Only Me

OK, I'm ready to blog - For finally the anxiety has subsided and slowly been replaced by the adventurous spirit. That said there was definitely cause for anxiety. Upon arrival in Paris I had a complete panic attack in the airport because I mistakingly thought that I had left my eurail pass at home. It took me well over an hour to make it into Paris, and the series of mishaps continued... the trains were full for the next couple days so I was stranded in Paris and wouldn't make it to Italy. The hostel was on the sketchiest of corners and I picked up a stalker who found me every time I left the place and refused to leave my side. When not with me - he sold Marlborough's on the street corner. (in all fairness - after wandering Paris the next day I did decide I enjoy the city)
I spent all of Tuesday on a train to Florence Italy. Upon arriving I was lost, misdirected by the police officer and about five others. Eventually I found my hostel and for once relaxed being able to speak english when I met girls from Vancouver. My last day in Florence, after getting up early to go to the Uffizi so I could skip the long lines I was kicked out of my hostel. Luckily I did find another hostel for my last night, but it was far from the Florence train station, and because of my late start i ended up waiting for 3 hours to get into the gallery.
Once I reached Venice I needed to be anxiety free, so I planned on staying there for quite a while. Luckily things worked out surprisingly well and it is here that the anxiety began to subside. Although the Sospiri hostel was under construction and not technically opened, I managed to get checked in when someone met me at the hostel. When another girl showed up no one met her but I happened to be walking by and together we got a drunken man to figure out how to use my key to get in and called the main hostel - a venice fish.
And besides our difficulties getting into the hostel (every time) and the shower that was held together with masking tape, Venice was the most amazing city I've ever visited...