Airport Palace Rome

... table for you even if you only decide to just look at their menu. We didn’t want to eat somewhere like that, and we didn’t want to eat somewhere with plastic furniture!

So, we sat down at this place we had decided on and it was already about 2.30pm, we were supposed to meet for dinner with Dawn and Toby in 3 ½ hours! We still ate a feast though, enjoying some traditional Italian food and wine and just relaxing. I think we sat there for about an hour and a half or more ...

... fact I was the only one that asked for the plate of tripe to head back my way. It had a very unique texture to it. Close to that of fat but with a little more substance to it that just a piece of fat. I was a little disappointed with the people that decided they wouldn't even give it a shot just because of the way it looked. When are they going to get a chance to eat traditional style food like that ...

... highlights were the map room and the candlestick hallway. Saw the sarcophagus' of Constanstine's mother and daughter. Also saw the bronze statue of Hercules and the statue of the man who tried to warn the city of Troy of the Trojan Horse (he and his 2 sons were being killed by a large snake in the statue). Learned that the red marble was used by the upper class of Rome.
Sistine's Chapel was beautiful, but no photos were allowed. Michealangelo ...

... things. So it wasnt going to happen this time. We decided that the Ancient City, which is the Coliseum and Palantin Hill, would be another day, not wanting to start that one today. So that left the whole north and west of the city for us to do. We started around Castelo Angelo, which is this great big castle thing, although not in a traditions sense. Alot of it was dirty and it had a perfectlt round base, which made it look really unique. Around this ...

... could take a shower! (There are one to two trains per hour between Rome and Florence.) There was a Eurostar train at 5:50 which we would have to pay 15 euros for a reserved seat on, as well as some TrenItalia trains at other times which we did not have to reserve but which are not as nice. Chris was super hot and wanted to ensure that we had good air conditioning on our train and so we booked the Euro Star to Florence which is the same train to took on our way to Rome.

... We then went and had a drink sitting on the Spanish Steps before treating ourselves for a pasta dinner. now it is 22:37 and I am on Internet and very tired - but still have 45min trip back to our cabin:-( UPDATE!!! Our 45 minute trip back to the cabin turned into a two hour nightmare. We left the Internet Cafe and found that the Metro system had closed down for ...

... a blast. This is up to the minute update, now we are waiting for Zundo to get here, and then we will be staying in a hotel,,,, FOR FREE!!!!!! Hey everyone, this is Adam. Hope you have enjoyed Cris's updates but I figured I should help out a little. We were supposed to meet Zundo and Melissa, who we're staying with, at 9:30. Cris, Marty, Katie, and I grab our bags and walk to the Hotel Bernini Bristol. It is a very nice hotel close to Trevi fountain. We decide the room is too small ...

... was probably a church worth seeing. And so we emerged from the metro into the central piazza to see the massive grandeur and intricate patterns of... scaffolding. Scaffolding, scaffolding and more scaffolding. I've long suspected that there is a clandestine group of professional photographers that conspires to erect scaffolding in front of any worthwhile tourist attraction. At the ...