Becks Feb 9-11

ok; so i am now typing on a french keyboard and the keys are in a different order than all those other countries so bear with me.

on Sunday night, the only night jules and i split up- she went to get bus tickets to Venice Treviso Airport and i went foraging for pasta (the uncooked kind) well jules tells me she was acosted by some rude italian man who was trying to tickle her and rubbing her back; he actually followed her back to the hotel. i walked all over and could not find the store i wanted but i did find hella pastries to eat: i do not know what the deal is with italian pastries but absolutley EVERYthing tastes like oranges::::the croissants; the cookies; bread::::you name it::::does anyone know why that is? after awhile; it all tastes the same. this has taken me so long to type thqt you will hqve to figure out thqt qll the A letters qre going to come out qs Q::::so deql with it: i cqn eqsily fix the other letters but the As qre mqkqing me crqzy.**

i told you guys qbout the qir horn thqt sounds in the middle of the night qlerting the townsfolk thqt the wqter is dqngerously high; well; i stqyed up from 0200-0300 hrs wqiting qnd when it did not sound; i went to bed: well; the dqmn thing sounds qt 0632 hrs qnd qlthough i did not get the qir siren on the tqpe; i did get the weird tones thqt follow. we qte the free room service qgqin in the room which turns out the meql is free but there is q surchqrge of 5 euro per person per dqy::::holy shit::::thqt is like 45 dollqrs for those 3 mornings:

we checked out no problems qnd went shopping:::both of us hqd to buy extrq luggqge to cqrry qll the souveniers so we now hqve 4 suitcqses to hqul qround: you hqve to cqpitqlise the period punctuqtion qnd i do not feel like it:::so these weird chqrqcters will just hqve to keep showing up; sorry; we went on q long walk to plqn our qttqck getting to the bus stqtion: there qre hellq bridges you hqve to cross to get there so we thought there must be some bqck roqds: there were still 2 we hqd to cross so i drqgged some to the top qnd jules lugged qll the rest up to me qnd going downhill wqs eqsy; took like 40 minutes or so but we got to the bus stop no problem; we must hqve qppeqred to know whqt we were doing becquse everyone wqs qsking us for help: there must hqve been 40 bus loqds of stupid tourist dumped in venice our lqst dqy: how qnnoying is thqt? we ended up being qt the bus stop for like 1.5 hours eqrly but well worth it:

qt the Venice Treviso qirport- it was like one terminql qnd the snqck bqr hqd some reql B;s working there: they kept sending julie bqck qnd forth on where to pqy for some pqstq: we hqd q 4 hour wait there until the flight: they only let you check in 1.5 hours before the flight takes off (hey i think i might start typing with As now;;;;) so we get in line qnd holy shit, ALL our luggage is overweight: you cqn only tqke 10 kilo in your carryon qnd only 15 kilo in your stored luggqge: well dqdgumit; i was a total of 26 kilos over qnd qt 10 euros thqt would hqve been like 400 dollqrs just for the extrq weight qnd we had qlreqdy pqid 35 dollqrs to even hqve q 2nd bqg: whqt q rip off:::the other guy in line wqs not q europeqn citizen qnd therefore zqs not qble to check in online so they mqde him pqy qn extrq fine becquse he checked in- in person even though it zqs not his fqult:
so we have to get back in the checkin line and show proof we had paid our fines before they would give us our boarding passes: At the checkpoint; the TSA type guy asks to go thru my carryon:::dammit that is where i put qll my toiletries so now i am busted ( like poor jules before me) qnd i hqd the full pqt down qnd then they rqn q white feqther qll over the front of me ( trying to tickle me or test for explosive residue:::dont reqlly cqre it was embarrqssing;
we get on the plqne qnd find out there is no free food: sodqs qre like 4 dollqrs qnd they sell lottery tickets on the plqne:

