I'm back with tales of adventure

Well, not really adventure, but fun times. Italy was amazing! I saw way too many cool things to even know what to say. We (me and the fam) spent two days in Rome, one each in Florence and Venice, and two days in Bologna where my brother lives. Bologna was definitely my favorite because it was not touristy at all. My family left to go back home two days before me so I just spent those days with Kirbs chilling in the city and walking around. We saw all sorts of things including but not limited to:

*A troupe of close to fifty people dressed up like big colored stars

*An outdoor dance competition including ballroom, hip-hop, belly-dancing and flamenco

*A brass band playing When The Saints Go Marching in with a banjo

*A random bagpiper wandering the Piazza Maggiore

*A man dressed like Rambo/Andre the Giant playing 80's power ballad guitar on the sound system that was hooked up to his motorcycle while his toothless female partner danced for the crowd

*A basketball game between a team of Asians and a team of mentally handicapped people (which just didn't seem fair)

*A troupe of homeless circus performers juggling on a tightrope in the park

*A homeless guy with a rat on his shoulder peeing in a bush directly behind us in said park

I would just like to point out that we saw all of these things on the same day. Would that I had my camera at the ready. Here are some things I did manage to take pictures of...







That's not even close to all my pictures. If you want to see more they are on the fb...I won't bore you with them all here.

p.s. My favorite European thing is weirdly...Pay Toilets. I think this is a brilliant idea and vast source of untapped revenue for the federal government. We should totally do it.