Fuck it, I'm going to Paris!

Despite a long term hatred of all things Francais (I spit on you Madame Eichman, French teacher from hell!), it seems that the direct trains from Venice are limited to only a few cities, so Paris it is! At least that was the best I could come up with, the Italian trian agents are useless. I've found that you have to ask at least three times to get a straight answer: "Do you have any maps of trains outside of Italy?" "No just Italy." "But I picked up this brochure of your trains to Switzerland, do you have other brochures like this?" "No only Switzerland." "Can you tell me what other countries I can get to direct from Venice?" "Here are brochures with maps for France, Germany, and Austria, go away."

I had to laugh when I booked my ticket because that was nowhere near my plan, but that's the fun of backpacking I guess. I'm taking and overnight train on Tuesday (so I sure hope I can get an extra night at the campsite here in Venice), and then will stay one or two nights in Paris (insert your own Hilton joke here). Nuts! But hopefully I can figure out the deal with reservations at the Louvre if necessary, so it doesn't just turn into another world class museum that I skip due to lines, ha ha. From there onto Amsterdam and then HOME!