This is the first, of four, emails that I sent to a large covey of email addresses while on our travels in May. So, for those of you who received, enjoy again, and for those of you who didn't, I hope you enjoy the first time!
First stop, Roma. We blasted through the first day all over the coliseum, forum, etc etc walking about 15 mi. No sitting! We sat down the first time for dinner at 9 p.m. and the first wave hit me, then the second, then the second or third glass of wine, then....we were very happy to only have to cross the street to bed!
First stop, Roma. We blasted through the first day all over the coliseum, forum, etc etc walking about 15 mi. No sitting! We sat down the first time for dinner at 9 p.m. and the first wave hit me, then the second, then the second or third glass of wine, then....we were very happy to only have to cross the street to bed!
Day two, San Pietro....bella bella. We missed the timing for the Sistine, so off to the best Pistachio gelato in the city, chunks and chunks of nuts and sitting for 2-3 hours on the sidewalk people watching. Men in red pants, what?. Day 3, Sistine, Vatican museums, And, we walked the Appian Antica. The old roman road for those unawares. Bella bella. Everything seems so old here. And the weather, fabulous.
Govanna was our B&B hostess, she was a hoot and a hollar! She gives many hugs to me and kisses to John.
Train to Venice. What can you say about Venice that is not written, painted or expressed any other way? Lovely experience. Music on the square, the smell of ocean, the smell ever so slightly of sewer, and the smell of food. It has been amazingly not overwhelming with tourists. We found San Marco first at night with very few people and took great pictures. The first night we were a bit lost, Then we decided to use a map.
We are averaging one bottle of wine a day. Is that bad? Yes, I bought Italian sandals today, is that bad? But...on sale!! The nice old lady came by to tell us that we could not sit in San Marco square anywhere! And right in the middle of my drawing too.
So, Train to Bologna this afternoon, for our tour of the Maserati, Ferrari and Lamborghini factories and show rooms tomorrow. John is wearing out the camera...dare I say we've taken nearly 900 pictures so far????? Okay, so that includes video too...
That is about as much as I can think of in my 30 min. time limit on this computer surrounded by American teens with bad language and trying to recall our first week of travelling. We each packed all we needed in our own backpacks and I already have too many clothes with me. You don't need much. And the cool thing about doing laundry? You get to repack your bags with clean clothes instead of dragging around dirty stuff for 3 weeks.
Can't find the spelling for "later", so Caio!
It sounds just like all the movies - heavenly...
Posted by: J | Jun 24, 2008 at 02:33 PM
I know you guys had an absolutely wonderful trip. I am so glad that you had this opportunity to escape for a while.
Posted by: Tulip Girl | Jun 26, 2008 at 08:17 AM