Salvador Bed And Breakfast Rome

... wolf story. It was the largest city on earth at about 1,000,000 residents during the Imperial period, then vacated to 20,000 during the Middle Ages, back to about 3 million today. It has had so many rich historical periods that the museums are specialized – Prehistoric, Etruscan, Egyptian, Early Medieval, High Medieval, Papal Gifts, Construction discoveries, Municipal Gifts, Imperial Rome, Jewish, Public Baths, Renaissance ...

... back to the place we ate the first night as I liked it so much. Had a lovely dinner and shared Teramissu while Lynden sang to me! Had a Early night as we had to leave the hotel at 5:30 am to Pompeii.

That's all for now as we are running out of computer time so we will update Pompeii later. We arrive in Venice this morning and just got back from dinner. Its beautiful and just as you would imagine it!

Lots of love,
J and L

... in a side chapel, and the crowd stopped. People stood on the plastic chairs to take pictures, again, and I couldn't get out. I was starting to feel like one of those concert goers smothered by the crowd, but eventually we started moving. Little did I know, during the recessional, a woman jumped the barrier to hug the Pope. That may have also caused some problems for us trying to leave. I got back to my hotel about 2:30 AM, and went to bed.

It's getting late, I'll get as much as I can and finish the rest later... I actually decided to sleep in today to 8:30. I've got 4 days here, I might as well be semi relaxed. I had a mediocre but free breakfast, and then headed into town. By 10:00, I was on my way to the Coloseum. I'm a firm believer in walking to attractions if its less than a 1 hour walk; what better way to see the city? After a short walk and a few close calls with ...

... caught my attention was a refurbished copy of the Greek statue of the guy throwing the discus. The attention to the finest muscular detail, and body mechanics made me have to sit down, and study it for a while. I had never seen in photographs the precision and masterful skill that went into creating this statue. Even though this was not the original, it still was striking. After the museum we decided to go back and lie down for a few hours, and napped until dinner ...

... guide described the uses of the massive complex in the days when it was used for gladiator matches and wild animal hunting in great gory detail. The tour was very good but the heat on the second level of the Coliseum was almost unbearable. They even used to flood the Coliseum, bring in battleships, and allow prisons to fight each other to the death for their freedom! Jay had to split off from the group at one point. All in all, after two hours instead of 40 minutes the tour ...

... for art. Italian is chill, we go to class for an hour 4 days a week and sit and speak Italian. I have a lot of free time to explore the city and hang out with my friends. The pizza is great and so is the gelato. I try to get one, at least every other day! I like to make my own dinner most nights. The food here is soo fresh and delicious. I can really taste a difference between it and food back home. Ha and mom i have started to eat tomatoes! no olives yet tho. I ...

... a pillow (I'm not the mean older brother stereo type), actually maybe something heavier...trying a few more times with no luck and it was early in the morning back in Aus so no money for me..as I tuned around I was surrounded by 4 guys, young Italians..Uh Oh..I quickly pulled out my wallet showed them how I had no money and gesticulated in a fashion showing how I couldn't get any out..and prepared myself to bolt..they guys stated arguing and I thought they were going to beat me up ...

... down for a nap, and read until about 10, when we decided to venture out. We actually found the colluseum, all lit up at night, which is actually very beautiful. Its amazing to see this old ancient building and watch the tiny cars and motorbikes whiz by it. The streets surrounding the colluseum are apparently one of the hot spots and we had no problem finding a cute restaurant called Luzzi. They sat us right away, even though it was super crowded and I had this ...

... they figured if those were Jim's last words, they didn't want to sound conceded to the world by saying they had been about them. Then I was Jim. And we dock at a port in lower orbit and need to each take a single man invisible freefall elevator down to the ground. Essentially, you jump and though you know the lift has you like a tractor beam, you don't know the difference until you begin to slow down near the ground. So, I'm standing on the ledge, looking down at an incredible ...