch. As we are finshing shauna was eating here desert and the gentleman sitting at the table behind us is like excess me are u Canadian or American. We say Canadian. Then came all the normal questions. They are from nyc the live on long Island. Jean and petter (the judge ) well they are the most wonderful people ever. The are so in love the way the look at one another it was so cute. Well we chatted with them for some time. Then they asked if we would like to go for a coffee with them. So we said yes they were very interesting and had been coming here for six years they have been all over Europe. The women got up to pay so I got up put my jacket on and followed her we met as she was coming back from the bar with our waiter in tow so I asked if she paid she said I got it. So I though she mentioned she got the waiter so I go back to our table the waiter goes to the computer and starts printing out a receipt well she dropped one at there table but not us so I ask her for the bill. The look of confusion on her face was so odd to see. She then points to the couple behind us. And it now clicks. Shauna gets what is going on so we are like no no it is ok thanking but we can get our own . Well she would have non of it. So we say we will get coffee. She would have non of that eather. They were such a nice couple. We enjoyed our time with them.
So we went with them to this cafe they love it there and the owner was very nice and funny. He came over and told us a joke now it will be very hard to type out because he just made it so funny.
So there is an archery tortament and there is a young girl for marriage with an apple on her head. We the first guy spitls the apple in half. Crowed goes wild he put his hands up and says he is from scotland. The next guy steeps up and splits the apple. Crowd goes wild he puts his hands up and says I am from England. Third guy step up and hits the girl right between the eyes and she dies. The crowd goes quite and he puts his hands up and says I am sorry.
OK so not so funny typed out. Bet you are laughing still mom.
We said good buy to the lovely couple they leave tomorrow morning bright and early.
We are just chilling around the hostel now.

Shauna has made ninja skills

The plan was to go to bed early last night, we'll that went out the window we got talking with other guest, then this big school group arrived from marroco.
This morning no one was singing just some german guys playing loud music. Got to love hostel life.
They were running the marathon so we had to get around that it is a good thing the subway has like eight different exist on to the street. Or plazza.
We went to the mall that has a glass celing and home to very expensive stores. I did not have enough money to even window shop.  From there we had lunch and then back to the hostel to get our bags. We got on the tram and headed into the train station.
Well we got there as the train we wanted to take was leaving so we had to wait two hours till the next one. We found some seats and sit down with our books. Well this couple met infront of us and started to make out. We are talking neck kissing hands up shirts, in hair. It was intence. Well they were at it for atleast a half and hour even more because I did not check the time when they started it was retarded. Like get a room go home go to the bathroom any thing then keep standing infont of us. It was bad.
So before we got on the train we went to the bathroom.. Well I have now paid for a bathroom. It was a euro to get in. They had the doors that slid out of the way after u pay just like the subway.
We got off the train and thenhad to take the ferry across the lake. It was a fifteen minutes ride. The hostel was easy to find. We are now on Lake como do not know the towns name.

Hang (music instrument)

