Manifestazione

 October 15th there were manifestations all over italy, the biggest was in Rome, which is where I went with my roomates, what is a manifestation you ask? well it is a political statement where mainly youth, but tons of people of all ages come out and march through the streets expressing their diverse opinons, see for yourself

 The metro station to get into town

 Comunist 

 all ages

 I stayed away from the violence, but we were not all so lucky

 the law

 peace

 trying to get a better look at the caos

 this is my roomate, the lemon is to counteract the tear gas, which was used, quite a bit

 cops spraying the croud

 one of 3 fires i saw

after the madness

 some of the dammage 

it really sucks for the owner of that car

Oktoberfest

 Metro in Germany

 Train ride into Germany from Italy, it was too beautiful to sleep

 ich lieb dich translates to i love you

 these cookie hearts are all over oktoberfest!

 pac man?

 This was one of four lions whose nose you touch and make a wish, this was a part of the city not of the festival

 Some lovely German music to make the mood

 some traditional food

 A governmment building, i think the mayor lives here, anyway this is a taste of german architecture

 this is how crowded the metro was, obviously someone was not too thrilled by the lack of space

 fun fun fun 

 it was like the county fair, just with much more beer

 fortune telling machine

 some more important architecture around town

 oktoberfest: as seen by night

 carly and max on the swings

 this is a typical scene at oktoberfest

 dont worry i didnt drink all of it (i dont even like beer)

 this guy standing on the table with his arms up chugged 6 liters of beer and was casually drinking inbetween each chug. an oktoberfest champion id say

 this is the group, germans and americans both! thanks for a great time

thats all folks

Belluno

Belluno, the beautiful one, where mountains and river make for a beautiful weekend

 Just a friendly reminder that I love snail mail and have an address now ;)