cheerio!

hello everyone

apryl and i are in london again... we arrived this morning after a 45 minute flight from paris.

the last time i wrote we were in pisa italy... let me just say lots has happened!

from pisa we took the train to napoli (naples) italy... it had to pass through rome to get there and it was a longer than anticipated ride... we were about 1 hour behind schedule... we got into naples when it was already dark and lets just say naples..... is kinda.... ghetto! it's not a pretty place. but we walked to this lovely 3 star hotel called la luna rossa where we met the man that made our trip to this scary city just a dream come true! he was our concierge... luigi leone! (its kinda cool cuz we met a mario and a luigi from italy) he gave us a $120 room for $70... and when i went back down to the front desk his pizza was being delivered and he gave us two slices...all from the kindness of his big heart! he was soooooooo nice! we took the subway to sorrento (sp?) to catch a coach bus to positano cuz mario told us that we had to.... simply had to go there. and he was right.... it was BREATHTAKING!!!!
positano

look at that water!

it was just sandy beaches and then cliffs riseing hundreds of meters into the sky and then a village literally built right into the mountainside! it was.... heaven on earth! the problem was when we couldn't get the bus back to sorrento... we just didn't know were the bus stop was? and we didn't see any comeing our direction... but a car stopped and said... "where are you going?"

hitch hiking was not as fun as this picture makes it out to be

that's right!!!! we hitch hiked in italy! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

it was kinda shocking and it took me a whole day to get over the fact that we actually did! i can honestly say i didn't think i ever would but it all turned out fine... we are safe and sound despite the little voice inside that said... "be careful!" so we made it back to napoli and caught a train to rome!!!

we are just glad we made it! sweet relief!

rome's trevi fountain

pantheon

san pietro in vatican city where the new pope stays




rome was just as i imagined! we walked for miles and saw sooo many things
we saw the trevi fountain... pantheon! (and what made it suuuuper cool for me was that it was an art project for me back in highschool do draw the pantheon!) so to actually see it was a deffinate moment! the next day we went to st pietro... that's where the pope is... and we went tot he vatican museum! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and the sistine chapel! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
it was beyond awesome! i love every second of it! it's so beautiful! and to actually see it in person was something i really cound't even have dreamed for. michealangelo's frescos were so lifelike they looked 3d! he was a master of light for real!

sistine chaple creation of man


we also went to the colloseum which is very big by the way! and the guides were so cool and explained some of the battles that they used to stage there... they estimate about 4-5 thousand men died there each year... so in total about 1 million men died for this spectator sport!

colloseum


inside the colloseum



we had the most amazing gelati by trevi fountain... it was the best thing i've ever had! and i got a fake gucci bag from a street vendor... he started at 60 and i worked it down to 30. i like my bag and i never saw another vendor selling it so i'm happy that i got it.

from rome we flew to paris... we went to the eiffel tower, les halles, notre dame , champs ellesse, louvre, place de la concord, walked on st germaine... we walked till our feet throbed! we ened up having dinner near the tower ( i had a terrine to start, duck for main, and a caramel cream custard for dessert) and then we walked to the eiffel to watch it light up... we sat on the saw for about 30 minutes look up at one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen.. it brought tears to my eyes! it was perfect!








we spent the night in the de gaulle airport to catch an early flight to london... and here we are.. back to the beginning and the present.. this trip is comeing to an end soon but it's deffinatly gonna stay with me...

i'll probably be back in canada the next time you hear from me!

take care everyone... hope to hear from you or see you soon!

cheers!

charlene


fish and chips for lunch
the cutest phonebooths are in london
the secret garden at kensington palace
english flowers in a notting hill market
fuzzy hats! haha
last night of the trip. we went back to piccadilly circus for dinner

posted by :: sweet layer :: @ 1:00 AM