DUBROVNIK TO ROME AND THE ADVENTURES INBETWEEN!

TRAVELING FROM DUBROVNIK TO ROME!!!!!! Well after saying goodbye to another new family it was time to set off for Rome. It's 12pm Saturday afternoon and bear in mind I haven't had more than 2 hours sleep since 8am Friday morning and spent last night partying it up at Revelin.  To say I'm pretty exhausted is an understatement!!! Anyway head off to Dubrovnik International a little early than needed but didn't wanna stress just wanted to get my stuff there check in and just chill for a few hours.  All good get there check in go through to departure gates and just sit at a table with a coffee and a sandwich. Perfect. Board my plane to Athens via Munich, don't ask me why they travel 2 hours up to have to travel another 2 hours across!!!!!  Get into Athens at midnight, had decided to crash at the airport as I had to b back there at 5am for check-in of my flight to Rome.  Well that was the stupidest idea I think I've ever had!!!!  This airport is bright, it's loud and there are no quiet corners to crash in. Spend the night listening to music and surfing the net.  Finally at 4.30 they open the check in, im on this, check in walk thru to the departure gates and try find a spot for a 2 hour power nap, nup nothing!!!!! It's now been like 44 hours and I've had nothing more than a couple of 10-15 min power naps. I'm feeling ok tho. Board plane at 6.30 - yes got 2 hours to sleep - hahaha that didn't happen either. Oh well get to Rome and do the whole public transport thing, Rome had other ideas as they are doing maintenance so had to follow detours everywhere to a half shuttle bus to catch the subway to met up with the bus to take me to my accommodation. All good I survive the dreaded public transport to Cornelia. Wait there for a bus for 30 mins in 34 degree heat, it's only lunch time. Bus comes yay! Get on the back and stand, a nice Sth African girl starts talking to me, we r going to the same place so that's perfect we have each other to get thru the next adventure with. The buses in Rome are shit. We had 2 people being really helpful so we thought cool, had our stuff sorted, we were killing it. Got told to get off at the right stop, the guy made it look like he was getting off to, I make it off in tact but poor Meredith is sort of attacked by this massive guy, not in a bad way just a clumsy falling all over her kinda way, she eventually struggles past him gets off and off we go. We are both thinking to ourselves at this stage that that was a little weird. Anyway nothing said just both looking forward to our rooms and a relax before hitting up Rome. We go to check in Meredith goes first, no wallet anywhere! That fat bastard that attacked her had pick pocketed her!!!!  He took her wallet from her handbag and it had her cash, passport, cards and a new camera. She was in shock, I had no idea what to say or do. Gave her some space to register what's just happened. She called her bf, got her shit together but in the meantime ive got the local polices address and told her we will go down and file a report. Both angry and in shock that we saw what was unfolding but didn't click as to the reality of what he was doing we set off for the cop shop. They do their thing, send her in her way. In the meantime she has nothing, I lend her some cash so she can eat for the next few days, we go book in, get our rooms and agree to met for a drink in an hour. It's now 53 hours and no real good sleep. I open the door of my bungalow and am greeted with an ensuite but best of all an air conditioner and no room mate - YES I've hit pay dirt - finally. I unpack some stuff, have the nicest longest coolest shower with rocking and banging into walls like I had been for the last week use a loo that actually works properly, man I'm in heaven. Anyway I have maybe 10 mins shut eye then Meredith comes up we go off have that drink, chat and just relax by the pool. She then goes off to conquer the Coliseum and I go buy some food and do some washing. Gonna be nice having clean clothes. I wash them all see a guy I met in Athens so have a chat with him while waiting, go back to my room, have a roomy now, young girl from Adelaide so that's all cool, I start to chill and relax, it's now 9.30ish she heads out for a drink and I head to bed, do a little computer stuff then hit the sack, think it was like 10.30 when I turned the lights out, i had pretty much been awake for a solid 62 hours with the exception of maybe 2 hours of little power naps!!!!  I was out before my head hit the pillow but now I'm awake and it's only been 6 hours - arghhhhh. Oh well got up to date with my blog so it's all good. It's now 5.48 so gonna try get a little more sleep before conquering Rome in a day ;)