Vicenza

I am going to try to recap now that I have a chance. I traveled from Geneva area to Vicenza on Friday. I made a stop in Vincenza because it was near to my next connection. The city was basically dead, not much going on. Most Italians are on holiday during this period in August, so many of the businesses were closed. I was able to find an open hostel, although quite dead and bland. This ended up benefiting me because I received a dorm room all to myself. It was nice to have my first peaceful hostel experience. Typically it is a room full of people snoring, people coming in at 4am, and light turning on. Ah hostels...

My dinner in Vicenza was eventful. I sat down to next to these delightful women from Northern Germany. There were not so delighted with there meal. The were served on cracked plates and were trying to convince the waitstaff for a discount. We started talking, because my order was not take for like 30 minutes. The took a train to Munich and then were slowly making their way to Venice. They were literally walking the whole way. They said they averaged about 20 km a day. I was quite impressed that these women twice my age were showing me up and my lame train taking.

JOEL