I apologize for there being such a large gap in time between posts, but I'm still completely exhausted from our Fall Break adventure. We first made our way to the airport at a ridiculous hour of the morning in order to fly to Rome. Beautiful city, I loved every minute of it. We saw the ruins, Colosseum, museums, then more ruins haha. The food was amazing, probably the best i have had yet, except maybe some from Uncle Mic. The lasagna was out of this world though. There was no language barrier for us to really deal with, for the most part everyone seemed to speak English and I don't think i met anyone who spoke no English at all. We stayed in a semi-bad hostel, but no worries we were in Rome so it was all good.
On Saturday we made our way up to Venice for some more of Italy. We got in and made our way to our campground.....yes somehow we ended up at a campsite. But the good thing was we did have a trailer(never thought I would say that). The place was very nice though, it had 3 beds, one for each of us, and a private shower and bathroom so it was a huge improvement off Rome. Also it was on one of the islands surrounding Venice, so every day we had to take a shuttle boat over and back which gave us some beautiful views of the city. The only problem in Venice, is that a few hours after arriving Kaitlin realized she left her passport on the plane......AHHHHH. So the next day we both took a train to Milan, because apparently there is no embassy in Venice they are only in Rome and Milan. So after we got there, we walked to the embassy, she gave me all her bags, and i got to sit outside a very ugly building for 4 hours while doing nothing. Yes, tons of fun. So after 4 hours she came back out....with no passport in hand. So the Milan embassy managed to get in contact with people in Rome and found out that her passport was at the airport in Rome, so then we took a train to Rome. So....basically what i saw of Milan was one ugly street and a really cool train station....bummer. The good news is we say the most beautiful countryside on the train, it is completely indescribable. But once we got to Rome, we managed to get her passport then take an overnight train back to Venice. We got in at 5 am, so we made our way down to San Marco square for sunrise and had pastries and coffee on the grand canal. It turned out to be a great end to our cross country adventure in search of a passport.
After Venice we took a 9 hour train up to Vienna, and again it was beautiful the entire way. The train actually went extremely high up into the mountains which i found amazing.
Vienna was a semi-dull town we all thought for the most part. It was alot of museums and a very cold city, it was cold weather wise, and cold as in not very welcoming. The one AMAZING thing that happened to me in Vienna was the aquarium(of course i found an aquarium haha). I started talking with one of their head engineers and he offered me a backstage type tour, which of course I took. He showed me all of their lighting systems, breeding tanks, filters, research....everything!!! So that was a huge plus in my book, but for most people it would have been a major bore. I really wouldn't recommend people to go there for a good time or anything, its very historical and we got to see some cool museums and such but outside of that it was a let down.
The trip ended very well though, we had a great time, for an affordable price, and now it is time to wind down. Who knows what will be next, maybe I will decide to tackle eastern Europe.