Italy part dos

It's been about a week since we last updated you on what's been going on, so I'll try to do so to the best of my memory.  Although those of you who know me, know that this is not my strong suit so the details may be a little foggy.

After we left Florence, which was simply amazing, we were left with a random day in between places where we did not know what to do.  We were leaving on a Sunday and every place in Rome was fairly cheap from monday on so we had a random night in which we were a little unsure of what to do.  With all of my stupidity, i suggested Naples as it was pretty much the only other place in italy that i had heard of before and so basically made the assumption that it must be magical like the rest of italy.  What a mistake.  If we had taken one second out of our time to do a simple search of Naples on the google machine we would have been bombarded with information of a city that was going through a crisis of all crisis'.  Basically one of the worst garbage strikes in recent history.  As soon as we arrived we were overwhelmed by a terrible putrid smell, followed by sights of garbage piles that made raccoons feel like kings.  As kalia put it we should be giving the downtown east side homeless medals for their  cleanliness.  Not only was the city a disaster, but our hotel was a mess.  The man working there put no effort to helping us out in anyway, and when you have cobwebs hanging off every possible corner you know you've given up.  After a delicious mcdonalds meal, which was probably the brightest part of the night, we went for a walk around the citys waterfront which was not awful considering.  Upon reaching the beach however and seeing endless piles of broken bottles, corn on the cob, and other strewn garbage we decided to call it a night.
Quick point on the mcdonalds meal, it contains a burger called the crispy mcbacon which is the best burger I have ever tasted from the franchise and am hoping it has already made it's way to Canada.
Oh ya one more side note, apparently the cinque terra is amazing, and choosing naples over it might go down as the worst call I have ever made.  Still kicking myself.
The next day we left literally as early as the train schedule would allow us.  We both weren't too sure what to expect from Rome but straight up, it is an awesome city.  Once you were there, you were there.  We would catch a quick bus every morning into the city realms and from there all the major stops were easily walkable distance away or if you were tired there was a subway station on literally every block it felt like.  There were some lousy parts of the trip of course such as the thunderstorm the first night, but after that it was on.  Three straight days of Italian leather, Italian pizza, and structures that canadians cant even comprehend.  Straight up Nick, everything your firm designs should be made of marble.  I'm not sure what my favorite sight was as of quite yet, but all i know is that I have never said the three words "this is goon!" as much as I did over those three days.  How people put those things together way back, boggles my mind.   I just keep picturing world's strongest men type people picking up giant blocks and carrying them up to the top of the colloseum without any equipment or anything.  I don't think it was like this but every statue we saw of naked dudes, and there were a lot, they were all jacked out of there mind.  Like they came out of the movie 300 or something.

Anyways, that's basically been rome, shortened down significantly of course.  Were in greece right now, and its epic, I won't leak any info though.  You'll have to wait until the next update.  

Love you all,

g&k

Ps we hear its about to snow down there. Too bad. It's about 20 degrees over here.