Last night, shortly after I finished my blog we met a guy from Australia and the other one is from.... I don't remember maybe the USA. Any way they invited us to go see this band so we decided to go. We got ready and there are two girls from Quebec in our room they were sitting at the bar drinking. Me and shauna payed 6€ for a bottle of wine and they went to get ready. We played some pool. Australia has some very very odd pool roles. Like pouring water on the table to slow the ball down. There were other very very odd ones. We were killing time till the guy that was working got off at 12 because he knew were a great bar was.
Once we finally get going four of us take the tram and four go in the car. It was me shauna the Australian and the other guy on the tram we got there first because they had to find parking. So we go to go in and the bouncers did not want to let the guy in they were fine with me and shauna going in but the guys were harder to get in. So in we go and we wait the others so up I go out to see why they are not coming in. We'll they were past the time of free cover and had to pay ten €to get in. So they come in. It was an iterating night got to sleep around 6 am. Then the people were singing and yelling in the morning it was very annoying thankfully they checked out.
So I got up around 8 went and enjoyed my free breakfast then back to bed to sleep till 11. Got up and got ready. We went to the big church here. It was stunning it was a little odd because one guy has been dead a long time and under his silver face mask you can still see his hair on the back of his head. I don't know about decomposition but I think he should have been farther alone but that is why he is a saint I guess. they had this crypt underground ad well the room had chairs and candles and an alter of glass with a very decritive earn inside. It looked like a room a cult would use.
From there we walked to the castle.  Well I think this was the best one so far. It had a working draw bridge.  Soo cool it was very neet to see the crest of the family still hanging. The correct yard was massive in a side cort yard there was a garden with a lone shallow water pool. Shauna wanted to try out her portrit lends so I got to play model it was alot of fun. I did not mind she can try stuff on me lol I don't mind waiting not like we are in a rush.
The castle areal shot reminded us of cidadial hill back home for its star shape. It had the traditional four towers in the corner. There were alot of stay cats down in the moat. Kinda odd would have Been perfect if it had been filled with water and crocodiles.
From there we walked into park. They were setting up for a marathon the Milan marathon. So we walked around the park there was this half theater thing and there were all theses kids just drinking and hanging out. There had to be atleast 20 empty bottles lieing around. There was one guy that just sat on a bench and pulled out a beer bottle and started to drink.
In the center was a library it had glass walles it was very beautiful. Then we walked to the end and there was this big arch with a chariat on top. We wondered around the park more and saw the stadium but it was closed next came the aquarium.
It was small but free so why not.
Well as you walk up they have a fountain and the fountain head was a hippo oh yes so we were excited right from the start. The aquarium had some of the best tank designs that I have seen so far. They had a ship really one. A dock in the medatrainin, the coral reaf one was amazing they have some of the best coral I have seen so far very colorful and vigret. It was an great place. And then you could go out back and they had ponds in one they had these big fish and the jump out of the water scared me half to death.
From there we wandered back towards the hostel. We stoped for lunch it was now 4. Then we stoped at a shoe store shauna got new shoes. Next a bakery,  then the hostel.
Oh I for got at the castle there was a guy playing a hang (look it up) it was amazing to hear. On our way out of the park we passed back by him and he had stopped playing and was packing up. I had no idea what he was playing so I stoped to ask I found out there is only 3000 in the world and one second hand cost 10,000. But it makes an amazing sound.

Harry potter train rocks

SfToday we find our selfs packing and on our way to milon. Our checkin in time is not till 6 sowe were going to go to this cluster of towns in the side of mountains, but it was very difficult to get there apparently. So we took the guys advice and went to Nervi. There was a park and waterfront board walk.
So we asked the hostel guy how to get there. He told us bus 17 and the general area to get it. So as we are looking for the bus I ask a women and after some hand gesters she understood what we wanted and motioned for us to fallow then she walked us have way down the street nowthis women was waiting for her own bus and left he stop to help us. So she points to theroad we need. We say gracia (thank you) and away we go. Italians are so help full and friendly. The bus stop was right there around thecorner yaaa. We also eyed a book stools across the street.  So we get on. The bus validate our tickets and find some seats. As the bus is going along two elderly lady get on the bus is quite full. So we get up so they can have our seats. As one women is getting into the seat. There bus seats are elevated. We she slips and falls back wards thankfully me and shauna are standing right there to ketch her. She was very thankful then her friend said something to us and started laughing and so did other people so I can only assume that she was making fun of her friend.
The rest of the bus ride was uneventful there was a man with a dog and they were sitting in seats and about two stops before there stop the dog moved to Site at his feet. Then right before there stop he moved and hopped down to the floor. It was so cute he so knew his stop.
As we keep going we were told to get off at the last stop. So at one stop everyone gets off so we figured this was the stop nope there were still people sitting in the back.  There were two older women standing at the bus stop so I ask then if we are in Nervi. In Italian she says yes we were in the industry part but to get to the park go down this street. Is all we can understand so off we go. We just kept walking towards the water because the park was on the water.
We eventually stumbled alone it then on a tunnel that took you under the tracks to the board walk. It was a lovely walk there were lots of stairs leading down to the water but it was all rocks. We did find this very cute bridge that lead out to theses rocks that had half a round structure left standing.
There was a castle thing, a big massive house it was very impressive wish we could have gotten closer to it. We ate at this little restaurant the bread there was soo good I get a weird potatoes pasta thing with a tomato pesto sauce. It was good. Then we walked some more. We decided to try and find a bus stop and we did. It was great.
The bus ride was uneventful it was about 45 min.
Once back in town we hit up this book store this book store was very big it was a bifpg sprial. They had one little section of books we both got a book since we are on the train so much. This play book does not have much charge, it dies very fast.
From there it was a quick walk to the hostel then to the train station. We got pictures of the Christopher colombus statue that I some how missed when we got off the train Last time.

