an airline gave me socks and i wore them

oh yes. i got socks from british airways, along with a sleep mask, a toothbrush and toothpaste, and other random entertaining things. It was fun.

london was good. the airport was like a big circle mall or something. only four hours there was not too bad. last plane ride.. i slept the whole time. wonderful. woke up when we were pretty much in pisa. yayyy. the first night, me and mom got wayyyyy lost walking around. however, we found the leaning tower of pisa during that confusion. it is SO cool! the next day i had a bacardi breezer for lunch with my margherita pizza and it was superb. i heart lime and rum, apparently. we went shopping in the piazza and i bought my first watch from a street vendor type guy, and my first real italian leather bag. it is amazing. its my new favorite thing. its red. woohoo red! then a long confusing trip to venice... oh my goodness. hotel shuttle, train, another train... sitting in a hallway and mom falling on her butt (funniest thing EVER), then a boat, then a taxi. and finally, here we are in beauuuutiful venezia. at our russian palace hotel. we found a house we love and are going to buy, cause i decided. tomorrow we are going to get drinks and cheese and sit on a bench by the water. i cant wait. :)

this european keyboard is way confusing... it took me like 10 minutes to find the at symbol for my email address... goodness.

overall, its been fun, but stressful at times. were exhausted and slept til 1:30 in the afternoon our first morning here. be proud of my mom... i am! :) our luggage is heavy. and now i know why people say to pack lightly when you come to europe. sadly, i thought i had packed somewhat lightly by only bringing 4 pairs of shoes for 6 weeks (what was i thinking!? ill have to buy some here). now ive learned... packing lightly means one tiny suitcase with like... feathers in it or something. silly americans... we have too much stuff.

anywho.. i like rum now. my buddy the bartender at our last hotel made me a delicious drink with like 5 strawberries and 3 ice cubes and all the rest rum. it was a tad strong, yet very delicious. we made friends with two old men from germany... wolfgang and peter.... hahahaha. and i am totally serious. they thought we were funny. peter asked me if i knew who mozart was. silly man. he thinks were so stupid. he didnt believe that i learned about napolean and elba in school... haha.

thats all for now... wont be on for a while probably. we changed our plans.. mom is skipping florence and were spending an extra day here and an extra day in rome... we cant have 8 hour travel days every other day.. it is way too exhausting! but i have some awesome pictures already and cant wait until i can upload them to show you! but that will happen after i start school here. yayyy school. i cant believe im saying that... ha! ok.. off to ..somewhere else. the bar or bed probably? oh.. and some little kids told us where a bar was today. haha. everyone here loves alcohol. its so funny. ok... deuces, mia amici!