Well I've got some time on the internet and I've found a place where I can put some of my thoughts down. Blogger wasn't working properly on the computer I'm using, but Facebook seems to work.

Had a long day they other day. I really can't say yesterday because Wednesday and Thursday sort of just bleneded into one extremely long day. Vivek an I traveled for at least 26 hours from the time we left my aparment until the time we got to the hotel. A few things of note.

1. The Frankfurt airport sucks. All the signs are horribly misleading and there isn't a good map in the entire place. the maps that were available were bare bones and didn't give you any point of reference. Basically Vivek and I had to ask periodically which way to go. At one point we were told "There is no possibility of going down here" when we really wanted to go down.
   
2. The "restaurants" in the Frankfurt airport suck too. Vivek and I ended up going to a grocery store in the airport and buying food there instead. At least I got a beer though.
   
3. I tend to devolve into a bumbling idiot when I only get a couple of hours sleep within a 24 hour period. Couple that with a different language and you might as well just write me off. I sort just mumble incoherently and walk around aimlessly. It was awesome.

Apart from the sleep deprived travel ordeal everything else has been great here. A bunch of friend and myself went to the Vatican and Sistine Chapel, which was a lot more touristy than I thought it would be. We had some great pizza for lunch(4:30pm) at this tiny hole in the wall. My favorite type of place to eat, we then followed lunch with dinner(9pm), after a brief stop at the Spanish steps, at a really fantastic restaurant where I had home made maccheroncini, like long skinny rigatoni, with porcini mushrooms accompanied by an excellent chianti. I can't say enough about how good the food is here. After a bit of walking and a delicious creme-de-caramel gelato, we hit up the Trevi fountain and finally went back to our hotel rooms.

The Vatican reminded me very much of The Louvre, and much like The Louvre I was overwhlemed by sensory overload. There's just way many things to see and absorb that my brain just turned off. i'd really need much more time in the Vatican so I could admire all the art fully. However, much like The Louvre I'd need at least a week to do that.

I'm already itching for Florence because Rome seems like all the other European cities I've been to. Too many people, too many cars, and just too much city. Florence should be a lot more laid back, so I can relax better. Venice should be awesome too.

I've taken about a 150 photos already and i've only been here a day. I like photography.

My Italian is improving. My friends think I sound Italian. Now if I can get an Italian person to agree with them, then I'll be set.

I'm going to try and sign up for the Rome marathon. I'm not going to run it all, but I'd like to say that I've run it.

There are tons of Irish people here for the 6 nations rugby tournament. We were at a wine bar tonight, and a bunch of Irish folk just burst out in song outside. It was cool. Saint Patricks's day is going to kick ass.

My brain is tired and so am I. I'm headed off to sleep. I'll probably be on a computer again soon with another update for anyone who is reading. Is there anyone out there?

I also must apologize for any typos or spelling mistakes. The keyboard I'm using is horrible and seems to only pick up every other letter I type, so if you see the word fck or sht, you know what I mean.

Labels: Italy, rugby

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