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So it only took a little over a month, but I finally have the Italy photos up!
Rome
Florence
Venice
Vatican
My favorites are these of the Trivoli fountain, Colosseum, and St Marks Square. I'm so glad I took my SLR camera, that's the only way I was able to get such amazing night photos.
I really want to go back to Italy, and Europe in general, not only because it's so gorgeous and has so much history, but also because they do several things that America could really learn from.
The first one being they actually use a sane measurement system that is based on powers of 10. We were right in 1921 and I still think we should switch over. The government should just decree a day "Metric Day" and switch everything over at that point. It might be a little messy at first, but people would adapt quickly if they were forced into using it, and it really is a lot better. I've decided that from now on I'm going to start listing things in kilometers and grams.
Europeans also keep time on the 24 hour clock, instead of the 12 hour clock we use here. It makes it easier to keep time straight and as a bonus makes it easier to add and subtract hours in your head.
I also love their mass transit! We rode the trains all across Italy, and it was cheap, fast, and much better than driving. Texas is about the size of Italy and if we really wanted to we could do it, but instead we just build more toll roads and widen the freeways to 30 lanes.
The music channels over there also play real music videos during prime time hours. What a concept!
And finally, while there is so-called "gelato" here in the US, it pales in comparison to the real stuff over in Italy. I ate that stuff 3 times a day at least, it was so mind blowingly good. Also the pizza is much better too, but that's to be expected.
This Italy trip will definitely not be the last time I go overseas. I'm actively looking for other cheap flights to take week long trips around the world, and I've got a few already tentatively planned. My goal is to travel to a far away land at least once a year, and I think I can make that happen.
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