So, I haven't actually followed through on my promise to fill in all the past activities, but I'll at the very least give a brief update, as I currently have fairly easy access to the internet. I'm staying in the International Student Hostel in Florence (Italy). We left Rome yesterday, stopped in to see Pisa and the tower (pretty sweet), and got in in the evening. We went out today and saw the Uffizi, which is a famous art museum (it had some nice paintings by bottacelli and a cool exhibit on Leonardo da Vinci). We also saw David, which was definitely great, although it's hard to tell what I think due to all the hype associated with the statue.
We booked our Paris train tickets today, which turned out to be a slight fiasco. We had not even considered the possibility of the trains being booked solid, so we had just assumed we would take a night train, and never booked a hostel as a result. Turns out all the trains we want are full, but we were fortunate enough to find a day train on the 30th AND reservations at the hostel we're already staying in on the same night. It was still a bit shocking, though, to have our plans jump around so much.
Overall, My voyages to date have been amazing. A summary would be something like:
-Madrid: GREAT
-San Sebastian: GREAT
-Rome: SUPER GREAT
and etc. We go to Venice tomorrow for a day, and get back in late at night. This ruins, unfortunately, our plans to see works by all four of the nija turtles while in Italy (we've seen Michelangelo, Rafael and Leonardo, but no Donatello so far), but we're farily certain we'll run into some Donatellos in Paris. There is a surprising lack of works by Splinter...
Umm, that's about it. Happy and cultured, and all that. Hopefully I'll actually remember my voyages, so when I flesh out the list below it won't just be crap like "durr, I liked the statues."
TANSMISSION END
Sean OUT
