City Chivasso

... hoped we were so long as poor pooper could keep going.
We counted down as each mile passed, and even as we finally arrived in Turin the little pooper was still pulling like a train (all be it a Hornby one).
All we had to do now was negotiate a few more sets if traffic lights and some roundabout's and we would be at our hotel and at the finishing line.
Sitting at the traffic lights Kev tossed and toyed with the local boy racers gunning the engine and slipping ...

... little accident in Annecy during lunch, we enjoyed a thunder storm and the european fashion taste of white trousers!
A quick check of the Map and we were ready to go.
Rich back back at the helm, after managing to ease Kev out of the driving seat, Departing Annecy heading for Chamonix, dissapointed we didnt see the promised beaver, fighting our way through the local traffic - it was total gridlock (said with a Jamaican ...

... but most do to the fact it made my stomach make noises that are usually saved for some giant mythical creature.

We watched the sunrise over the water and headed back into the city to keep trying to stay awake and look for some place to eat and sit down. I found a tuna sandwich and as I was walking into the cities main square, or I think it was. Lots of people, square shaped, and lots of people.... I have a way with words. BOOM SHAKA LAKA. (no mom I am not drunk ...

The following morning I took the same path to hitchhike out of Barcelona. I was waiting at the gas station for 20mins when another hitchhiker came. Her name was Nele and she was going to Belgium. It wasnt long before we got a ride to Fıgueras, and another shortly after with a French missionary who worked in the Central African Republic. We parted ways in Narbonne. I was waiting at another gas station for a while, another 2 hitchhikers came ...

... important, and this can lead to serious arguments

-the younger Italians embrace American traditions too much

-equal amounts of trash as in American cities (again, except for Naples, which was a metropolitan garbage can)

Final analysis:

The Italians have got it right. Warm, gracious, passionate people who are classy, worldly in knowledge, and respectful of foreigners. Americans can learn a lot from many aspects of their culture.

Today we woke up around 10 and were again fed a very testy, simple Italian breakfast. Joel was sluggish today and it didn't surprise me and Cody when he missed the tram towards the train station by walking past us at the stop. This happened early and our phones have had mucho complications so we were split up for the entire day.

Cody and I took a 1.5 ...

... holographic place. The first thing you see is that is is the biggest of all the halls...and where we slept all 30 of us all over the marble floor! It has the largest dome or cupola in the world underground...looks like a gigantic cathedral. In this extraordinary beautiful mosaic with Tiffany glass light just pours through the stained glass onto the walls made entirely of mirror tiles. This produces a kaleidoscope effect...like holographic pictures of you, others, spheres in ...

... I went to two bars at night. I met Ricca's friends who were a bunch of college students. They tried to talk to me in English. They were singing and I recorded that. I had fun. We went to the Red Lion but it was boring. The place was quite characteristic. At 12ish we returned home. Ricca was a little sick. We went straight to bed.

... with the icecream.
In the afternoon we kept walking through different places and taking pictures,
and then we went to Palazzo Reale, a 17th century palace which is the former
Savoy royal residence. Lots of gold in there.. but I was depressed in
there. I wasn't interested at all and I got nothing out of the superb long
and boring Italian ...

... if I stand in line, then I won't get to my event in the 2 hours they say to arrive early. I decided to chance it anyways though and stood in line until after 2pm, when they opened the office. I finally got my free ticket for the evening and made it to the bus stop to go to the Oval Lingotto by 3pm. I got to the Oval jst around 3:30 and it took all of about 5 minutes to pass through security and into the building. So much for "it is advised that you arrive at your ...