A week in review, updated

A week in review, updated: visited the world’s smallest country, saw the Pope talk outside the world’s largest cathedral, did a walking tour of the Collosseum and surrounding area, climbed an active volcano, visited a city that said volcano destroyed in 79 AD, caught a night ferry to Greece and spent a day quad-biking (ATV Offroad Fury, yeah!!) … view full post

Just a quickie

With little over a month left to go, a week in review: visited the world’s smallest country, saw the Pope talk outside the world’s largest cathedral, climbed an active volcano, and visited a city that said volcano destroyed in 79 AD.Score one point for Italy… Naples is a great city, generally experience is proving that the smaller the city the … view full post

Venice, Rome, Florence and the Vatican City

The best smell when you’re backpacking? A clean towel.
Even better? A clean, dry towel.

Before arriving I had high expectations for Italy, infact I planned to spend two weeks here. After Florence I’m not so sure, but Rome is swinging the vote. (side-note: sux to be American right now)

Hmmm, what to say … view full post

TIME cover archive

I saw this on memepool: TIME Magazine now has a searchable cover archive dating back to 1923. That’s 80 years of TIME Covers, from one version of Star Wars to another.

The cover sitting on coffee tables around the World when I was born carried a picture of … view full post