Munich, Rafting and Venice

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So...we got a little busy once we hit Munich. However, we loved it!! We are currently in Rome but I will backtrack a little for you all.

We hit Munich full force by going to the Hofbrauhaus on the first night with the entire Contiki group. It was sooo much fun. We ate pork knuckle, had giant preztels and the famous huge mugs of beer.

After our rather festive intro to the city, we woke up the next day and did a Mike's Bike Tour around the city. We stopped at a Bier Garten for even more festivities and lunch, then proceeded to get back on our bikes for some more riding. It was a complete blast.

After Munich we head over to Venice, also known as the coolest city in the world. Venice is absoloutely magical. I think the canals suck people in and create an awesome atmosphere that cant be created anywhere. It simply does not look real.

We took a gondola ride, saw St. Marks Square, drank vino and bascially wandered the streets. We did some major shopping as well and are trying to curb ourselves for Florence.

Today we are in Rome, we did a little walking tour last night and saw the Trevi fountain, the Panthenon and such. We started off today with a tour of the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel....incredible. We had the most adorable little old man guide.

The Sistine Chapel is beautiful...words cannot put it into meaning. We just finished up lunch and are going to head over to St. Peters Bascilica. The pope had an auidence today which we missed due to our vatican tour so its been closed all morning. We had lots of gelatto to pass the time though so we didnt mind too much. All right thats all for now....we head to Florence tomorrow...whoo hooo. Later!