Wow, I have some catching up to do here. Pompeii was an excellent stop on our tour of Italy! I´m so glad we did it. The town itself is really nice and just a few minutes from our hostel was a really beautiful Church, where it seemed a lot of young people were hanging out. We spent a solid 5 hours visiting t
he Pompeii ruins ! That place is huge, and there was so much to see. We were able to see a part of history that was so neatly preserved by volcanic ash and lava. It froze a moment in time when it erupted. They had mad casts of a few bodies that were in the buried rocks as they were when they had died. It definately made things a bit more real that´s for sure. The narrow cobblestone streets even had little grooves in them from the carts that were wheeled down them so long ago. It was an excellent stop and all day was just enough to see everything! 
Our second night in Pompeii we had met a German girl who was staying in our dorm room, she was travelling on her own for a week just to get away for a bit. We spent an evening outside visiting with her, an Aussie fellow, and an American ! It was really fun to share stories of our travels and experiences so far! From Pompeii we spent a solid day on the train towards Pisa. O
ur hostel in Pisa was a bit of a challenge to find but a short hour and a half later Laura and I had figured out which bus to catch to get to our hotel ! Pisa was a nice town as well, but unfortunately the 2 days we were there it was cold and rainy. Kinda miserable weather to go outside and see the leaning tower, but we went out anyways. We didn´t make it to the top of the tower but we got a few pics and head inside to a much warmer musuem ! Further on to our Pisa experience, Laura and I wanted to get some laundry done at our hotel so we paid the few Euros and put our stuff in the machine. I guess the machines in Italy are a bit different, because when it was done our clothes were still soaking wet ! So we paid a few more Euros to use the dryer and 2 hours later our clothes still weren´t dry. We had things hanging in our room overnight even and our things were still damp in the morning. So an unpleasant experience of packing damp clothes later I think we´ve learned our lesson! The train ride from Pisa to Milan was about 4 hours, and the scenery we passed along the way was amazing! We were going right along the coast so we had a nice view of the beaches! Definately a spot I´ve noted for future vacations to Italy. Laura and I had made sure to pay extra attention to directions to our place in Milan, so we were able to find the 
place with no problem! We were greeted to Milan at the train station by a huge Dolce & Gabbana ad on the wall which included some very nice 6 packs ;o) We´re off to a good start! Our mission in Milan was to see all the main shopping spots and maye buy a few things as well! We managed to walk on Via Napoleane where all the high end shops (places I can only ever dream of shopping in) such as Versace, Ralph Lauren, Dior, Prada, Armani... and the list goes on. We saw a sweet Lamborghini parked on this street, it was an ugly neon green colour but a nice looking car to the say the least! So after aday of looking at $2,000 purses we made our 
way to the slightly more affordable shops just a few blocks away. We made a final stop at a Gelati place, who knows when we´ll find more of that good stuff! So of course we took a very cheezy pic of ourselves with our Gelati´s, mmmm. Milan was our last stop in Italy, next it´s up to Germany for us!
he Pompeii ruins ! That place is huge, and there was so much to see. We were able to see a part of history that was so neatly preserved by volcanic ash and lava. It froze a moment in time when it erupted. They had mad casts of a few bodies that were in the buried rocks as they were when they had died. It definately made things a bit more real that´s for sure. The narrow cobblestone streets even had little grooves in them from the carts that were wheeled down them so long ago. It was an excellent stop and all day was just enough to see everything! 
Our second night in Pompeii we had met a German girl who was staying in our dorm room, she was travelling on her own for a week just to get away for a bit. We spent an evening outside visiting with her, an Aussie fellow, and an American ! It was really fun to share stories of our travels and experiences so far! From Pompeii we spent a solid day on the train towards Pisa. O
ur hostel in Pisa was a bit of a challenge to find but a short hour and a half later Laura and I had figured out which bus to catch to get to our hotel ! Pisa was a nice town as well, but unfortunately the 2 days we were there it was cold and rainy. Kinda miserable weather to go outside and see the leaning tower, but we went out anyways. We didn´t make it to the top of the tower but we got a few pics and head inside to a much warmer musuem ! Further on to our Pisa experience, Laura and I wanted to get some laundry done at our hotel so we paid the few Euros and put our stuff in the machine. I guess the machines in Italy are a bit different, because when it was done our clothes were still soaking wet ! So we paid a few more Euros to use the dryer and 2 hours later our clothes still weren´t dry. We had things hanging in our room overnight even and our things were still damp in the morning. So an unpleasant experience of packing damp clothes later I think we´ve learned our lesson! The train ride from Pisa to Milan was about 4 hours, and the scenery we passed along the way was amazing! We were going right along the coast so we had a nice view of the beaches! Definately a spot I´ve noted for future vacations to Italy. Laura and I had made sure to pay extra attention to directions to our place in Milan, so we were able to find the 
place with no problem! We were greeted to Milan at the train station by a huge Dolce & Gabbana ad on the wall which included some very nice 6 packs ;o) We´re off to a good start! Our mission in Milan was to see all the main shopping spots and maye buy a few things as well! We managed to walk on Via Napoleane where all the high end shops (places I can only ever dream of shopping in) such as Versace, Ralph Lauren, Dior, Prada, Armani... and the list goes on. We saw a sweet Lamborghini parked on this street, it was an ugly neon green colour but a nice looking car to the say the least! So after aday of looking at $2,000 purses we made our 
way to the slightly more affordable shops just a few blocks away. We made a final stop at a Gelati place, who knows when we´ll find more of that good stuff! So of course we took a very cheezy pic of ourselves with our Gelati´s, mmmm. Milan was our last stop in Italy, next it´s up to Germany for us!
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