On the way to Angoli

On the way to Angoli from Jack Biggs on Vimeo.

I added a video to this post, just for teh lolz. We're currently stuck in a traffic jam, moving rather slowly, so (looking on the bright side here) we can see the countryside in more detail, and we won't have to worry about speed cameras. The speed cameras in Italy are somewhat interesting because not all of them are single speed-and-shoots, the vast majority time you from one point to another, making it virtually impossible to go over the speed limit and not get a ticket. I don't really know what my obsession is with speed cameras, it could be because they don't exist in the USA and I'm curious to know more, kind of lke the high speed train systems. Speaking of which, while we were at the gas station we saw one go by at at least 120 mph (~200 kph for the metrically inclined), which completed my day about 10 hours early.

The countryside really is quite beautiful here, as I said in my video it's less scrubby like France and and more, well, tree-y. There are a ridiculous amount of mountains, and on each mountain there's almost always a village. I think I'd appreciate it a lot more if we were actually going somewhere. The time it's taken for me to write all of this has gotten us about 200 meters. We might just get out of the car and have a picnic.

Anyways, last night, despite my fatigue, I decided to go out with everyone to see Rome. We saw the Vatican, a fortress thingy (the name escapes me and I plead you all to forgive my American ignorance), and a bridge in front of said fortress thingy (see previous comment). After we toured around town a bit, we went to a pizzeria for dinner. We went home, I collapsed, and actually slept. Today I feel worse, but at least I'm worse and well-rested.

So this was a rather short post. Like last time, I'll post and then write an update once we're actually there. If we ever get there. We've moved another 200 meters. At least we're actually moving.