Friday, June 23, 2006

Roma

Just a quick note from my hostel in Roma. The shipping line I took from Barcelona turned out to be more of a cruise ship! There were 2 restaruants, 3 full service bars, sleeping cabins, etc... as well as a full ferry and shipping service. Of course I had the cheapest seat, which turned out to just be airplane seating in 3 rows across the width of the boat (ship?)

Unbeknownst to me, however, was that the ferry took 20 hours to get from Barcelona to the Italian coast, so we got in to Rome at 5PMish, and I still had no place to stay. Lucky for me neither did a handful of canadians, so we all pitched in and got a hotel room for the night, which worked out well for just 30 euro.

I got up this morning and saw as much of Rome as I could until I couldn't stand anymore. Luckily, I have a nice hostel which has *laundry* which is a godsend at this point.

Anywho, I have to get off the computer, but more will follow...