Today is where my book begins

Our first stop is to St Mark square. The interior of the church is magnificent! It's made up of three domes and the walls tell the story of Mark and Jesus using Mosiac. The background uses tiny small gold tiles so it looks really grand on the whole. Outside there are hundreds of pigeons waiting to be fed which can be quite scary. In Venice, experience missing your way and you may find something unexpectedly awaiting for you. There are some many bridges and small lanes that it will be abnormal if you didn't get lost. We also have a gondola ride on the narrow canals with the rower singing which is kind of cool.

After dinner at the campsite ard 8, we decided to venture out to the city ourselves instead of partying which our group do everynight without fail. We took a bus from Fastina where our camp is to venice which took about 1 hr. Unfortunately, we missed the stop to alight and ended up in a remote carpark. Thank god that we met a family who happened to be leaving the place. Only then did we realise that there is no more bus service and it will take a long time to walk back to the railway station where there is a bus that can catch to Venice. They offered us a ride to the railway station which we gratefully accepted.

Such nice people. Venice definitely leave me a good impression!

Venice, the gone to be city which is sinking by 30cm each century. Though floodgate had been built, it's not a permanent solution. Thank god that i'm still able to see this charming city in this century. Before we reached Venice, we stopped by the balcony where Romeo looked for Juliet. It was believed that if you touched the right breast of Juliet's statute, you will have a good love life. The walls are guled with bubble gum written with mushy love notes.

At night, we have a sumo wrestling competition which is so funny coz the participants have to dress up in big siyed rubber jacket. once u are hit down, it's difficult to get up by yourself. It's like a turtle overturn and waving its legs to get up. haha

One whole day of walking under the intense sun in Roma is such a torture that so much that i want to give up. It had such a rich history that one day is not enough. We went to the vatican city, the smallest country in the world early in the morning. This is also where the pope speak and wave to the people from the balcony we often seen in TV. The pope who passed away in 2005 was buried in St Paul. Inside Vatican, the one that worth a look is the Sistine chapel. After this, we went for a historical tour on the empire of Julian Caser and Colosseum.

there is so much to write about Roma that i can't possibly write it all out..
go borrow books on that.

All roads lead to Rome and here we are now!
How should i describe roma? It's part of Italy but the sights are completely different from Florence. Florence is like an old town in a countryside. Roma is citylike filled with graffiti but clattered with ruins. In some way, they do have smiliaries. When the pope saw how talented Michael Angelo and Leonard Da Vinci were, he invited them to build Roma. Michael last piece of work before he passed away was the Vatican City. He spent 7 years to build it but didn't have a chance to complete it which is a bit of a regret for us. On the way to Roma, we stopped by San Gimignamo. Smiliar to Florence except smaller. It's also has more winery shops as it's near the vineyards. In general, the wine in Italy is cheap if it's produced locally. One bottle of red only costs ard 4 euro. Gan Bei! At night, we have a walking tour to the Trevi Fountain, the amazing pantheon and pizza navona.

People in Florence are very artistic. on the streets, musicians, painters and street performance are everywhere! one thing to be aware is that italians are very 'warming'. they will come over to hug and kiss u even u have no idea who they are. unfortunately we are one of the victim. some of the attractions that we have visited are the pizza della signoria and santa croce. i climbed up 463 steps in the duomo to get an birdeye view of florence. it was worth the climb. the interior roof of the cathedral was painted and the cathedral was lit up by the stained glasses. We also went up the hill to see the replica of David bz Michael Angelo. He took 9 ÿears to complete the statue!