Pisa

Ok, mini-post here, just 4 quick shots of Pisa. This weekend I'll bring you some more. Its a long weekend for me!!! And I'm going home!! :) ttyl peoples. Walking up to the Leaning Tower of Pisa woah it really does lean. A lot! Rasheed, Manpreet, and I having lunch. (We're on the other side, thats why it looks straight). Just a nice shot of the city

Pompeii

Ok, first whats going on with me right now? Hmm...actually not much. I went to an Urdu dinner Friday night. That was fun, met some ppl, and the food was good. There wasn't actually much urdu speaking going on though but ah well. Maybe next time I'll try to say more. Interestingly, 1 girl from the party announced that she got engaged (almost official) from a guy she met at the last Urdu dinner. That was only 1 month ago! Wow, but still congrats to her, as long as your happy. I also saw Da Vinci Code yesterday. It was good. Not as bad as the critics say but definitely not as good as the book. I'd give it a 6 or possibly a 7 out of 10. Other than that, not much going on. I might go back to Sauga next weekend as its a long weekend here. Anyhow, let me continue with the trip. We left off in Rome and I'll first give a couple more pics from that. Why? Cause I can and I liked Rome. hehe The Circus Maximus with the Stadium in the background I believe. Just a nice shot of Rome. We ended up here cause we got lost while trying to find the collesium. I asked this 1 couple (another set of tourists) where it was and seriously, the woman almost ran away from me. Crazy. Everyone else was friendly and even more helpful when they found out we were canadian. Me at the old Roman Stadium Taking a break from the walking. Seriously, so much walking...too much. Now to Pompeii. In the set of pics in the previous post you saw a group dinner. At the dinner we're talking to some of the ppl and we say we're going to Pompeii and then Florence and tell one of the girls, Manpreet aka Money, to come along. She thinks for less than 3 secs and says ok. I wish I had that kinda freedom. But I guess when you take 2 months off for travelling you can. We planned it out kinda last sec so we slept for maybe 1-2hrs and then grabbed a train to Pompeii. Sleeping on the way to Pompeii Manpreet also taking a nap Welcome to Pompeii! Another shot near the entrance Rasheed on top of....something hehe Manpreet took the picture...for some reason she likes to take crooked pictures...probably cause it matches her personality...hehe j/k More of the ruins Me looking out upon the grounds Myself, Rasheed, & Manpreet in the Amphitheatre The smaller amphitheatre Rasheed by a wall mural in the inner court yard One of the bodies recovered from the ground. The person was killed when the city was destroyed by the volcano. Manpreet walking down the street in the lost city Rasheed and I looking through the ruins Rasheed and Manpreet Its actually a pretty large sized (ruined) city Another shot of the city And another Rasheed, Manpreet, & I Next stop, Pisa & Florence!

Rome!

In the middle of the night, I go walking in my sleep... I'm back from my vacation and it was awesome! I saw so manythings and met so many ppl and just had a total blast. It all went by way too fast though. Now there is no way I can sum it all up but I'll try to describe a few things here and there, taking on a city per post. Still I know I can't describe to you my experiences and pictures don't do justice at all. So the first stop on my trip was Rome. Well technically there was an 7hr stop over in Amsterdam but I'll cover Amsterdam later. So arrived in Rome and did a bunch of things. A huge huge amount of walking. Basically Rasheed (the cousin I went on my Europe trip with) were out walking around the city for like 16-18hrs a day. Seriously, I killed my feet. I should have got those air max 360s (so comfy) and we should have paced ourselves better, probably taking another day. Oh well, it was amazing fun. Here are some pics below, maybe next time i'll include some stories as well. When in Rome The Collesium! Its ginormous! Rasheed & I inside. Still inside Rome Forums Roman Ruins The Pantheon was so well preserved inside it was amazing The Spanish Steps which we marched for hours in search of...by which time most ppl had left..long story.. And we come to the Vatican Museum The entire inside was amazing We enter the hallway of maps Paintings paintings everywhere! Everywhere Dinner with some of our friends from the hostel.