Sunday, October 28, 2007

How to stay under budget

-Wake up early in Ravenna and eat the hostel's free breakfast of lunch meat, bread, spreadable cheese, hard boiled eggs and jam. Consider making a sandwich in secret to eat later, but reconsider because in the whole dining room it's just you and Kate. €0

-Take the train, which your pass covers, to Bologna. You walk to the train station. €0

-Hop on a bus to the Ducati factory. Italy never checks for bus tickets, so you don't buy one. €0

-Take the free tour of the museum at the Ducati factory. Touch/pose with the bikes, ignoring the bilingual signs saying not to. Hop back on the bus to the town center. Don't pay again. €0

-Walk the streets, and go in the basilica. Wait for someone else to put 20 cents in the machine to light up the fresco depicting Dante's "Inferno." €0

-Go to crowded pizza place and get two slices of cheese pizza and a can of Pepsi. Ask for Pepsi Light, but shake your heah when the woman says something while rubbing her thumb and forefinger together. Watch Kate eat her artichoke and zucchini slice. €5 total

-Find a gelateria. Have a few tastes of Kate's but let her eat most of it since A) You had twice the pizza she did, and B) You don't feel like gelato. €2

-Go in the first Italian H&M you've seen, but leave because women's clothes won't replace your increasingly hole-y jeans. €0

-Stop at random tent celebrating 100 yeas of Baci candy. Nod and simle as they speak to you in Italian. Take the free sample. €0

-Train it back to Ravenna. €0

-Go to gro sto for sandwich stuff for dinner. €9 total

-With leftover olive oil potato chips and Edam cheese, make world's weirdest nachos. (included with dinner)

-Go to bed. €15

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

this almost sounds like a master card commercial...i was waiting for the "priceless"...a little disappointed! haha hope you're doing well :) i'm working on getting to SF for spring break, but it's not looking too good right now :(

Anonymous said...

This could be a book.

Anonymous said...

Hey big handsom lookin sooo cool in the photo,
Now that I'v got your attention, thanks for the card, I did notice the date..thank you for that too. I did not notice Greece on the tour???? It is going to take me a minute to read all the rest of your travels...aaaaaa to be young!!!Tiff got a house in SL and is in the middle of restoration or should I say demolition. And you'll never guess who has stepped up to the plate?
I'll leave you with that for now...be safe and enjoy!!! I'm so jealous.
Auntie Con

Anonymous said...

Please stop going into H&Ms. Europe must have other stores. Find yourself a great boutique. (And Italy does nicer things than that. ----H&M, hmmm.....)

Anonymous said...

Servus, Zac (In case you've forgotten, "greetings" in Hungarian) -

Trick or Treat! It's officially Halloween,(4am in LA).

Just thought you'd like to know, your name comes up at the office when stressed and envious of your current adventure.

Enjoy every minute and keep the blog going.