I'm in Rome at the moment. We're moving on to Napoli tonight, so yeah, we're just going around Italy at the moment. Hitch hiking's supposed to be really hard here, but we don't actually know.
The trip started out fine. Filip's older brother dropped us off at the freeway and I didn't even finish writing "South" on the cardboard sign when someone saw Filip's thumb and curly, blonde hair. It was a Danish family going down to shop south of the border (common in Dk) and they just set us off there - far from the freeway though! So we were quite stuck at the biggest Danish shopping place in Germany. Funny thing happened: my (yes, Nili, she's my 'new') girlfriend was headed south with her family AND stopping to shop where we were at. So after basking in the sun (on the sidewalk) for some hours, they took us a couple of hours down into Germany. From there we slept behind the 'Rasthof's (gas-stops along the freeway) for two nights. The last Rasthof we got stuck for almost a full day because we'd apparently made it down a slightly inconvenient freeway just north of Freiburg, when considering we were trying to get to Southern France. In addition Filip got sick with headaches and puking and so on. I was quite sore myself from sleeping on the ground so spirits weren't high. Eventually we just took a ride with a business man (who bore striking resemblance to Al Pacino in Scarface and even smoked cigars branded 'Al Capone' the whole way) to Zurich, Switzerland. We stayed a night, watched the semi-finals of the World Cup and concluded that we'd started down a path of no return, bought EuroRail tickets (not cheap, mind you!) said goodbye to our newfound American friends (there are Americans EVERYwhere!) and took the night-train to Milano, then Florence (looked around here) on to Pisa, Livorno and Campigliari and then a bus to the small coastal town of Piombino from which a ferry took us to the incredibly scenic island of Elba - where my girlfriend was holidaying with her family and some friends! smiiiile
But we went on to Rome and are here now. The Sixteenth Chapel closed right in our faces so we're disappointed and sad. We've spent waaay too much money sleeping in hostels, eating out and buying water which annoys me. Our good experience last night, though, when we were in Circo Massimo (Rome's old race-track) with at least 30.000 other people to watch Italy win the World Cup! THAT was nuts.. nuts..
Anyway, I wanna go home but Filip reeeally wants to go to Napoli to see Vesuvia and Pompeii.. I guess I'll go along to monitor costs and luxurious expenditure. We've decided to sleep at train stations the rest of the time and buy canned food etc etc..
Okay, time's up here. Sorry its messy and stuff, but.. but.. who cares?! smile
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welcome, [ivan]
3 comments:
I'm sorry to hear that it's been so troublesome for you. Eventhough it's been far too expensive it sounds like you're having a good time or at least a great experience.
Funny you should mention 'Al Capone'. In this town called Moose Jaw about 45 minutes from where I live is an attraction known as " The Tunnels of Moose Jaw". What these tunnels are is an underground tunnel system in which Al Capone used to escape law enforcement and to smuggle items. It has ofcourse turned into a huge commercial feat, but I none the less thought it was interesting.
Have a good rest of your trip!
Eryn
Well, Filip was sick and we decided we were wealthy enough to afford reliable and (more) comfortable transportation! ;) But yes, it was a great experience and I would definetly do it again (easy to say isn't it?!)
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