another iPhone post

thanks to Steve jobs and free wireless at our hostel this post comes your way.

We loved cinqe terre. Specifically we stayed in monorola. We had no reservations and had to keep hiking up the hill to inquire about rooms. We were consistently denied like Mary and Joseph. Just as the last hope was getting sqeezed out of us a woman at a bed and breakfast called a friend with a room for us that was open. Neither of them spoke any english but just chatted away at us. For those that are unaware cinqe terre is a series of 5 villages on the mountainous coast of Italy north of Rome. Each has it's own charm. It is a national park area and you can hike from village to village. The mountain side is full of vineyards. The villages are full of travelers and classic older Italians who only the Lord knows how their hips hold up every day walking up endless hills and stairs. Our room had a tv and we got to catch some olympics during siesta time. USA! It's funny how you can watch any sport and enjoy it during Olympic season. And why do the Swiss have a sand volleyball team?

We enjoyed great pasta and great hiking for two days before training to Rome with a quick stop in Pisa for a couple of pics. Everyone, and I'm talking everyone is posing in the distance like they are holding the leaning tower up. I was amazed my the mass lack of originality. Let's see someone push it over or cowering as it could fall on them. Our train to Rome had a busted air conditioner. Hot ride. Rome is a great city. There is so much to see here and so much history. Best of all they were showing batman in English near our hostel which we did last night. Awesome!

We went to the coliseum and the pantheon and tons of other sites on a super long walk. Today we did a guided tour through the catacombs and st peters basilica. We're planning on going to the Vatican tomorrow primarily for the Sistine chapel. Someone told us it will be closed though which would be the bums. Hopefully they are crazy or a liar like the weatherman who says it's gonna rain to get the golf course to himself.