So we got on the train and went to find our seats. Can you imagine how excited we were when we noticed that they were like the train cars from harry potter. Sliding doors and all. There was even a guy with a cart selling stuff. It was epic to experience. Now just got to try out one of the double decoder trains. 

The hostel we are now staying at is the zebra and there are only 3/4 walls so we will see how tonight goes since there is no curf there is a cool comon room. I wish shauna Would play pool. 

I think the coolest thing is there is a club yep when you walk in there is two doors one to the hostel and one to the club very exciting.  Who knows what we will get up to. 

Aquarium

So the guy that told me not to go in the bathroom because it was a girls one. Well he was on the bunk above me and I wake up this morning and he taps on his friends rail and tells him to get up the is a fire well his friend sits bolt right up. It was funny. May have to try it on shauna.
It was a gloomy day calling for rain so we decided to go to the aquarium yaaaaaa.
It was 19€ to get in. It was enjoyable they had lots of things to read they had a video of there baby dolphin being born. Not a baby any more. All the tanks were very clean made it very easy to see the animals I just love aquariums.
We went back to the hostel because it was raining. We did not want to cook sowe went to get pizza and we got it from this little restaurant that had the stone oven with wood burning to cook it. It was however a very salty pizza.  Back at the hostel some people were playing kings cup. They were very funny it is hard to play when not everyone understand one language. But still very funny.

Sunshine

So we find our selfs in genova. We arrived early evening and we're very hungry and not in a social mood.  So we went out to dinner. Came back And got talking to a girl from Montreal. Then we met a guy from Toronto that works in England. We will call him mister know it all. There was a bottle of wine on the share table so we had that and talked. Then I. Went and got our bottle of wine that was not in our room because it is not allowed.
Then four guys from Germany came back from a football game with four bottles of wine. One guy turned out to be American. Atleast he did not have to Google map nova Scotia.
Then it was bed time.
Today started off with a lift ride to this neighborhood on a hill great view. Then we walked to the harbor. We don't know why but there is all this knitted stuff every wear. Like someone knitted a cozzy for the drinking fontain. The benches had some the railings had knitted stuff on it. It was very odd.
We got to see some big yats they were so nice looking.
We stopped and had dinner at the western restaurant it reminded us of Montanas. Got a Brito.... I miss birito jacks this one had no flavor and they had very toff tomato skins.
From there we walked more saw a building that was painted to look like it was brick it looked very odd.
Then we had somecoffee and just enjoyed the sun. We did some tent shopping there were just these vendors on the board walk got to try some cheass got some tea, spices to go in our pasta dinner.
Then we decided to try and walk to the old lighthouse. Well after walking quite a way we found these cool cement chairs that you could put ur feet up. We got to the end of the board walk so we decided to head back ish and just ask how best to there from the help people. So we sat down to look at the map and these guy stop and ask if we are lost we say no because we just found our selfs on the map. We told them we were trying to find the lighthouse. They informed us that it is in the industrial Park and u needed a pass to get in. So good thing we did not walk all that way.
 They then told us of places that we should see and do. They then informed us that they are johobowhitness and we got flyers.
From there we walked back to this square that is supposed to be beautiful. and we walked down these side streets that shauna I thought was going to loose her mind. She was scared and I have no idea why. It was rundown but no one looked like they would try anything andthere were other people around even with kids.
So we get to the plaza and there is a church and more churches so keeping with the see an open door rule. So we walk into this one and there is gold all over in the celing so amazing. And this church had such a small entrentcs that did not look like much well it was so big and beautiful. Definitely in the top.
As we were walking we got so fresh produce to make spegiti sauce.
So last night a group of guys went to a bar to watch a football game. There was another game on and I asked to go with but sadly they were leaving as I was making dinner so they tryed to find it on a map so I could go after dinner. So after dinner I head out. Shauna did not want to come. So off I go, with out a map to find some german guys. Do u think I could find the bar I looked high and low. Could not find the bar. So I went back.
I watched a different game on the tv with a Canadian who is backpacking. Very interesting guy he is from Ontario. And not a know it all. Yaa
So when the guys come back I tell them about trying to find it and they Are sad because they felt they gave good directions.
Just as we were about to go to bed two guys come home and go into our room turn the light on and say anyone sleep ing. And this poor guy was. Then I am about to go into the bathroom and he is like that is the girls bathroom I just turn and look at him he says sorry like a million times. I hope he spoke before he looked.

