Rain

Beautiful view in Venice, Italy
Rain rain rain in Venice. Saint Marcos Square is kind of sinking, apparently that is normal here. I have seen millions of masks here and today i am going to purchase two! It is such an art and some of the shops you can see a man actually working on them with the paper masche and sometimes they are made of leather too, it is really neat. Tomorrow i get to go to the glass factory and i am beyond excited! i have wanted to see this sense like 7th grade! i love the look of glass and the shapes and things it can make. Also, it is something that symbolizes Venice because they are famous for their glass. I am so excited to see how this art is produced. Also, there is a ridiculous amount of pigeons in Saint Marcos Square and they loved my RITZ crackers. I didn't like them though, they are like flying rats, ew. Well, its all part of the culture and i love that. Also, trucking through a flooded square is part of it too, the locals just took off their shoes and went through the water, so in my natural instinct to embrace the culture i followed. It was interesting and mom and kristina did it too, but my dad took the other way around...figures haha. Well, i am off to venture around Venice in the rain with my Momma because Dad and Kristina are sleeping. :)




The pigeons in Saint Marcos Square

tiny car

Tiny CAR! I have seen so many tiny cars but this one is the cutest. Dad almost got ran over by a bus so now when he crosses the street he runs, its super funny hes like a little Mario! Now, i am in Venice and unfortunately the internet in Florence was bad and stinky like the air conditioning in mom and dad's room. But, the art there was amazing, hand made marble paper and the artist that did them for us personalized them i got to pick my paper and he hand binded the books for me with the paper he made. He was reasonably priced and was super funny. Plus, he spoke English and about six other languages i believe it was. We visited his cart and shop about 3 days in a row! Florence was great, the Italian people are lively and i love it here. Now i am in Venice and the boats are not small, our room sits right in front of the main canal so its noisy but great because the view is so pretty, i just want to sit and stare out the window, oh wait i already did that. Anywho, the air conditioning dose not work, surprise surprise, but the breeze is nice because of the rain today. Funny, i can't even think of how rain was looked down on by some people, i think it makes everything so new. I love the sound of it and the look of it falling down on a window and the tinkering of it on a roof. Although rain can also trigger certain emotions and memories. But, the rain is a blessing from God and i am thankful. I love seeing the world and different people and places. I think everyone should travel because i learn things i would never have in my little ole home town. Me and my momma like to explore the cities because kristina and dad get tired and her foot bugs her and my daddy likes to nap to keep her company. So, me and mom explore, i think Venice is going to be a challenge though because it is like a little maze because of the water. I am excited to explore and find a mask too! And the glass blowing is something i have wanted to see sense about my 7th grade year, i am so so soo excited! It is such an art and i love italy for having all this amazing art! i will for sure come back in the future. Well, im tired so Ciao! For now :)

Handmade marble paper!

Just one of the amazing handmade masks i saw today.

View from my window, yes i can just stare out for hours.

B-Artists.

Went to the Colosseo today and i realized something...no matter what country i am in there are always people selling stuff on the street. China was the most annoying, but they all have this philosophy, "If i keep following the white person and annoy the hell out of them, they will eventually buy my shit." Well, i have perfected the art of ignoring them and i am proud. Also, i have learned that the street jewelry here is fabulous and i wish we had more creative souls that are as friendly as the ones here, met a man named Antonio and bought some of his jewelry, he proceeded to tell me his story and i learned that he had 4 sisters and he is trying to start a business. His work is amazing and with wire. I have respect for people like this. He even gave me and kristina some free things. We need more Antonios in the world. People who dont have much to give, but give anyways.





After seeing the art at the Vatican i was thinking, holy cow. And thats just it. The famous artist Michael Angelo didn't even want to paint the ceiling of the chapel. He was like hell no and the Pope said if he didnt he would go to war with Florence. Well Michael Angelo was pissed and so he did, and once he finished the pope loved it but some dumb ass cardinal didn't and so therefore Michael Angelo proceeded to paint this "ass" on the chapel. IN hell... on the final judgment picture with donkey ears and a snake biting his balls. Moral of the story: Michael Angelo was a BAD ASS :)

Roma

Off to Italy! Went through about 14 hours of boring to get here, so u better be interesting Italy!
ps- Swiss Airlines is great and our guy that took our tickets was a cutie.



The gelato here is amazing. I have had two and its the first day. Just thought i should state that first. Second, we slept most of the day today because of jet-lagg but i found out that my flat iron works here which made me happy because its the first international flat-iron that has not blown out on me. I was catching a little cold when i woke up then my dad gave me an Alka'scltzer to help, which had drastic side-effects. Needless to say, i was sleeping in the Italian Post Office when we were waiting for currency. just a side note, here in Italy time doesn't matter...it took ONLY about 3 hours to get exchange. Then, we headed to get our Euro-rail pass confirmed and on the way while dodging several tiny wanna-be smart cars and vespas dad almost got hit by a bus. It was a close one, considering here they drive like friken mario cart wii. So we got our passes stamped so we can head to Florence and Venice later on this trip. After that, we were very hungry so mom ripped out her handy dandy rick steve's guide and me and my dad sat there in embarrassment because she looks like a little tourist with her sun-visor and maps and such. Needless to say, we found a little restaurant and it was good the pasta was alright, i still think my grammie's is better but this is only the first place we have eaten here. We proceeded to the grocery store to get bread, this was mom's idea because the food is pricey here. We walked into this semi-creepy warehouse type thing that was a grocery store and this Italian guy proceeds to tell mom that it closes in five minutes, well instead of turning around and coming back later she ran inside down the stairs and we all followed shaking our heads. She got some bread but was too late for the lunch-meat because they had closed those cases. I spotted some Ritz crackers so we grabbed those too. Mom checked out and we headed over to the gelato stand. I bought the family gelato because it was my turn to break my bills. It was yummy as usual. After, we headed up to the room. Im tired and gotta wake up early to tour the Vatican museum in the morn. So excited, although im not Catholic. haha Maybe ill see the Pope? alrighty then, i will update tomorrow if i do not forget but i can not make any promises. :)


Ciao!

all i feel now.

Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart tell me why
Are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You better cool it off before you burn it out
You got so much to do and only
So many hours in a day

But you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you
even get halfway through
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you

Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the
borderline tonight (tonight)
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Too bad but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself
That you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong
You know you can't always see when
you're right(you're right)

You got your passion you got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you

Slow down you crazy child
Take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while
It's alright you can afford to lose a day or two
When will you realize...
Vienna waits for you.

And you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want
Or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you
even get halfway through
Why don't you realize...Vienna waits for you
When will you realize...Vienna waits for you...




all this is falling into place...

im

mad.

:(

Don't Worry

:) love this.