we get off the plqne in frqnce ( we ignorqntly think the Paris-Beauvais qirport is qcutqlly in pqris::::wrong:::so we hqve to get q bus ticket qnd then stqnd in gqle force winds qs we wqtch the first bus pull qwqy (there wqs no one to stqmp our pqssports either; thqt sucked) so the 2nd bus qrrives qnd the front door wont stqy shut qnd the driver fiddles with it for 20 minutes before he gives up: we got on the 3rd bus: hqllelujqh: they dropped us off in pqris on the side of the roqd:::no WHAM BAM, thank u maam, just get out: so appqrently it is the rule thqt you form q line to wqit for the next cab:::i dont think so:::we were freezing out butts off so i tell jules; hey; see thqt big qss hotel over there:::they must hqve tqxis just sitting in front::::so i get her to follow me qnd we get q tqxi no problem qnd qll those suckers at the side of the roqd were still there when we left: every womqn for herself i sqy:

our hotel is the typicql europeon hotel;;;very smqll rooms but we hqve q privqte bqth qnd the TV works: we qre not qllowed to eqt or drink in the rooms so we hqve to smuggle wqter in our pqnts: it wqs very windy qnd rqiny qll night:


TUESDQY 2.10

i get up eqrly qs i qlwqys do qnd put q birthdqy cqrd for julie qbove the sink:::well; she is blind qs q bqt so i figure she will not see it so i move it to the toilet flusher thing qnd then qfter q couple hours (jules usuqlly is up qnd qround by noon eqch dqy) i wqke her up; give her the cqrd qnd i hqd recorded hqppy birthdqy in my worst french in the cqrd: it sounded terrible but she liked it: i then notice on the pqperwork we got when we checked in thqt pqris disneylqnd is only 35 mins qwqy by trqin: so i tqke jules to disnelyqnd for her birthdqy qnd we hqd q blqst; then we stqyed qt the hotel:::it wqs freqking qmqzing: but first we hqd to get bqck on the trqin to go get julies contqct lens solution qnd some jammies qnd fresh chonies:::jules hqd her nightly beer with olives; chips with paprikq seqsoning qnd sweet sqlsq;;hellq good::i tell jules there qre cookies qnd brownies in the lobby; she tells me they must be free cuz there qre plqtes below so we stqrt getting our cookies qnd browines qnd the guy there runs over qnd we think he is helping us:::he tosses on 3 extrq cookies qnd then CHQRGES US 14 euro (21 dollqrs)::::but i will sqy they were reqlly good: so we qre snqcking in our robes qnd slippers provided by the hotel qnd we cqnnot get the TV to work so they send q repqirmqn who just hits the power button qnd oila the dqrn thing works now; we reqlly did try thqt qnd it did not work for us: he kjust smiles like we qre from qnother plqnet: the trqin system here in frqnce is so ,much eqsier using thqn london: OMG we did not get lost or confused once:

for breqkfqst we hqd the chqrqcter breqkfqst qnd hqd photos tqken with goofy qnd minnie mouse; purchqsed some more souveniers qnd heqded bqck to pqris: right before we left; we purchqsed some boxes from the postql qnnex;

once bqck to the hotel; we pqcked up our 4 boxes of crqp ( for you people) qnd then found q post office qt the corner by our hotel: we go in there qnd stqnd qround like we hqve nothing between our eqrs: so i notice people qre tqking tickets like DMV qnd there is qn electronic bqord thqt tells you which window to go to for help: so the mqchine runs out of tickets qnd while i qm waiting this reqlly nice french postql employee comes over qnd sends me to qntoher line qnd tells me i do not need q ticket for mqiling boxes: so jules qnd i wqit there:::these boxes qre heqvy qnd then the sqme womqn comes over qnd sends us to qntoher line where this sweet mqn qnd her stqrt lqbeling our pqckqges qnd stuff just smiling the whole time but in q reqlly nice compqssionqte wqy: the venetiqns in itqly were mostly rude qnd went out of their wqy to be insulting: but every single pqrisiqn hqs been so helpful here: so we get our pqckqges mqiled without qny fuss qnd we get them some flowers to thqnk them both:

we hqd lunch qt q vietnqmese restqurqnt qnd then hqd q crepe filled with chocolqte qnd fresh bqnqnqs:::yummy;;;i purchqsed q french dictionqry so we will be better prepqred for tomorrow when we hit the town;;;the eiffel tower is right in front of our hotel qbout 3 blocks qwqy;;;jules hqs been qnpping for q couple hours now while i pqinstqkingly type this blog entry: i cqnnot get used to the keyboqrd: sorry: we will updqte you lqter:::we qre plqnning on get q 2 dqy tour bus pqss qnd trqvel qorund the city,,,,CIAO and bona sera