Aran Mantegna Rome

... 2 to get back. But we did get to experience the ghetto of rome and then one block over rome's wall street...interesting how fast the areas can change!<br><br>Now it was time to head to the train station to catch our overnight train to Interlaken Switzerland...and this time we were in a sleeping car! So now its official we have travelled every way possible by train after we do the sleeping car!<br><br>Now its off to Switzerland!!

... computer and a table which had the entire breakfast spread laid out on it.Some might assume that B&amp;B's offer warm breakfasts... I am sad to say that this is apparently not always the case. Our great "feast" consisted of corn flakes, coco petals, boxed brioche, and a set of jams. Apart from our room, there were only two other rooms. Lets just say it was far cosier than the term 'bed and breakfast' implies. There were no attendants, as one might ...

... how Europeans find tennis shoes so unfashionable but I see them wearing them everywhere, even with dressy pants. Sure, they do tend to wear more fashionable and dressy type shoes which look extremely uncomfortable but we are all about comfort. There is a TREMENDOUS amount of walking here (more walking than Ive ever done in my life!), I could never have prepared myself for this. 2-5 miles ...

... me about. I arrived at my hostel at about 12:15am and woke up everyone in the room when I came it. I tried to be quiet but unpacking and tring to find the toothbrush was becoming quite difficult in the dark. I had a solid 3 days in Rome. I knew that it was going to be quick but I was told to spend 2 and get the hell out. You could spend close to a week here and still not see everything. I spend the first day at he Coloseum and the Palatino. It is still quite amazing ...

... sure we will ever see again. That isn't to say that we wouldn't come back again. But, like most people, our list of 'to do's' is very long and the likelihood of a quick trip to Italy is well...unlikely. We took the metro in early and decided to call it a day around 5:00. It was time for a siesta and a dinner at the condo. Tomorrow we check out of the condo and head to our last night near the airport.

... he had Tuberculosis because he is loosing weight and coughing. My mom laughed and laughed and laughed because he knew this because I was studying for the Ellis Island test. He does not have TB, he is just paranoid. (Please email me about Ellis Island today.) Serguis: Today, I saw one of the smallest countries ever! It is the Vatican City. That is where St. Peter's Basilica is. I was in a room that the ceiling looked like sculpted plaster but it was actually a flat painting. Then ...

... so we walked the 25 minute walk from the train station to the site. I never knew that it was part of a complex with a large and very decorated church. There was a 3.5 hour wait to walk to the top of the tower, so we quickly dropped that idea and opted to picnic on the grass below it, taking many of the cliche tourist pictures and creating a few ...

Cia* T*tti! Ah ha.. s* last i left y*u was up*n arrival in Italia.. m*re specifically Anc*na, y*u d*nt kn*w wh**e that it? D*esnt matt**. Feeling fresh as ev** aft** travelling f*r 22 s*me *dd h*urs, y*u can imagine *ur vig*r, and excitment at the pr*spect *f walking ar*und this unkn*wn city in search *f a means *f travel t* R*me. T* make things even m*re exciting, it was ab*ut 35 degrees *ut! S* we begin *ur rand*m adventure by f*ll*wing a h*rd *f Spanish girls t* wh ...

... sake of nourishment, we forced down the dry fare... and then went back to sleep for a couple hours. Finally, we arrived at Roma Termini at 2:30 p.m. - 5 hours late. The train station was rather scary. Lots of people all over the place and we couldn't get the ticket machines to work. With some help from a couple of African guys, who warned us all to "mind our pockets," we purchased seven day tickets for 16 euros that we ...

... ears scanned the crowds and whispered into their sleeves. I wondered whether they would shoot a potential assassin to protect the Pope or whether this would present an ethical dilemma. I remembered that Christ had prevented Peter from chopping a few Romans in the Garden of Gethsemane in his defence, though this might not have been through any sympathy with his assailants but rather because to do so might have interfered with a reluctantly desired outcome. Theology aside ...