Running in Venice

So the past week has been just as awesome as the first! I went to Sicily for my birthday, to this place Taormina. It was this town on this huge cliff above the Ionian Sea with a gorgeous view and an old Greco-Roman Theater. Then we finally went to Greece, where I walked up 700 somethin steps to this old castle in Nafplion. The view was amazing there as well. Then in Corfu I ate some gyros and swam in the sea. Greece is really nice, and the people aren’t as crazy as Italians.

After Greece we were in Dubrovnik. I kept telling myself and my friends “Two weeks ago I was in Oregon, and now I’m in Croatia. WHAT?!?” Dubrovnik’s old city has a wall surrounding it that you can walk the 2 miles around with some more amazing views! Also, surprisingly, they have really good pizza. And beautiful women. Who knew.

The past 3 days we’ve been docked in Venice. The Venice Film Festival has been going on there now and I was hoping to see some celebrities, however that did not happen. There was also this popular Art Festival going on as well, and there are free galleries that represent every country. Some were cool, some were creepy, and most were weird.  You had to be there. But then I had my first scary moment of the cruise. Me and the drummer were out all morning just walking down alleys and getting lost in Venice, because we heard that’s the best way to experience it. But then it was an hour until the ship left and we were on the other side of town. So we ran down the streets of Venice, which, if you know the streets of Venice, most of them are very narrow and packed with tourists. So we were running in between people, swerving, almost running into strollers and old people. Then we had to run through St. Marc’s Square at 2pm on a Saturday. It was an experience. And yes I made it back on the ship!

I’m really excited for the itinerary coming up for this cruise: Split, Croatia; Istanbul; Kusadasi, Turkey; and Mykonos and Santorini, Greece. I’ve heard so many great things about them all so I’m very excited.

I talked last time about the food. Well, I’ve been eating a lot of it. Sometimes 5 meals a day. When we have an hour in between shows, it’s just kinda where we go and hang out. But surprisingly I’ve lost weight. It’s probably cause I’m walking so much everyday on every port. It’s strange.

Oh yeah, and I’ve been playing music every day too! But I can tell you about that next time!

Hope everything’s going well with everyone in the states!