Ireland Here We Come…
We have arrived! Our 9th country in only 4 weeks! WHEW. Our flight was around noon out of FCO which is about 30 minutes west of Rome, so we booked ourselves a taxi last night and were thrilled when it arrived this morning, just a tad bit late, but totally forgivable considering our taxi was a silver Mercedes. Score! Well, let me just tell you, having an Italian guy driving you around in a flashy Merc SOUNDS nice, but no, no, no. This is some scary shit! I was good through the city, heck, most of those scooters would bouce right off of our car, right? But then we got to the freeway. Not so bad at first. Crusing speed seemed normal, comfortable, acceptable…and then it began. There was apparantly a quarter mile between us and the car ahead of us which meant our...
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The plane flight was super easy and we are in Clara Ireland now. No Internet till Friday niht when we get to Dublin. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Tell a friend
Read MoreCiao Roma!
First thing first. Shelly, yes, Shelly, I am specifically addressing you in my blog. Why would one do such a thing? Let me tell you. I am doing this simply to thank you for the 3:00 a.m. text that woke me from a dead sleep and nearly gave me a heart attack! I am guessing that in your reading-frenzy you have neglected to realize that there is a time difference between California and Italy and therefore you did not realize you would be scaring the crap out of me when you texted me at that hour. Regardless, I thought everyone should know how divoted a fan you are of our blog. A 3:00a.m. text just to tell me how sad you were that you would be spending the day driving home instead of getting your daily fix on howesabouteurope.com. You are a true fan! Second thing I...
Read MoreA Not So Well Planned Day…
Finally a day where we could sleep in and boy did we. Nic and I were asleep until 10 and laid in bed until around 11. We finally drug ourselves out of bed and headed out. Our plan for the day: go to the Cappuchin Crpyt, Castel St. Angelo and Pizza Al Tiglio. We decided to walk to the crypt as it was only about .75 miles and it was easier than walking to the hot, musty metro. The walk was nice, it had just rained so the ground was wet and slippery. We took our time, popping into a few shops on the way. Once we made it to the Barberini intersection we found the crypt very easily. One problem…the crypt was closed. We made it there around 12:30. The crypt it seems is open from 9-12 and 3-6. We had just missed the open time and had walked the .75 mile just to...
Read MoreThe Movies Rome Style
This is a pic of Nic at the movie theatre. We are seeing The Informant it is in English with Italian subtitles. No popcorn, only 2 screens in the whole theatre!!! Screen is about 20 ft across. Oh yeah, she is in the back row… So tiny! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Tell a friend
Read MorePizza Al Taglio (Pizza By The Slice)
I just wanted to share a pic of our favorite pizza we have had in Rome. No tables, no chairs, just cheap great pizza. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Tell a friend
Read MoreOn our own again, kinda…
Well, our tour is officially over. I have decided that I am NOT going to write a blog tonight as I am just too tired, but I am going to write an overview so I can fill in the blanks later. Tour ended last night, breakfast never happened this morning. Instead the sun was shining bright and so we called Mike and Claudia and asked if they’d still be up for an afternoon at the ruins followed by some gelato! They said of course and we hopped on a train and headed west! We met them at the train station, headed to the ruins, then to pizza, ice cream, and back on the train. Instead of heading back we decided to continue west for a few more stops and check out an Italian beach! Yep, that is right, today we were at the Mediterranean sea! Well, at least we think we...
Read MoreA “Till We Meet Again” Dinner
I couldn’t believe this night had finally come. Could we really have spent the last 2 weeks with all of these people? Part of me felt like I had just met them and the other part felt like they were friends I had known a lifetime. Kevin and I both had some hiccups on this trip and I know that had we had a different group we might not be here today carrying on! We all met in the lobby at 6:30 so we could head to dinner for one last time as a group. Our fearless leader, once again, got the whole mess of us to a neighborhood restaurant where we sat in a semi-private room at two huge tables. As always she had arranged a vegetarian option for me (I appreciate that more than she’ll ever know!) and a sad little slab of meat was served to the rest of the gang....
Read MoreAn Amazing Roman Holiday…
I do not know the technical definition of holiday or how it is used in the UK when someone goes on holiday but I would think it would be relaxing. Rome is not! Now I am not complaining but I wanted to remember the fact that this trip, all 3 weeks that we’ve completed, has been exhausting. Exhausting can be good, like finishing a race or a project or building a fence; or being in Rome. I mean let’s be honest I shouldn’t be complaining about being tired when I haven’t worked, cleaned a dish, vacuumed, dusted or pruned a tree in over 3 weeks. And I’m not, I’m really not complaining. I’m just saying, it’s exhausting work to be a tourist. What made today so exhausting? Well loyal readers I will tell you. Exhausting step...
Read MoreWhen in Rome…
Wow, what a day we had today and what a way to spend day 12 of our tour. We started this morning in Tuscany at 8am; once again too early for Nic and I. We took a nice group photo before piling onto the bus for another 5 hour trip. As you can guess we made a stop in 2 hours, then another stop in 1.5 hours at an Autogrill. We have all become very familiar with how to eat and purchase at an Autogrill. One thing they do differently is that you have to pay first before you get food. So, for a sandwich, you figure out the name of the one you want then you go to a register, which isn’t near the sandwiches, pay for your sandwich then go back and give it to a deli worker. The goal is to reduce contamination because money is so dirty. The food is fine but as I stated...
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