I just got back to Canada after backpacking Italy and France for 3weeks. Now you're probably thinking, "gee...thats not along time". but being 18 and never travelled before ir was a really big thing. It was hard, im thinking Siena walking uphill on winding cobblestone pathways in the rain with a 40lbs pack stapped to you, but it was absolutly amazing (even when my baby toe was at risk of self-amputation). i took around 800pictures, but they were mostly snapshotty, more so to document the trip than to be artistic or whatever. Both Bruce and I got really low on our memory space, so thats all we could do. i think i may get 50post worthy pictures out of 800, but i'll probably post no more than 10. and anyways, the things that i saw and are there could never be done justice by a photograph even by the best photographer. absolutly incredible, but i am so happy to be back in Canada. humid air..get me a tim hortons coffee!!