Ciao bella!

Ciao!,

Sorry for any repetition in the last two posts. China is a very interesting place and i'd have to say that information is a little restricted. Along with information on Tienemin Square (spelling?), my web log is restricted. i could post to it, but could not read it, which meant i had no idea what i told you already. That and the second i posted anything, the blogger website would also be blocked; those communists are strange.

I've left asia and am now in europe, the biggest part of the year--about six months. I'm in rome for a few days and i'll be in florence for christmas. Then its off to visit Dani, a cool guy i met in new zealand, and his family in Sardinia for new years. i'm trying to refresh my italian as best as possible since his family doesn't speak any english. it should be a lot of fun. I'm planning on doing a lot of farming in italy after new years, so i may not have the most exciting posts for january. i really want to get away from english and give italian a chance.

My jet lag is working to my advantage right now because nearly every cool site is empty at 7 in the morning. the only bad part is that the spanish steps had about 10 people around. i guess its supposed to be the spot to people watch, but it doesn't take too much time to watch 10 people. Today i went to a lot of the free places, like the squares and piazzas and the pantheon. i'm thinking on monday i'll go to all the pay places like the colloseum and then hit up the vatican on tuesday. i still don't count that place as its own country.

have a good day
Buon Natale!! (happy christmas)

your friend
chad