Upgrade then upgrade again

We arrived at the train station we were three hours before our check in time but we decided to try any way. We found the place again you had to buzz in. We'll there was no answer. So we wandered up the street found a church went in there then wondered back tryed again as we were trying this guy ask if this was the hostel we say yes. We try more times finally someone says hi, but that was it. So we keep buzzing. Next thing we know a girl opens the door. She is a guest as well. Apparently it is common for gusts to let other guests in. So we all talked and finally the owner showed up. So as we are getting checked in she tells us that they are over booked. So she is going to upgrade us to a private room up stairs . Sweet so we get up stairs and the room she wanted to put us in was not clean so she upgraded us again. We ended up with this amazing room two single beds two very comfortable chairs tv dresser. It was very nice but we still had to go down stairs for breakfast. After setaling into our room we headed back down into the common room there was talk of going out for dinner. The group of us ten went out for dinner. Two weeks of them spoke Italian so it was easier.
It was bed after dinner.
We wondered around town did some window shopping. Went up the tower. The town is funny for the fact that as u look out it is very midevil then it turns in to modern.
We went to a restaurant and u got a ten dish apatizer, pasta dish then desert. We just got the pasta. It was ok but we saw other tables getting desert so we did as well.
For desert: bowl of strawberries, bowl of crem that u find in pastry, plate lf brownies, chocolate chunks, and pana coda. Now there was more then enough for four people and we were just two but it was so good. Very tasty and 20€ each.
Then we go back to see the churches that closed for the lunch time. There is a cluster of churches called the seven churches. Well we were welcomed by the organs being played. The coolest thing was in one room there was a podium for them to stand on but it the bass was a very small door. Had to crawl through it. Inside was what looked to be a toom at one time it was very odd.
Back at the hostel shauna and one girl went to. Get wine.
As more people showed up we told them about the desert place and one guy was very excited and a girl from the USA came as well. So we left to go get desert. I highly enjoyed talking with the Italian guy very interesting because there were four there was even more to pick from this white and dark chocolate cake thing, cream puffs melted dark chocolate my favorite chocolate moose with chocolate cake crumbles.
The ended up kicking us out because we stayed well pass closing.
But the company was so good it was a wonderful evening. Got home after one.
The next day we checked out and we decided to go to this church up on a hill...  The way up is all up a steep hill thankfully it was a covered walk way the longest actually. We passed under more then 600 arches took us 20min of steep up hill walking. Then we get there start into the church and it is closing for lunch. At least we got to see it. Then we walked back down and got our bags and caught a train to genova.

