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I Guess that Depends on Where You are Sitting
... world?" We all clapped grateful for his assessment. "Do you know how many billions of people (and I say billions not millions) want to be in your seat?" Everybody clapped again, But I suddenly felt guilty. I was (by that time having given up on my search for Mary) in a pretty great seat. It was made of soft red velvet. I sunk into the seat not too much or too little. I had forgone desert to make it to the ...
Day 6
7-11 Another long day of rehearsals and studying! I had another Italian class. We're moving quickly, but I'm keeping up and learning a lot. It's quickly becoming one of my favorite hours of the day (even if I do have to get up early to eat breakfast and be there at 8am.) Then we had choir rehearsal and staging for Magic Flute, and Suor Angelica rehearsal. I got to ...
When in Rome...
We made it! Yes, we did. The flight seemed to last forever, our Calgary to Frankfurt leg was delayed so we missed our connecting flight out of Frankfurt. By the time we waited the extra three hours and then the flight duration we were 4 hours late checking in to our B&B (no breakfast). Turns out the no breakfast part was fine (today anyway) since we did not wake up until noon. Why? You may well ask? Well, because while Mark and ...
Ogni bel gioco dura poco.
This Roman saying is our equivalent of "All good things must come to an end." And this 100% sums up my last week here. It never really hit me until I went through customs in Chicago that my experience in Italy was over. It has been the best experience of my life. Sorry Paris, but Rome wins. Monday through Thursday went by in the blink of an eye, and looking back, it seems impossible that I crammed all of this in.
On Monday I went to Santa Maria ...
Jack and Jills' Roman Adventure.
... good moderately priced restaurants, trains and buses to take and places to visit were always on the mark. There assistance truly enhanced our vacation in Rome. As for the hotel itself, the Astoria Garden is a small tourist hotel. The rooms were a little small but clean comfortable and have all the amenities you will require on vacation. The hotel also had WiFi. Their breakfast consisted of juices, breads, meat and cheese, fruits, deserts ...