Month: March 2003

A big parade in town, sunshine, free things and drunk people with strange hats everywhere in the streets. Slainte!

Back in Dublin I found our house “Winston Ville” derelict. Only Hernan the Argentinian is still staying here. With paniced eyes he tells me about the mice in the house and the landlord knocking down the place very soon. Well, I moved to a smaller room that has a fireplace, I put up the Italian peace flag that I got of Andrea’s sister Chiara in Naples. Very cosy and the best thing is it’s *free*. 🙂

After travelling by train from Florence to Bologna and on to Forli I took the plane to London-Stansted. I slept at the airport which changed into the largest hostel in Europe just after 11pm. So many people sleeping everywhere! I met back two Americans living in Dublin that I met at a organised pub crawl in Rome, a small world it is. Thanks Stansted Airport for letting us stay! 🙂

Florence today. It’s common knowledge that it is a beautiful place to be, so I won’t write much on that.. I got paid to attend a medical conference. Some guy was asking people sitting at one of the many piazzas if there were in for it. Not bad, cocktails in the “Art Bar” tonight! 🙂

I saw the pope in Rome today! Well, I saw a little dot in a massive window high up in a giant building. It’s true, there is an “uuhh” or “aaah” at every corner of Rome.

Today I enjoyed legendary pizza in Napoli’s most famous pizzeria “Da Michele”. Well, famous for locals. It is a tiny inconspicious shop that doesn’t look any different to any other of the hundreds of pizzarias in Napoli. Accept this one exists more than 200 years and has a massive crowd queuing for a seat infront of it most of the day. Da Michele refuses to expand their business or even to fix up the place a bit. They do good pizza and that’s it. They only offer two types of pizza and of course it’s really cheap. See this guide for more information.