Pizza at the leaning tower of Pissa

We got up me and shauna went to post office to mail our boxes. 26€ for 3kg box. This however made us late for our time for the musume witch c was waiting at after running her own earn. We got there got in no problem. We'll C had problems getting the tickets because they said the never got the online payment. But she got tickets in the end. Slept in we went we got to see the David. He is massive. And so life like it was stunning.  When in there we ran into E and told her our plan was to train to Pissa it was 7€ one way. So she decided to come. Off to get the train well we ended up having to run to ketch it and sadly they had already closed the doors so we missed our train thankful there was another one in 20 min.
Once we got to Pissa itwas maybe an hour train ride. Itwas raining we got to the tower and sure enough it was. Leaning. We got pictures pushing it over. From there we went to the cathedral it was 18€ to go up the tower. So we passed. From there we found a restaurant to have lunch. I got pizza , had to install was at the leaning tower of Pissa. We then got on the train and headed back.
Oh we did shopping on the way I got a shirt.
Every one was tired after that so it was off to bed.
The next morning was easter Sunday. And the clocks changed.  We got up and packed and I noticed that my sweater that I had put in the wash did not come back with my clothing. So I went to find someone well the women that was working did not speak English thank fully another guest translated for me. So we went look. We did not find it any wear. Shauna was also missing a tee shirt.
She then accused C of sterling them because she was the only one else that had gotten laundry done that day. So we did not find them sadly. We left our bags because we did not want to be late to mass.
Oh side note on one of the days we climbed over 400 steeps up the Bell tower and they had no one to direct trafic and the stairs were so tiny there was little room to non for two people to pass it was a slow and long climb because of the people coming down. Beautiful view of the city so worth the fight up the stairs.
So we went to mass and he even talked in English to welcome us and tell us what easter represented and then again to bless us and wish us good health.
From mass we headed into the square to watch the parade and the blowing up of the easter cart.  This people moved so I was thankfully able to wisal up to the gate. I ended up letting a little girl stand infront of me she was cute and would get excited and try to tell me what was going on in English but would flip back to Italian so I don't know what she was telling me. Then I man that was in the parade came and got her and her mother and they went into the special viewing area.
So they had four white ox pulling this massive cart thing it reminded me of Chinese design.
Then the ox were aten away they hooked the cart up, a man came around and blessed the crowed and tossed holy water on us. Sone one was handling out flowers and olive branches. Then a dove fire work flys out of the church into the cart then it goes bake into the church.  Then all the fire crackers and fire works go off on this cart it was massive and amazing. YouTube it to see. It is amazing.
From there we faught the crowds we were trying to find the musume with the birth of Venus painting well the line was long and it was 10€ so we skiped it shauna S choice.  From there would found what seemed to be a good restaurants well we're we ever woung we were there for over two hours I got a meal deal. So lissania. Then finally after close to an hour beef stue with potatoes. It was cold and gross. Then came my selection for desert I got pana cota. Well he forgot to bring it mutable times then finally he showed up with terrimasu. So had to sent it back. Finally I got it we paid and left.
From there we went to the hostel to get our backpacks. When there is asked the women again about my swater and again she said C took it. She was going to let us search her bag because no one was there the hostel was closed for cleaning. I was shocked she wanted us to go through another guests bag.
From there we got on a training bloglonia

Ya friends

We got on our train to Florence. Sadly we took the express train and that goes through alot of tunnels to make it faster. We did not get to see much of the country side. The seats were very comfortable and we had a table so we were able to play cards. Shauna wanted to play the solitaire game but I could only find my island cards and my sex cards. I did not think it would be good to play with the sex ones because there was a young boy sitting next to shauna. So we just played crazy eight with the island deck.
Once in Florence we followed the directions that we were given and found the hostel. You have to be buzzed know because it is in an apartment building. We got checked in he took us to our room. We got a map he showed us the must sees. We went to wander around. We found a Torisum information both got some brochures. They had this very interesting bord that had what was going on so we looked through that and the ballet came up it was Alice in Wonderland. So we decided to see that we went to the address to buy tickets. Well it was a live taping from London. They want us to pay 15€ to watch a live taping. So we decided to pass and not do that. Back to the hostel to get dressed up and go out to dinner.
Another girl arrived in our room. She is from Australia. We will call her C. We got talking and told her our plan to go to the hard rock cafe. She was very friendly and forward and before I could invite her along she asked to come. So we all talked and got ready. As we were getting ready another girl came into our room. We will call her E, she was from whales. We invited her along. So the four of us headed out to dinner. There are five beds in our room and about 31 people staying into the hostel.
We got to the hardrock no problem. I got a cosmopolitan when we waited for a table. It was very good. I ordered the steak, shauna got faheatas, C got frenchfrys, and E got cheesecake. The other girls had eaten earlier. It was such a great time just talking and hanging out.
After dinner as we were heading back to the hostel we stoped at the church want to talk about creapy go to a church late at night. We stoped and got some wine. Back at the hostel we had our wine and talked more. Lots of fun.
The next day E had to leave the hostel because she could only book for the one night. Me shauna and C. Went to see the David it was in a museum we got in line and the tour people came around trying to get u to go with them for 30€ it was 6€ to get in. It was a three hour wait. We ended up getting wifi and booking the tickets on line for tomorrow morning. Sent we left the line and went to find the bridge and the royal gardens.
On the way we found post office and C had a gift to send home so we got stamps.  When we were there I asked about sending a box home to Canada. Well it was not that much so I bought a box then Shauna got a box. From there we found the bridge. It was all jewelry shops. It was very interesting to see. From there just a short walk to the palace. We got our tickets for the garden and the porcelain musume was included. Well the garden was massive. There was so much in it. Big hedges, beautiful fountains, this big round white rocks that u could easily Lay on. It was beautiful. As we were exiting there was a fat naked man statue I found funny and so I went to take its picture well tucked down this path to the side of the statue was a building. This building was very interesting because the walls and seams that were chiseled into the wall were to look like a sea side cave. It was so interesting and odd. Very hard to describe.
From there we headed back to the hostel. We stoped for lunch at one point. On the way back we stoped at a grocery store they had skipy peanut butter. So I got that and bread. Back at the hostel we chilled for the rest of the night and E came back.  Not in our room but on the same floor. Apparently the other hostel he opened the door in his pj's, it felt like his home, he gave an odd vibe, and he tryed to charge more then the booking price online. So E came back and they had thankfully had a cancalation at our place.
So the four of us decided the the next day we would head out together.

