Vacation

Friday, 24 October 2008

The first day of Vacation and I've already taken a bus, a plane, and a train. Now I'm in Florecne, in a decent hostel getting ready to go to bed. Traveling when you're not sure what language to speak can be difficult, I could ask questions in Spanish or English and all depending on the answer I want. We mostly spoke in English, throwing in Spanish words here and there, trying to pick up on the italian language. It's very similar to Spanish but there's a different lilt. I don't know if I'll pick it up in just a week, tomorrow is Explore Day #1. We need a map though so we have to find that first. I'm excited and nervous and scared. I just don't want to screw something up.
Italy is in the full swing of fall traveling through the ountryside for 5 hours (due to overbooked trains) I noteced that North Italy looks a bit like the midwest. Harvested fields sitting empty next to budding fields of some winter harvest. John Deeres plowing away, the major difference is the extensive history.