Europe Wrap Up

I enjoyed the trip to Germany and Italy.

Too many people smoke in Europe. Public transportation, buses and trains, are on the honor system. You are supposed to buy a biglieto, ticket, but there is no one checking. Actually someone did walk thru the train on the way to Pisa checking biglietos but that was the only time after many trips. I was very lucky to have a T-Mobile phone as this is probably the must common carrier in Europe, Vodaphone was second.

Bicycles and people walking everywhere in Germany. Germany was especially enjoyable since Alicia and our friends were there. The German people are extremely nice. They love to talk english, listen to American music, and eat pommes(french fries) with mayonaise. The Porchse ride thru the country side 2 lane roads and the autobahn at 135 mph and more was cool. Berlin was very interesting.

The Toscana area (Tuscany to the USA) of Italy was beautiful, a must see for any traveler. Scooters and people walking everywhere in Italy. They do not know english or spanish and do not understand anything but Italian and they could be a bit nicer. The Italian food is almost exactly like we have here in the USA. They love to eat pizza with french fries on the pizza. It was breath taking walking up to the bell tower in Pisa as I came in from the east and could see the lean as I walked up. Must people walk up to La Piazza del Duomo from the south and do not see the lean on the bell tower right away. Firenze had a lot of character and the Tirrenia coast was beautiful.

Till next time, Take Care, Jorge