Goooaall!

Well I was able to make it to a futbol game.  Went to the game in Barcelona, Spain on Monday evening.  It was a real neat experience to see how devoted to the game the Spanish are.   In fact they don't even need announcers or any type of sound que in order for them to start making chants and backing up their team.  The two teams that I say was Barcelona and Vill a Real.  Barcelona was the home team and they ended up shutting them out and scoring five points too.  With it being a Monday evening I didn't think it would be completely full, but it was filled all the way to the top.  The rush to leave after the game was real crazy. 

Let me back up a little bit.  Spent last weekend in Lisbon, Portugal which was a real neat city.  In fact those two nights and three days was not enough for seeing the Lisbon area.  Took a train to Madrid after Lisbon, but I just stayed there long enough to catch a train to get to Barcelona for the futbol game.  Visited Barcelona for a couple times and my next stop was Rome, Italy.  To speed up travel I took a ferry from Barcelona to Civitavechia, Italy.  This took only about eighteen hours with no stops compared to about a twenty-three hour trip by train with multiple stops.  It would have been multiple stops because I would of had to go through France on my way into Italy, and once in a different country they have different train companies.  So I missed that coast line by not taking the train ride, but with needing to fly out on Saturday I figured it would be best to get to Italy quicker so I have some time to see the sites. 

Right now I am in Rome, Italy visiting the tourist areas yesterday, and than today just got back from the beach.  It was only about a thirty minute ride by train out to the beach.  Nice little area with black sand, which is a speciality over here. The Vatican, St. Peter's Cathedral, and Colosseum were all pretty huge structures and neat to see.  Tomorrow will visit the Pantheon and eat some more of their pizza.  The pizza here is real interesting because you pay by how much it weighs.  So you walk in and pick out the type (which there are multiple types) and they have there knife and you tell them where you want them to cut it.  Plus the pizzas are not round, but are a rectangular shape so it is easier for them to cut and serve.  Tomorrow is my last day in Europe and I fly out tomorrow night to Amman, Jordan.  Its been a quick fast forward trip in Europe, but now I am ready to get to Jordan and really start to understand and learn about the Middle Eastern culture. 

I should have some pictures posted up by today.  These pictures will only be from the first part of the trip though.  Pretty much only London and Paris.  I have yet to upload all the other pictures onto my computer yet.  Well next post will be from Jordan.  Not sure when I will get a chance to start with because orientation is the first week and that is supposed to be pretty intense.  So will write when I do get a chance to give my first thoughts on Jordan.  Fate attenzione, ciao