Here I am showing Athena how to get to the Acropolis.
Our Italian friends!
Sideways view of a street in Bari. The flags are for the local soccer team that just won. Yippee for futbol!!
On the INCREDIBLE cruise ship ferry.
Bongiorno!
We have successfully made it to Italy...after a looong but totally amazing ferry ride, with a very drunk swede who informed us we were going to Bee-jing becuase of pirates. weird.
Before boarding the ferry we found out (30 mins before cast off) that the city of patras (greece) lets visitors borrow bikes for free!!! well, we were not turning that down, so off we were on a quick trip around the city, up stinkin' high hills then down hills with gravel and bad breaks...it was the best...except that we boarded a ferry for 15 hours right after we had to run to the port to get on our boat. So we might have been a little stinky... SO WHAT!
Speaking of stinky, after wandering around in the sun for an internet cafe in Bari for hours upon hours, well more like 30 minutes, we found a sympathetic shop owner who let us use his to get a phone number...thank you kind sir!
Soon, we met up with Lia and her familia, a huge, extended familia. like the kind with 9 siblings in one family! they are awesome, so sweet and boy can the mom cook...its true about italian cooking; we now know from experience. we got a huge bowl of pasta and chowed down...only to discover it was only the first course. Dang, this country will not be good for the figure! after more plates of simple awesomeness, we were off for a tour of the city with two italian friends. beautiful here, and a huge church. , we are on a short break..more to come becuase we have dinner with the whole family tonight.
We have successfully made it to Italy...after a looong but totally amazing ferry ride, with a very drunk swede who informed us we were going to Bee-jing becuase of pirates. weird.
Before boarding the ferry we found out (30 mins before cast off) that the city of patras (greece) lets visitors borrow bikes for free!!! well, we were not turning that down, so off we were on a quick trip around the city, up stinkin' high hills then down hills with gravel and bad breaks...it was the best...except that we boarded a ferry for 15 hours right after we had to run to the port to get on our boat. So we might have been a little stinky... SO WHAT!
Speaking of stinky, after wandering around in the sun for an internet cafe in Bari for hours upon hours, well more like 30 minutes, we found a sympathetic shop owner who let us use his to get a phone number...thank you kind sir!
Soon, we met up with Lia and her familia, a huge, extended familia. like the kind with 9 siblings in one family! they are awesome, so sweet and boy can the mom cook...its true about italian cooking; we now know from experience. we got a huge bowl of pasta and chowed down...only to discover it was only the first course. Dang, this country will not be good for the figure! after more plates of simple awesomeness, we were off for a tour of the city with two italian friends. beautiful here, and a huge church. , we are on a short break..more to come becuase we have dinner with the whole family tonight.
Ciao!!!
I thought the flags were laundry. And I was really happy. But flags look just as cool. Thanks again for posting the pictures!
ReplyDeleteMy computer is doing strange things. I may have to go somewhere else to keep up with you.
ReplyDeleteI love your pictures. Do you miss your GPS?
haha, kahtay, there was plenty of laundry, too! but the flags just made it extra festive. and mom, i hope you can find somewhere to keep up with us! but don't worry about us, we now have an entire Italian family looking after us! they are so sweet and concerned about us... they have taken care of everything!
ReplyDeleteYour last update was Thursday. It is now Saturday. Are you safe? I'm assuming you're on a train somewhere.
ReplyDeleteYYYAAAYYYYY!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm SO SO SO SO SO happy you two are having so much fun! I'm LOVING the updates!!!
Stay Safe!
I can't wait to hear what's next!
I love you both, and if you want to come to Canada randomly to see me, I'm open to ideas!!
LOVE YOU!!