Venice Day 2

We spent the second day in Venice doing more exploring. We walked around the whole island... Well we tried to, again it was incredibly difficult to navigate in terms of finding places on the map that Elvis has indicated were good or cheap(non touristy.) Venice is pretty awesome, I would highly recommend it for anyone that likes to walk around and just look at mismatched buildings, water, and odd shaped pasta in store fronts. It started raining around dinner time, the first rain we saw the entire trip.

Venice day 1

Trina, Aaron and I arrived to Venice late morning on Friday. After taking a water taxi(hour and a half ride) to the island, we were met by Elvis(lol) the cousin of Lorenzo(the guy I had set up our apartment with. The apartment was nice(had to fit 5 of us again because Libby was arriving at 6, her friend Lesli at midnight.) After Meeting Libby at the dock we explored near our apartment. Venice is like being a mouse in a maze. We even had a map, but the map doesn't quite represent all of the winding narrow streets and it's easy to get turned around.  I was apprehensive whether I was going to like Venice, but as soon as I saw all the water and realized it didn't smell like I imagined it would, I loved it.

Palermo Day 1

We were at the airport to Palermo at 5am, after the hour and a half boat ride and getting up five people... We were tired. But Aaron, Trina, Libby and I finally got to our boat, yes, BOAT late afternoon. I'm not a fan of Palermo, but being in the Marina, sleeping in a boat, is pretty much the most awesome thing. As I type this, everyone is still asleep(ok it's really Palermo Day 2 right now) and the hatch above me is open. My sleeping area is not Jay-sized. I can barely fully extend diagonal. But, it's the most relaxed I've been the whole trip. I think we plan on hanging out on this boat the whole day.

Malta

We arrived in Malta in the early hours Thursday morning. Our hotel was right on Mellieha beach. We had planned to do a boat tour right away, but Trina insisted we fix my phone so we got a taxi to Sliema. No luck with the phone(glad would take a week to be ordered,) so we ended up walking around town for a few hours. We were able to see the capital city from a distance. We returned to the hotel and Trina and I decided to adventure to the islands via ferry. 

Rome Day 3

Libby and Dana left for Berlin this morning. After a traumatic incident with my phone(not my fault,) Aaron, Trina and I went off to find a repair shop. No success, but we did pass by the Colleseum again and found a plaza with an amazing view. We are packing up for our flight tonight to Malta. Fingers crossed that our good weather continues. 

Rome Day 2

This morning we slept in a bit. My allergies are in full force today. Feeling pretty weak and congested to the max. Pounded out a trip to the Pantheon and later to the Vatican and toured the Sistine Chapel anyway.