back!

i have a computer again! sigh of relief. now i can update this blaaaaahg, erm blog.

ITALY was all in all a great trip.
MILAN: fashion capital maybe, but it was just too much of a big city for me. there were some guys who tried to hustle us in the metro, as soon as we arrived and were trying to search for our hostel, so i think i just started off on the wrong foot with milan. the duomo was pretty impressive, it looked more like an intricate sandcastle more than a church.
VENICE: was absolutely beautiful and i have far too many pictures of canals and bridges. it seriously looked exactly like every postcard i've ever seen of the place. i'm going to make some prints of my photos when i'm back home and hopefully get them poster size. the gondaliers wear black and white striped shirts and sometimes sing to their passengers. we stayed in a hostel that gave us dinner each night and then we'd head over to venice's only club and order bellini's. i was happy that i got to see st. mark's square, the grand canal, rialto bridge, and then we ferried over to murano where they do glassblowing. it was just really nice to be around that much water again.
FLORENCE: i was pretty impressed that we got into italian museums free with our paris art cards. we went to the uffizi gallery to see titians and bodacellis and then we headed over to accademia to see david! i'm sorry if i sound like such an art freak, but that was amazing to see in person. the sculpture is 14 feet tall, carved out of a single piece of marble, how can you not be in awe?
ROME: rome was probably my second favorite city. we saw the colloseum, the roman forum, paletine hill, trevi fountain (i threw in my centime!), the spanish steps, walked along the tiber river. we found a restaurant called miscellanea that had great prices and served strawberry wine, so we ate to our heart's content and then came back the next day. they had giant sandwiches for 4euro, salads and pastas for 6euros. and these were italian sized portions, not paris size. it was great!

ohhh and speaking of, i ate gelato everyday: here we go: caffe, tiramisu, straciatella, peach, rose, cinnamon (was suprisingly my favorite).

i'm leaving for berlin (brrrrrlin) tomorrow morning. more posts to come!