WOOPS I have no idea what just happened.. anyways we slept in a kitchen converted into a bedroom. i know what you are thinking "nice life" it was awful! so basically we walked around venice got a feel for the place then looked at each other and said "i'm bored" so it was that point that we decided to go back to rome to check out the Sistine chapel since we didn't have time our first go around. rome attempt numero 2 was good.. haha this is where it gets funny. we came we saw we conquered and then we had a ton of down time so mandy and i went for some dinner and vino (wine--CHEAPER than water) so after 2 bottles of high octane vino we go back to the hotel we have grown very fond of. (they were holding our luggage) so we come back to find the front desk guy standing next to a huge NO SMOKING sign puffing away, watching the World Cup. so we decided to join when we saw not only was he smoking he was drinking beer. so we pulled up a chair and had some brews and watched the game with our new favorite 65 year old friend Lucca! an hour goes by and we take off to our train where we are smooshed with a nun, a b****, and an asian and her bratty toddler. we smiled and got switched next door where they were very accomodating. one of the train guys even brought us a bottle of wine! hahaha-- why not... good thing he brought us wine cause it distracted us from the fact that we were sleeping on 90° vinyl seats. go italy! so now we are in Nice and our first 2 hours were spent on the beach where mandy got crispy and i got color! i LOVE topless beaches! tomorrow we are off to interlaken where we plan on blowing large amounts of money on extreme sports. rough life, huh? keep the e-mails coming!!! miss you all dearly!!!! loves and kisses