As some of you know, I was in Italy for the past two weeks. I went with the school music trip (I play the drums). We did parades and concert performances over there. Marching bands are rare over there so they were especially amazed at my awesomeness. Anyway, because I don't fee like up loading 300 pictures to photobucket then to here, heres's some snapshots.
Here's a picture of one of the canals in Venice. Venice is built on a bunch of islands and has no roads, so it was very crowded with small streets. Apart from sight seeing and historical value, I didn't find it with much to offer but high prices.
This is a picture of St. Marks (I think) which is a big famous church in Venice. The inside had a LOT of solid gold coating everything, but they didn't let you take pictures in there.
This is some small unknown town called Chiogie or something. The pronunciation is beyond me, let alone the spelling. There were few tourists as it wasn't a large historical or famous city. It was nice. Real authentic people, with authentic shops and authentic foods. My friend had squid pizza here, which I do not have a picture of.
You should all know what this one is. I did not do the stereotypical "hold it up" or "push it over" pose because I'm not loser. A lot of people were. Anyway, this plaza had about 5 big historical buildings and 400 shops with overpriced crap and 10 times as many tourists. The guide said all it was good for is to "take your pictures and leave". I agree.
This is Siena. Siena was a bigger city, with a few groups of tourists. But the place wasn't hinged on tourism so it was nice. The streets were all origional, so they were steep, hilly, cobble-stone, and unorganized. It was cool. I enjoyed my time here.
Last but not least, here is CT Spawn, which I found in Siena.
I have more pictures, and if you guys bother me enough I might upload them. We went to Rome, Siena, Venice, the Vatican, Verona (Yes, the city Romeo and Juliet takes place), and Milan.
Here's a picture of one of the canals in Venice. Venice is built on a bunch of islands and has no roads, so it was very crowded with small streets. Apart from sight seeing and historical value, I didn't find it with much to offer but high prices.
This is a picture of St. Marks (I think) which is a big famous church in Venice. The inside had a LOT of solid gold coating everything, but they didn't let you take pictures in there.
This is some small unknown town called Chiogie or something. The pronunciation is beyond me, let alone the spelling. There were few tourists as it wasn't a large historical or famous city. It was nice. Real authentic people, with authentic shops and authentic foods. My friend had squid pizza here, which I do not have a picture of.
You should all know what this one is. I did not do the stereotypical "hold it up" or "push it over" pose because I'm not loser. A lot of people were. Anyway, this plaza had about 5 big historical buildings and 400 shops with overpriced crap and 10 times as many tourists. The guide said all it was good for is to "take your pictures and leave". I agree.
This is Siena. Siena was a bigger city, with a few groups of tourists. But the place wasn't hinged on tourism so it was nice. The streets were all origional, so they were steep, hilly, cobble-stone, and unorganized. It was cool. I enjoyed my time here.
Last but not least, here is CT Spawn, which I found in Siena.
I have more pictures, and if you guys bother me enough I might upload them. We went to Rome, Siena, Venice, the Vatican, Verona (Yes, the city Romeo and Juliet takes place), and Milan.
