Checks And Balances

Today the family and i woke up a little late since we got in early this morning. My mom and I went all the way..across the street to the commissary to pick up some stuff to make breakfast...we chilled and talked about the rest of our trip before getting ready, renting a car, and going out into Pisa.
We made our first stop at the world famous leaning tower of pisa...yup and that bad boy is definately leaning all right, it was pretty impressive even though i knew exactly what i was about to see. People sorta stand around looking at the thing as if they didn't know it exsisted, or as if they didn't know what they'd be seeing...but, in their defense...i stood there stareing at that sucker for quite some time too. After all, it is pretty cool, or else we wouldn't be there right? (In some twisted way your also hoping it'll fall, or wonder what would happen if it did...dude that would totally suck huh?!)It stood right behind the Pisa cathedral and since we didn't need a ticket we went inside...just like you would expect it was gorgeous. Just about any of these sights you hear of are completely breath taking and i still can't believe i'm just chillin in front of them. It was just my luck that i left the tripod adaptor in the hotel so i couldn't really take the pictures i wanted, i got a few but i don't think it wold have mattered all that much since it started to rain. We took off shortly thereafter in hopes of finding this restaurant that i think someone had recommended to my brother. I'm so glad we knew where we were going....or not...we spent a nice chunk of our evening walking around asking the kind people of Italy where to go. We finally found the place...and i say finally because it did indeed take a while, and this place was stuck in some hole-in-the-wall corner...it felt good to find it...sorta like the feeling you get when your five years old and find yourself successful in a scavanger hunt...too bad the place was closed....
Alas, we ended up in another tucked away restaurant that proved to be quite good. Now..please note that we are in Italy which is much more known for it's wine than beer; so you can only guess what our family got to drink with dinner..hmmm...yup, we downed a liter of delicious red wine:D...That was pretty much the end of our day...
here are some other thoughts
*Admiring has become a hobby of mine, and finding that places that arn't traditionally seen as nice, really are to me, it's quite beautiful really
*The dude at the reception of this hotel has really big ears...and he's super nice..sorta like a jolly old grandpa
* I'm completely taken by the cobblestone walkways, old buildings, and buzz of random everyday life.
*Still waiting for my chance to go shopping
*Wine here is cheaper than soda...and it's good
*The Tirimisu my bro and i shared tonight rocked my socks
*Swordfish is the new other white meat
*Snuggle comes in like six different languages...cute
*It's late and i need to go to bed...crap
goodnight:D