Hey all! Im writing from the road and dont have much time, so this will be quick. (I also cant figure out apostrophes on this Italian keyboard, so bear with me). Im in Palermo right now, about to head out on my last day. Heres a quick summary of what Ive been up to so far, more details and stories (as well as pictures) will follow when I finally get home!
We flew into Milan and took a bus to the central train station. Although we had planned it so we had plenty of time, the bus got stuck in massive traffic and we missed our train by 5 minutes! We had all sorts of problems getting to Venice; missing the train, then intense delays because of something wrong with the track. We probably would have had to buy another ticket if it wasnt for a kindly old Italian guy who just sort of winked at us and stamped our ticket anyway. We got into Venice way late and had to take an over-priced taxi to our stop in Venice.
We stayed in Mestre, a 25 minute bus ride from the island, and spent the next day walking around Venice for a good 7 hours. It was suprisingly exhuasting and we slept well that night. Venice was pretty, but I couldnt have spent more than 1 day there--there wasnt enough to do, except walk around.
The next day we took a bus to Treviso, where we were flying out of, and walked around thier downtown, which was gorgeous as well. The airport there was tiny; it only really serviced RyanAir, and the bus dropped us off across the street it was so small! When we landed in Palermo, we landed to some of the darkest, most murderous-looking rainclouds Ive ever seen. As we arrived at the train station, it started pouring and we had a miserable walk in the rain to the hostel. And this is our beach stop! After checking in we ventured out for food, but it was pouring and we didnt want to go far, so we went into the first place that had food on the counter. It was a bar, but we finally figured out all the food was free, we only had to pay for drinks. We spent a really fun two hours there, the only people there, chowing down on this food and sipping a drink. It was super cheap too--as we were leaving we realized that we had run into a lesbian bar; its probably why the proprietor was so nice to us! Whatever, we were cold and soaked and starving, and they fed us really well!
Yesterday it looked like it would be stormy again but turned into a nice day on Mondello Beach. Were heading back there now.
Thats what Ive been up to, in summary. I promised more detailed and entertaining stories will come; weve been having quite the adventure already. On to Rome tomorrow morning, and then Spain! Ill write again as soon as I can!
We flew into Milan and took a bus to the central train station. Although we had planned it so we had plenty of time, the bus got stuck in massive traffic and we missed our train by 5 minutes! We had all sorts of problems getting to Venice; missing the train, then intense delays because of something wrong with the track. We probably would have had to buy another ticket if it wasnt for a kindly old Italian guy who just sort of winked at us and stamped our ticket anyway. We got into Venice way late and had to take an over-priced taxi to our stop in Venice.
We stayed in Mestre, a 25 minute bus ride from the island, and spent the next day walking around Venice for a good 7 hours. It was suprisingly exhuasting and we slept well that night. Venice was pretty, but I couldnt have spent more than 1 day there--there wasnt enough to do, except walk around.
The next day we took a bus to Treviso, where we were flying out of, and walked around thier downtown, which was gorgeous as well. The airport there was tiny; it only really serviced RyanAir, and the bus dropped us off across the street it was so small! When we landed in Palermo, we landed to some of the darkest, most murderous-looking rainclouds Ive ever seen. As we arrived at the train station, it started pouring and we had a miserable walk in the rain to the hostel. And this is our beach stop! After checking in we ventured out for food, but it was pouring and we didnt want to go far, so we went into the first place that had food on the counter. It was a bar, but we finally figured out all the food was free, we only had to pay for drinks. We spent a really fun two hours there, the only people there, chowing down on this food and sipping a drink. It was super cheap too--as we were leaving we realized that we had run into a lesbian bar; its probably why the proprietor was so nice to us! Whatever, we were cold and soaked and starving, and they fed us really well!
Yesterday it looked like it would be stormy again but turned into a nice day on Mondello Beach. Were heading back there now.
Thats what Ive been up to, in summary. I promised more detailed and entertaining stories will come; weve been having quite the adventure already. On to Rome tomorrow morning, and then Spain! Ill write again as soon as I can!
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