Forum or Against 'em?

Ok so let me appoligize for the last entry because it was an email I sent earlier. I just copied and pasted it because we were in a rush to get out. So here are the past events in more detail and then some.

It all starts three-ish days ago. We made reservations from Athens to Patras for the 11 a.m. train, however on our tickets it said 12:37 which was actually the time we arrived to switch trains. We took that to mean that the train was really at 12:37. Wrong. Instead we took the train at 1 and got to Patras at 6:30. Our ferry to Bari left at 6. As a result we got a hotel room for the three of us for one night in Patras which was suprisingly nice. I had a gyro for dinner and it was delicious. That night Kent was the lucky one to have his own bed and Maggie and I shared the double bed. It was really cold in the room and Maggie literally took up the entire bed. I tried sleeping at the foot of the bed and floor but was having none of it. So, I just said "Maggie move" and she did and then I got some sleep. Patras was significantly cleaner then Athens and overall a more pleasant environment (no prostitutes).

The next day our ferry wasn't until 6. To keep ourselves entertained we hung out in a park on the water and visited the largest Greek Orthodox church in Greece. It was beautiful and painted all over on the inside. It also housed the head of saint Andrew and part of the cross he was crucified on. I have tons of pictures don't worry. 6 finally rolled around and we got on our ferry. For 18 euro we got air seats. Air seats are similar to airplane seats and in an air conditioned room with 2 tvs. There we met a group of 3 guys who were total bros and kind of nice. Chad, bro number 1, some how could hook his ipod up to the tv and we watched a few movies. After the movies we played some card games and just hung out. By the way, the Greeks drink ouzo and it is terrible. I was fortunate enough to fall asleep across a row of seats and in the morning I woke up in Bari.

Once in Bari we somehow managed to skirt around passport control by accident but I hope not a big deal. I kind of wanted the Italy stamp though. We made train reservations for Bari to Rome but not until 4:30. More time to kill. There is not much to do in Bari so we sat in a park and watched the goings on until our train. The train ride was boring an uneventful. However, our tickets were printed wrong and we technically should have got off at a stop 2 hours south of Rome. We managed to remain on the train.

Once in Rome we went right to the hostel and bed. The hostel is so much nicer then the one in Athens complete with kitchen and common room. Today we woke up and headed for the open air market to pick up delicious fruit, bread, cheese and olives. Then we walked to the pantheon. We had lunch on the steps and took many many pictures of the outside with the millions of tourists. Then we went inside the Pantheon. Way too crowded but amazing none the less. I took pictures of the inside every fifteen feet or so and could probably reconstruct the pantheon in picture form. From the pantheon we headed to the Forum via the Trevi fountain. I threw the coin over my shoulder so looks like I'm coming back. Sick dude. After some pictures there it was off the Forum. Obviously the Forum was amazing and incredible and I took about a 100 pictures. We walked behind a tour that cost about 30 euro and didn't pay a cent for it. Oh how great it is to be a backpacker. The next logical step was to go into the Coliseum and there shockingly was no line putting us right in there. By that time is was about 6 in the afternoon and we walked back to our hostel from there. The plan for tonight is to make ourselves pasta, hang out and then go for gelato. We thought about doing a pub crawl but decided against it. Ourlives are too rough. Until probably tomorrow, good night and good luck.