Ciao Italia!

So when we booked our ferry tickets the other day we discovered that we needed to get to Civitavecchia first, since that is Rome's main port. Since there were tons of trains going there daily it was no problem to just hop on one in the afternoon.

It was about 15 minutes into the journey that we realized, we have no freaking clue how to get from the train station to the ferry check-in. And none of our travel guides cover anything outside the city center. So, hoping that it was like Stranraer (where we took the ferry to Belfast), where the entrance is right when you exit the train, we followed the signs towards the exit once we got there.

Civitavecchia is NOT like Stranraer. All we saw was a harbour like area, but no signs that we could really read. So we started following the ones that we thought said port...and ran into a funeral procession. It was really random. This town is so small that they were walking through the streets. And I´m fairly certain that everyone knew the person who had died. It was cool though because I think it was a military funeral too.

So as we unintentionally followed the funeral procession we also tried to figure out where the crap we were supposed to go. Eventually we kind of just stopped and looked at all the ships along the harbour. I spotted one with a giant G on the side and figured since ours was Grimaldi lines this might be it. So we haphazardly just headed towards the G.

I don´t know how we did it, but somehow we managed to find the tiny little hut of a terminal where we check in. After successfully checking in we waited for awhile before catching the bus that takes us to the ship.

For the rest of the day we marveled at how we made it to the ship. This tiny hut was NOWHERE near the train station. It was pure luck.

Anyway the ship was ginormous. Its all fancy sauce with like 4 bars, two restaurants, a casino, arcade, etc. It was an interesting journey, but everything on the ship was uber expensive. Lunch in the cafeteria ended up costing us 20 euro EACH! Lame sauce.

We also had purchased the cheapy tickets that give us sleeper chairs. Needless to say, even though the upgrade to cabin beds was 100 euros, we both were about ready to do it.

We´ve been in Barcelona for almost a whole day now and have enjoyed some of the sights including the Sagrada Familia church which, if I´m still alive upon completion, I am going to see again. We also visited the Casa Mila, where Gaudi lived and its really cool looking. Tonight we hope to catch a Flamenco show and maybe hit up an absinthe bar. Who knows, though, since we're both rapidly running out of funds and we still have 3 days in Europe.

Oh my god, 3 days. Thats it?

Lame.

Although, to be honest, we both can't wait to get home and eat American food again and be able to understand what people are saying to us.

That is all for now.

Bye bye bye!