Rain, rain, go away...

This must be my third blog post about the weather, but so far it's one of the only things I haven't been impressed by here in Rome. Well actually, I take that back. I've been impressed by the fact that it can be beautiful and sixty, without a cloud in the sky in the morning, and by noon it is pouring rain with no sign of letting up. I know I've heard about London being this way, but Rome?

Actually, my visitors from London told me today that it isn't even like that in London.

So far on my trip: First snowfall in 25 years in Rome? Check. Rain 5 days a week at least for an hour? I'd say that ones a check too. Ranging from 60 to 30 within one week for the past month? You got it. Global warming affecting Rome? Al Gore would most certainly say so.

This rain keeps putting kinks in my plans as a tour guide. Another kink came in the form of a public transportation strike today. All buses and metro in Rome were on strike today. Striking seems to be a pretty common thing these past two months in Europe as well, especially in the Transportation sector. Lufthansa had a strike the day after my parents flew home on one of their flights. EasyJet had a strike that delayed becky's arrival to Nice, and messed with a lot of my classmates travel plans. British Airways is planning a strike as well for the near future. Public Transportation I believe has been on strike twice since I've been in Rome. I'm pretty sure I've seen some other protests and strikes recently in the news in Europe as well?

So what's going on that all these groups of people are so unhappy? I'm living here and I couldn't be happier. But I guess the grass is always greener on the other side, and in my case I get to frolic in those greener fields for a couple months.


Sorry for no post last night, I went to post and realized I had no more internet left and didn't want to have to wake the night clerk to buy more.