Now, not only does Italy not have toilet seats. They don't have toilets. Literally, there's a porcelain hole in the floor, but it has foot grips. Interesting. I have nothing else to say on the topic. You can use your imagination. Just for reference, the hostels in southern Italy are more limited in what they give you for free. You have to pay for the internet and breakfast. And they tend to have lockouts and curfews (hence, when I ended up on the beach as mentio...

I have really limited internet, so I've just been writing every day, but am posting in one big blog. Sorry if it's hard to understand. Also, I can't post pictures till the connection is better, so prepare to be bombarded all at once.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Met some great people last night at the hostel (Fabric Hostel). A bunch of guys from Australia and a couple from California. The guy from Californ...

Hey Everyone. It's hot, hot, hot. High 90s and humid. And Europe does not have AC. Leaving Rome. Saw it all. The Vatican and the Sistine Chapel, the Pantheon, and the Colosseum. Gotta say the Sistine Chapel was a little disappointing. It's just a room. Paintings are beautiful, but just a room. We tried to go up the dome of St. Peter's, but after waiting in line forever, the elevator was broken. Seriously, we were willing to take the stairs, but they wouldn't let...

Happy 4th of July!!!Had a cookout yesterday at Lorna and Forrest's neighbors' house. Great time. Sounds sad to say, but it was nice to have good old American food, hot dogs, hamburgers and potato salad. Doug tried to make homemade ice cream, but it wouldn't freeze. It tasted good, though. Reminded me of home when we used to hand crank homemade ice cream. Who has the ice cream maker? We should make some at Old Home Day. I'll try to find the Junket. Anyway, my favo...

All is good after the mud flood. The staff was great, and everyone helped pitch in to get the hostel cleaned up. Mennagio was beautiful. We met so many great people. There was a group of bicyclists who were biking around Lake Como for a charity. And two sisters who were living in Prague for the summer, traveling around. Their family is originally from the Czech Republic. They live in Orlando now, and their dad works for Disney. Totally my type of people. There ar...