Well I am still alive! Go me! I'm sorry that it has been so long. All my followers have probably deserted me. Internet is really quite an arm and leg here and since I am on a budget that barely lets me eat, I don't have time for frivolity such as this. Anywho. Here is a quick update.

I am in Sorrento in Southern Italy at the moment. It is a really cute town and am extending my stay here but part of a day and taking out part of Rome. It is more suited to my interests (I'm going to some blue lagoons tomorrow) in terms of outdoor related coolness so that's good.

My first three days were spent in Santorini (a greek island) after a long and complicated and delayed due to 'crew rests' on the sketch Turkish airline I took. Never doing that one again! It was great to meet up with the boys down there who were all tanned and I was jealous of all of them. The beach was really nice the first day, got to spend the day getting burned and swimming. They had also hiring a Jeep and we got a drive around the whole Island. That night I proceded to get far too drunk and had a run in with a fence and a pile of beach chairs and broken glass. Too me a few days to get over that but its all good (for the sake of my mother I probably should not have put that part in - oh well!).

Rob, Hil, and I then headed over on the ferry to Paros. It turned out to be such a cute island, complete with all the blue and white buildings that were in Santorini, but with a cute little town feel to it all. The place we were staying in was a bunch of Germans which made things interesting. Since I can figure NOTHING out about the Greek language. I liked the town we were in a lot, it felt more like what I had imagined a greek island to be.

Hilary and I then left Rob to head out on a really long journey to Turkey and we stayed in Athens for a few days. Turns out it is just as sketch as everyone says it is. Our hotel was cute though and we had some nice early nights eating lots of bread and cheese. Our day at the Acropolis and Temple of Zeus etc. was amazing though. Wow. Totally worth it to stay in a city I wasn't a big fan of. I'd go into detail about all the places we saw but time is short. You can look it up on the internet :P. I loved the temple of Zeus though. It was a lot bigger than I thought it would be. We also went to the (very deserted) Olympic stadium. It was interesting but odd to be in such a huge place with so little people.

I left Greece then after a journy that lasted a few days and involved a bus, train, metro, and a very cold overnight ferry sleeping on the deck (stupid economy class). So far I have loved Italy though. I wonder if anyone ever says that they don't. The countryside in Southern Italy is just beautiful, and ranges from rolling agricultural fields, to orchards of lemon and orange trees, to hill and valleys of trees with scattered villages on the tops of them. I met some people in Bari that were also searching for this ellusive bus stop so I had friends for the first day I was here. I also convinced one of the American girls to come down to Sorrento with me, so its been nice have someone around for a bit of the time. This travelling alone is going to be an experience.

Phew almost there. I have a cramp in my hand. Today I went to Pompeii (WOOT!). Finally got to see it. Ending up spending hours more that I thought. It was really great. I especially loved that I had seen the exhibit in Ottawa beforehand. Pulled it all together. The city was huge, and it had a lot more than I though it would ie. a Gladiator ampitheatre. It started to rain this afternoon so that blew my plans of going up Mt Vesuvius. So thats was abit of a bummer. I have decided to blow tomorrows budget though and take a ferry out to Capri.

Ok thats a bareboned version of what I have done the last few weeks. I shall try to be more diligent in the future but in all honestly it might not happen. I am writing down tons though since I'am alone most of the time so thats a good thing. Going to have a kick ass travel journal.

Please say hi. I would like to hear from friends at home. And if you have somewhere specific you want a postcard from....