Ahhh..Italy

Mission accomplished....I have spent heaps of time sleeping, eaten a truly superior four cheese pizza (god how I love gorgonzola) drank some chianti (a welcome break from my near epic consumption of Rioja) and managed to sample a bit of Florentine nightlife. Near perfect weekend I reckon. I plan to spend the next few days in Florence, just wandering around, eating and searching for that damnable sweater (Benneton....I will find one at Benneton). After that its a night train to Paris, where I can hopefully pimp a newly acquired hostel insta-friend for free digs for a few nights, and then off to explore the rest of France for a week or two (damn dwindling travel time). My greatest hope for the trip is to resuscitate my rapidly fading Francais and stuff myself silly with cheese and wine. I have such lofty goals these days......