01.12.08 Siena, Italy Yesterday I woke up in my Florence hostel with a lot of difficulty.The night before I was wondering about in the not so tourist sections of Florence and stumbled across the most amazing couple.We both happened to walk through the same little passage way to a wonderful hidden garden that led to a pretty phenomenal non touristy view. Sarah and Romey stood in the garden with me just chatting.Both from Tallahassee they were visiting Flore...

It rained yesterday and is raining today so I am just hanging out in Siena...so not a day to get on the bike. Starting out cold and rainy is not the way to go. Having some time to just sit is good I guess, but I am missing home today. The next two months of my journey look to be the most exciting with breath taking coastline and crazy places like Serbia and Croatia. I am excited and I hope I have some visitors. Adrian and Kathryn have already made plans an...