last entry for now...

as y'all know, euro trip has come to an end. from the farm in southern toscana, the little one and i made our way to roma, pompei, venezia, milano, siena and firenze.
roma was cool although it reminded us of the big cities we've been to growing up, so it wasn't "omg, this is awesome" all the time. the biggest highlight for me was st. peter's.
the ruins at pompei, now THAT was awesome and death metal \m/
venice, oh venice, is one of the most beautiful cities i've been to where the amount of peple out didn't bother me. the only other place i can say this of would be paris. it's so easy to get lost even if you have a map. also, i thought it was the perfect hunting ground for fellas like Jack the Ripper.
milano is another highlight, shame we only spent a few hours there. the train station is quite awesome in that it seems so modern. it reminded me of paris actually, with all its shopping centers and nice things here n there, oh, and the random historical building. the sforza castle is amazing, i still believe that the creators of mario bros. were inspired by it to whip up bowser's castle.
siena reminded me a lot of our dear montepulciano, only bigger. montepulciano is the biggest town we visited while at the farm. a very typical tuscan village set on top of the highest hill in southern toscana. most of the times we visited was to accompany our host to the frontoio (olive oil factory place).
firenze. i gotta say that it felt relieving coming back "home" to tuscany after being tourists the previous days. i'd describe it as the L.A. to California in the sense that it's the largest city with the most history in toscana. hell, it's home to my favorite renaissance people. figure i loved it most because it didn't remind me of any other place i had been to. it simply stood on its own. i loved everything about it.
our last few days were very sad, to me. not to sound like a bitch. but i just didn't find myself missing anything about life back in Cali while abroad, other than friends and family and perhaps decent asian food. i really enjoyed being on my own, per say, in a land where i was completely new/foreign. it was exciting not knowing what the next day would be like or knowing you could only work with whatever you had and build on that to get to the next level, in a matter of speaking. i was actually a bit surprised at how glad some people seemed to be knowing i was back home safe n sound. it is nice feeling as if you've got all the love in the world. but it was all xtra special because i felt the same and honestly wished all these people had been with me at times. no matter how dorky some scenarios got, haha.
all that said, i would encourage anyone to participate in the WWOOFing thing some time in their lives. i can't imagine coming across some characters any other way, or new friends for that matter. it's not just about meeting new people but you're also learning about organics, which is the main purpose, and a whole new culture through the life of a host.
now it's back to looking for employment and thinking about the future. fun [/sarcasm]. it's more fun than being a "twilight" fan though. i remember reading the first few pages of it waaaaay back when it had just come out, thanks to one of the literary guilds i subscribed to, and thinking "jesus, what a useless piece of cliche young adult emo vamp crap," and never looked into the author until recently. i have to admit, the author has inspired me a lot. if she can get away with writing piece of shit novels for youngins that can't tell the difference between a free of charge cafe and a club. then perhaps i too can make 1 million bucks by writing mediocre NY times best sellers. i'm only bothering writing about this abomination because the teens in my family are all over it and it saddens my pretentious little heart.