Bologna

Here are some hilarious photos from our time in Bologna. Even though we didn't get to see it during the day you could still tell it was an amazingly beautiful city. My shitty photos do it no justice. It was definitely a fun night, we met some locals and hung out with the university kids. I remember reading in John Marsden's tomorrow series that the the time of night when people have the most trouble staying awake is between 330 and 430. That was definitely a struggle for me! 

We managed to get about 2 hours intermittent sleep on the train to Milan and then about 30 mins in Milan and maybe another 30 mins on the way to Interlaken. We met a lovely Irish woman who was leading a tour. She talked to us about her trip to South America where she ended up staying 10 weeks in Argentina instead of the planed 5 days (or something like that). Our whole carriage was filled with older british people (a wonderful change from the nasaly, loud, obtrusive americans I've become so used to). It was kind of like catching up with your grandma, they were all interested in where we had been and what the hostels were like and what was our favourite thing so far. We arrived in Interlaken in the afternoon, it is such a beautiful place- thankyou Mel for suggesting it! The hardest thing was staying awake once we had got there so we didn't waste our day or end up staying up all night again. Luckily there are lots of lovely walks to do and our dorm had a couple of you australian girls, two girls from Singapore and 2 guys from Seattle who kept me awake with travel talk until it was a decent time to go to sleep. 

PS this is a bit gross- in Positano there was no washing machine or launderette so by the time we got to Interlaken ALL of my clothes were dirty. I didn't have a singe pair of knickers left to wear, not one t-shirt, not even my jeans were clean. Such is life when you are a traveller and every situation brings a new experience. So, i had to decide what i was going to wear while i washed all of my clothes. I couldn't stand my own filth- I had to get out of the clothes i had been wearing overnight in Bologna, but i didn't want to have a shower until I had clean clothes to put on. So, i pulled out a singlet i had only worn once or twice, my shiny jacket and my jeans- except i had to go commando. I had never done this before, i have friends that had (Amelia in the shotz days) but it never really tickled my fancy (I'm sure it tickled hers). Anyway it was a new experience to add to my list and while it wasn't horrible I don't think I will be doing it again (at least not by choice). Now i have washed and dried and packed every single item of clothing i should be set for at least another week!