A few coherent Ramblings by your Favorite Me.

The weather the past few days has been astonishing. Clear blue skies, warm, almost hot temperatures, little breezes. I have spent a lot of time (well as much time as possible) outside in the sun. I just got back from a long walk around Florence... which was not complete without a break for gelato: tiramasu and coffee crunch. Delightful. I did my best to stick to the small sidestreets though I did end up in Tourist Alley for a bit. What is Tourist Alley you ask? Named (by me) for the infamous "Tornado Alley" in the U.S. it closesly resembles its namesake except its whirlwinds of disaster are not weather phenomema but people, namely tourists. It includes the street between San Lorenzo and the Duomo and continues from la Piazza del Duomo to the Ponte Vecchio. Tourist Alley also includes the street that begins from the Duomo and ends in Piazza Signorina and continues by the Uffizi and turns towards the Ponte Vecchio. If you want, you can include most of Il Mercato Centrale as well.

I promise a blog on Pompei is forthcoming but I have to wait on my friend to upload her pictures. Pompei is one of those places that needs images to fully show how incredible it is. Though, of course, the best way to really know the place is to go. I know there are other things I need to write about but with all this skipping around I no longer know what I have and haven't written about. Well, when I know, you'll know, no worries.

I want to end with a little adventure that hails back to our trip to Fiesole. These pictures are just really funny and I thought you would enjoy them too. Sono io, your wonderful blogging Marissa, climbing the wall to break into the ruins at Fiesole. A fail, but an amusing one.

Good times, thats for sure. These are the memories people, these are the memories.