Corfu, Greece

well it is my last full day in greece, tear. i love it here! our hostel is called the Pink Palace! you can check it out online if you want at thepinkpalace.com it right on the beach so of course that is were i have been for the last 4 days!

our day in rome was really fun, we woke up early and took a train then a bus to the Vatican. it was neat to see where the pope lived! then we walked to the famous trevi fountain and through some coins in and made a wish! we then proceeded to walk to the Roman Forum which was really neat to see, the pillars and remains of old roman buildings made you feel like you could have been there years and years ago. Then we continued down the road and saw the famous colleseum! (i know its spelt wrong) it was huge!

by then we were tired so we sat and chilled at the foot of the colleseum for a while then took the metro and a bus back to our hostel. in the metro it was cute cuz these too ladies in front of me didnt know how to use the machine to get a ticket and they didnt speak english so i was trying to show them what to do and eventually they just handed me there money and pointed to the machine so i got them there tickets! then these two elder ladies who also didnt speak english tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to the machince with money in her hands! so i got her tickets too! lol! i felt very useful!

we got back to our hostel around 2 and showered and napped. it was a very productive morning and we were exahusted! also for those who asked a magnum is an AMAZING ice cream bar! lol! of course its icecream! its like a haggan dazz with rich creamy chocolate layering and a creamy ice cream center on a stick. there are also different flavors! my fav's are mint and double chocolate!

we had a what was supposed to be 4 hour train ride from rome to ancona but it turned out to be six cuz our train was a little brocken! we survived! we then found the port and bought tickets to get to GREECE! it was a 15 hour ferry ride and we arived in Igoumentisa at 6 am we then walked forever and a day to find the local ferry to take us to Corfu. we eventually found it with the help of 2 sweedish girls who were also backpacking and rode that boat for 1 and half hours. which i slept the entire way. the hostel picked us up at that port and drove us to our hostel! we were extremly welcomed and for an extra 2 euro a night we got a room with air conditioning! its actually lovely! we also have a balcany overlooking the coast! beautiful!

tomorrow we leave for Venice, a 24 hour boat ride and were gonna hang out there for the day then get a night train to Munich to visit our friend Anna! wish us luck on the boat!
oh and Uncle Ken i heard you were trying to comment to me! so HI! keep trying!
talk to ya'll later!
Amy