Rome, Day 24, 8 June 2009 An early breakfast at the Maiori hotel and a farewell to Richard Gere and we are off to the bus stop. This is more like the weather we are expecting. The sun is really hot at 8:30am as we wait at the bus stop. The bus arrives late and Read More »
The first day in Rome, we let ourselves sleep in a bit. We got up at 9 something and moseyed over the footbridge to the grocery store to get some food. We got Muesli, which is a granola type cereal, bananas, digestive cookies, apples, yogurt, ham, nutella, and other stuff. It was cheap and nutritious Read More »
8.6.09 Monday: Minturno, Cassino and Roma Well, I think its time that Bob and I owned up to a terrible addiction we have developed. Our habit needs to be fed on a weekly basis and unfortunately it is quite expensive and difficult to obtain in Europe. By Monday or Tuesday of each week we are Read More »
10th October Trained down to Rome. It’s strange using Italian train toilets – its essentially a toilet that opens down onto the tracks and the wind blows where it shouldn’t. I’d hate to be a track worker. We had booked a little apartment and met the owner at the front door. It was like looking Read More »
After a smooth 14 hour trip, we arrived in Rome at 7:30. We checked into the hotel and immediately struck out on an adventure filled day….Colesseum, The Forum, Palentine Hill, Arch of Constantine, Piazza Venezia Monument to Victor Emanuel II, and Capital Hill. Now… after wine, lunch, wine, appertifs, tiramisu gellati, and more wine, we Read More »
Today, we continued our adventure in Rome. We stood on Holy ground today.Early this morning, we traveled into the Vatican City. We were moved…life changing experience… I saw the Sistine Chapel…fulfilled dream. What we didn’t expect…the grandeur of St. Peter’s Basilica. It was amazing! Took our breath away upon entering… The Pieta brought tears… Pictures Read More »
I love Rinaldo. And his wife. They run “Rinaldo’s Cafe” here in the Rome Center basement…one of the few places with wireless internet. They are so cute. They basically live their lives behind their little counter. They get here early in the morning, and I’ve seen Rinaldo here until 2 in the morning. I mean Read More »
Today I woke up at 11:30am! Jeff woke me up in the middle of the night saying that he couldn’t sleep. After that I couldn’t get back to sleep until almost 4am. I woke up sometime in the early morning, heard the rain and went back to bed. Yep. I said rain. Great huh? It Read More »
Here I am, back in Boston (so annoyed at the Pats’ loss to the Saints last night!), trying to fill in some of the blog holes in my trip. I am still waiting for the Berlin/Poland/Prague/most-of-Rome memory card to arrive, so until then, I’ll start filling in other things. Here are the pictures I do Read More »
With only 2 days in Rome we decided to take two guided tours – the two places we wanted to see- Colesuim and Vatican City. We arrived in Rome to the Marriot Flora ( 5 stars ), yes those travel points add up. Soft king size bed, full bath, room service and a view. Set Read More »
