Europa

I love it. I love it. I love it.

I'm currently in Luzern, Switzerland, staying near Lake Lucerne. It's beautiful. I don't have much time to go into detail about everything that I've seen and done seeing as I have exactly 13 minutes before my internet connection shuts down on me. 5 swiss francs for 30 minutes... what crap is that?! At least it's cheaper than the euro.

So far, my favorite place has been Venizia, hands down. Go there. I'm telling you. You will not be let down. We got to see a Venetian glass blower first transform nothing into a vase and then into a horse in under 20 seconds. It was awesome. Venice specializes in the "Murano" glass jewelry and it is beautiful. I bought lots of jewelry for cheap. Venice is so unique... I can't explain it to you. Each street is lined with canals and bridges and you have to literally walk across islands to get to other parts of the city. But, all of it looks just like the pictures below. The city is absolutely breathtaking and you feel alive just being there. It's romantic and picturesque and so different than anything I have ever seen. Best city on earth.


As far as Firenze goes (Florence), we saw the home of Michelangelo and the place that Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa. Firenze specializes in leather... and I may have bartered to win a leather purse and a few other goods, but that's beside the point. I saw that purse back at Harrod's in London and fell in love. It was 120 pounds there and was for sale for 85 euro in Florence, but I bartered down to 50. So there. It's gorgeous and I'm proud of myself. Florence is gorgeous too and has a lot of history, but Venice is definitely my favorite.

From there we went to Pisa. There's really not much at all to see in Pisa, save for the Leaning Tower, which of course all the girls did a ton of touristy poses.



I love Italy. I'm going back. Hopefully in less than a year. I'm keeping the dream alive. I will live there someday.