Camping Porticciolo Bracciano

The next morning, we decided we should sleep in just a little! :) We headed to the cafe we went to the morning before for our usual cappuccino and pastry. These two things are by far my favorites so far in Italy...even better than pizza! Then, rather than making our way to the Vatican like good little girls, we stopped at an outdoor market to do...

Who needs Rome? By now you will have realised that us and Rome are old friends. Having been on five occasions (and not seen the Pope once) we decided to try something else. So, while the Barbarian Hordes headed for their early start to Rome we stayed on board, had a late breakfast and the boat almost all to ourselves. Strolling around the decks ...

Rome Monday 16th June-Sunday 22nd June Monday was a whistle-stop tour of the city. We caught the train, and then metro to the Spanish Steps near the top end of the city. It was still only about 8.30am by the time we got there, so it was very quiet. However, we weren't particularly impressed. The steps and fountain were lovely, but having taken i...

[S] It's off to another country again today! Good thing this one's only a 15 minute bus ride from our apartment. :) Taking up only 110 acres and with a population of 800 people, Vatican City is the smallest country in the world. So I figured I'd one-up Jason's "10 at the Louvre" and tell 11 things I learned at the Vatican. We toured the "Musei ...

Since my last blog we have just been tooling around Rome. We have been going out at night and seeing the Pantheon, The Vatican and going to Campo di Fiori. We went to a barbeque at John Cabot. After we waited in line on Friday, we made plans to go to Tuscany and go horseback riding! I'm so excited! On Friday, our sailing trip started off on a ba...

Well we intended to wake up early but after we finished with the showers and making breakfast , cleaning the dishes and so on was just before noon. Our first destination was Bracciano, a picturesque town by a lake with a castle named Orsini (where, for the ones who do care, the Tom Cruise- Kattie Holms wedding was held). The is a wonderful view ...

Fred Said: After the confiscation of my Chapstick (it gets dry at 30,000 ft) and a fantastic flight (as good as a red eye can be), I arrived in Roma Saturday morning. From there, I took a patient trip into the city center (things moved a bit slower than in New York City). Fashion Footnote: On the train I noticed the Italians have built upon the ...

Even before I arrived, I had decided that Rome was going to be one of the highlights of my trip. Thankfully, even my sister being there wasn't able to muck it up ;) Kidding, of course, Jenny being in Rome studying abroad and her friends there made it one my most memorable stops. Having arrived at the train station late Sunday morning after spend...

We woke up at 7 am excited to spend the morning touring around Venice before heading to Rome. I failed to mention in the previous sentence that we woke up at 7 am to a torrential downpour outside our window. There went our tour of Venice--no San Marco Plaza, no gondola ride, just strait on to Rome to start our adventure there. We packed up our s...

10th July 2000 A quiet day at Monte Benichi, catching up on this journal. We ducked in to Bucine for groceries etc and to call home to Peter Mac. After a trial pack of various bags, we figure we should be able to fit all the breakables into Cheryl's carry on bag, and all the grog in my bag. The fact that they will probably weigh 15 kgs each shou...