God Bless the Cinemateque

Before arriving in Italy from Israel, I made a stop in Texas.
Well, close enough. Elise's aunt lives on the U.S. Airforce base near Venice. I don't think I have ever missed my country soo much when we went to the commisary and bought marshmellows, ranch dressing, and egg beaters, all in US dollars.

That night, we saw the movie 21. Before the previews were about to start, everyone rises. At that moment, I realize what is going on, and say, oh too loudly, "Are You Kidding Me?!?!". Every soldier, high school kid that lives on the base because their parents dragged them there, and blond haired wife, stood up, put their hand over their heart, and sang God Bless America. Hands down, most interesting thing I have seen so far.

Europa Europa

Today is my fourth day on a whirlwind 24 day eurotrip.
One day we were in Israel, Budapest, Vienna, and Italy in about a 24 hours period.
So far, Vienna is my favorite city. It was gorgeous.
Venice is a close second.
We also drove to Slovenia on a whim.
The people in Slovenia are exactly how you would imagine them being. I would have taken a picture, but I think one of them had a gun. Crazy Slovik mafia men.
Now we are in Florence. David blew me away, but I am not as impressed with the city as I thought I would be. Maybe because the buildings are so high, you dont get a sense of the entire space. It is nice that everything is so close though, and our hostel is soo nice. PLUS hostel for anyone that needs a hostel in Italy. It was also oddly the cheapest out of all of them.
Off to Cinque Terra tomorrow, sooo excited!! Hope it doesnt rain.