Munich - Austrian tyrol - Venice

So, this is a bit of a ruched one as well, off to Rome tomorrow.

MUNICH (Munchen if you are local) was pretty cool, i liked germany as a whole. We stopped in town for a few hours and checked out the city centre and went up a another church tower which freaked the shit out of me again (I am scared of heights but I always seem to do these things) Their clock tower on the hour was much more impressive than Pragues i must say. went and checked in and then me and Deb headed back to town. I spent up large on some clotyhes (which were actually even fairly cheap by NZ standards) and the we wnt to the Hofbrauhaus for a German meal and alitre stein of course. Needless to say after that i was pretty care free and we spent up large at the souvenir shop and stumbled out the door to find the Hard Rock Cafe straight across (I am sure they planned it that way) where walking straight in the door was a Guns N Roses signed Les Paul so we (I) went round taking photos of all their cool stuff and then we spent up large there too. Then we wandered the streets a bit more and took in some of Munich at night, good fun and pictuesque like every place we have been.

On to AUSTRIAN TYROL (Tirol if you are local) is a small town in Austria (Tyrol is partly in Austria and partly in Italy, we were in Austria) small skiing village in the winter but we went for a nice bike ride in the Austrian stinking hot summer and went up the gondola where we got a bit too much sun. broke up the trip nicely.

then to VENICE (Venezia if you are local) which is even hotter and where we are staying seems to be the worlds breeding place for mosquitos. We headed in to the city early at 8am on a boat that takes 15 minutes (we are on the mainland, 50 minutes by bus) and man it just blows you away before you even get there (apart from the rubbish boat on the way in) it looks just like the movies and we spent all day till 8.30pm going around the city churches, museums, shops, a gondola ride, eating pizza and pasta etc etc. The artworks in the museums and churches and the churches them selves are unbelievable, 6&700 year old paintings that are huge tower over you as you walk in and you literally cannot describe the images and the scale, the sculptures and everything are just things we dont see in NZ. the place itself was 33 degrees and smells a bit (the canals) but is so pretty and unique you just do not care as you walk around and see and do stuff and I may just do a seperate blog on how cool this place was as I am going to get kicked off the internet soon. Off to Rome (Roma for the locals) tomorrow which I am expecting to be even better(and hotter, and dirtier)...