By the time we arrived in Venice, we were starting to feel more like wilted flowers in mid summer than the spring chickens we are. Jet lag plus a packed schedule of almost every waking hour was starting to catch up. Venice was still magical when we came out of the station though. A gondola Read More »
It wasn’t a direct train so lots of people came on and off the train during our ride to Venice. There are also two stops in Venice but we only booked it to the first stop. Luckily the train attendant didn’t feel like kicking us out when he was checking tickets.
Though even the name Venice Read More »
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 we 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 starting 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 at a 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 »
Following breakfast, we started out for Venezia in the MB. Giavanni (our GPS) led us well until we reached a new highway that he did not recognize. After a brief diversion, we again got on track and reached Venice by 1:30 and turned in the car. I didn’t know quite what to expect but thought Read More »
Ken slept in this morning due to a little late night partying…I struck out on my own onto the Venice streets with my camera. After about 1 1/2 hours of snapping photos, Ken met me and we had an early lunch of authentic pizza. From there, we took a water taxi over to the island Read More »