Rome for a day

We got a flight to Rome. We got to the train station by bus. Tryed to find hotel we booked. A "free tourist " information guy showed us were to go then asked for money gave him maybe 1,20€ hotel was up on second floor. Oh back track
We did not book a place to stay once we got to the Rome airport we just got a place by going to a hotel booking desk.
The lift for the hotel was up a half a flight of stairs. Got checked in no problem.  The room was very small with only one bed. Could not even walk around bed. We went out to dinner to favort restaurant had pizza pasta and wine. Oh how we missed the wine. Forgot how great it was. So yummy. Went back to room booked hostel in Florence.  Got up tryed to buy train ticket had to go to ticket office people, stood in line for a long time. It ate all our eating time so we had to get our bags and hope on the train we did get something to go.

No rest for the wicked

We got up to a sunny morning and the ferry was still running yaa so we got some tost. Sadly as we ate and packed the winds picked up and dark clouds rolled in. We left our bags at the hostel since the ferry was not till 730 we took this time to go see the acediant city. Like pompi it is a city that was covered in ash when the volcano erupted. However it was not discovered till the 1900 they are still diging it out. We met a couple that had been there shortly after the opened it to the public and u were able to walk the dirt paths. Now there is a walkway above it all and a small middle section that is cement to walk on.
From there it was a short walk to the red beach... Well the rocks on the cliff side were red... Because it was winter and because of the storm the water was right up to the rocks so there was no beach to see. From there we took the bus back.
Now from the rain that we had it was not ordany rain. It is called red rain and this is due to the fact that it comes from the desert and it is full of sand and dirt red sand and dirt. So everything is dirty the cars look like they were left in a dirt trucking yard they were dirty. Shaunas jacket was dirty our sunglasses. It was odd to fell ur face so dirty.
We just killed time before the ferry came. So we got. On the bus to the ferry. And it is getting dark started to rain and wind picked up. Thank fully there was a terminal to stand in at the port.   so as this ferry trys to pull in you can see it moving in the waves. Well this truck drivers are very good the back on so fast to such a moving target the crew we very good. So the open the door and tell everyone one to run and as we went to get on the door that u walked on toget to the ship was moving so much very hard to walk me and shauna got separated but we had a game plan. So I got on first and find two seats next to a women that was saving two seats so there was four of us around the table. The ride was very rocky. Shauna had sea sickness so I felt bad that I could not help her. She noticed that some people were taking a pill so I went to the help desk and
Asked if they had something for sea sickness. They had a pill wwell shauna got better after that. I taught her nartz the multi player solitaire game.
Slept maybe two hours.
Once back in Athens at 530 am we went home to pack book flight and accommodations for that day. Our land lady was so nice she would not let us clean so that was nice. Got to the airport faught with easy jet again. Apparently if u buy a third bag u do not get extra weight. And she particle said I was stupid for not reading the web sight right. Not happy.   so we were over weight again.