So now I'm pretty darn sick of the bus and such, but we must ride onward to the city of pasta, pizza, and failed soccer! You know, when I think or hear of Italy, I imagine wide open country with small hills filled with olive trees as far as the eye can see. With fields of grape trees and small country side cottages connected by small cobble stone roads. Well, it might have been like that but I'm not quite sure. Italy looked completely different from what I imagined. The areas we passed through were quite mountainous and although there were many olive trees its not quite so picturesque as I assumed. I'm sure Sophia's cousin would kill me for saying so but I was nonplussed. Perhaps it was also the fact that it was really hot when I was there too. The leaning tower of Pisa wasn't what I thought it was either. Its just one building next to a small cathedral in the middle of nowhere. I didn't do the whole leaning against the tower picture because I thought it was too cliché but now I kind of regret not doing it because it took us so long to get there and we waited in the hot sticky weather.
However, all was not lost. The hotel city area we got to was pretty darn cool! My mom and I went to a nice restaurant and had one of the first nice meals of the trip. She had a nice pasta dish with prawns and I had a spinach, swiss and basil pizza. After dinner we had this candy my mom really loved so we scoured the city looking for a place that sold it. There was a jazz band playing in the square by our hotel and an italian guy (goodlooking I assumed) playing jason Mraz by our restaurant. The quaint mood and feel of the city was really relaxing and a welcome change from our hectic schedule so far. I went out with one of the girls and guys on our tour and we got ice cream together. (this was not the same girl from the first night btw) Well, it was my favorite part of the trip so far so her
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