European Party

Doing the exercise thing again I ran to the top of Saint Peter’s cathedral on Thursday.

And took some photos.

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My first couple days in Rome I just ran around the city a bit.

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I stopped by Siena on Sunday on my way from Cinque Terre to Roma.

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I went back to Cinque Terre for Friday and Saturday. This time I stayed in Riomaggiore. On both nights I visited Monterosso, and missed the train back both times! Damn!! But it wasn’t my fault on both occasssions…

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I drove to Pisa on Wednesday and stayed Thursday also. When the tower first came into sight I just started laughing and almost had to stop the car – it’s just so ridiculous! Here are a couple photos and a simple video.

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The road to Cinque Terre is beautiful, as is the tower in Vernazza, one of the towns in Cinque Terre. I ran the mainly vertical trail from Vernazza to Corniglia for a little exercise.

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I spent my last day in Milano, Saturday, hanging out with Kristen and taking photos of Il Duomo, including one photo with the white balance a little off.

The night before I left Milano I went to check out the hotspot Nobu, but apparently Nobu is only really hopping during the winter, so I went to outside club Old Fashion instead.

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I was going to skip the nightlife in Milano on Saturday after cruising around Lake Como, and just check out the orchestra in the Duomo square. But instead I met a couple girls in the lobby of my hotel and ended up giving them a ride to a couple clubs. Not much footage of the clubs here, but the ride was kind of ridiculous.

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If you’ve ever visited Italy you may have noticed that Italians are very excitable. They’ll argue vehemently over anything. After a bitter argument the two (or three or four) sides will shake hands and make up, give each other hugs, and generally act like good friends. Being me, I don’t quite understand all this. To me everything is very black and white, cut and dried.

But this Saturday before cruising around Lake Como and stopping in Varenna I stopped at a gas station to get some gas. Usually I fill up my tank but this was Saturday, this gas station didn’t take credit cards on Saturday, and I had only 30 euros in cash. So I asked the attendant to give me 30 euros of gas. When I left the gas station my tank still read empty. So I, being a little edgy in a new country and not wanting to get taken advantage of, turned around and told the attendant that I didn’t receive any gas. Well, to make a long story short, the situation turned into a huge 20 minute argument with loud voices, spectators being brought into the fray, etc. I really wish I had some footage of that! Anyway, needless to say (because we were in Italy), we shook hands like the best of friends after I decided it was my gauge that was faulty.

Lake Como and Varenna are some of the most beautiful places I’ve seen yet on my trip. Unfortunately the video that I have of Lake Como doesn’t do it justice. Come to think of it neither do the photos, but I’ll show you some here anyway.

If you really must see some more video, here’s the video of me after I got a little shaken up over the pump fiasco:

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Ah, Friday in Milano, the fashion capital of the world. What would a trip to Milano be without a private dinner with Armani designers?

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