Embassy Suites Hotel Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

... we will also prebook for the Vatican Museum/Sistine Chapel and maybe the Roma pass, which is a great discount program for Rome--there are over a dozen places that take the Roma pass, and whichever two you do first are totally free, then you get discounts on the rest that you visit. It totally pays for itself if you make sure to go to the spendiest attractions first--mainly the Colosseum.<br><br>The downside to pre ...

... was time for the Captain's Champagne Waterfall party. They place champagne glasses in the shape of a Christmas tree and pour champagne from the top down. There was a real good band playing and there were two couples who could dance like pros. They were fun to watch. Then the captain showed up and spoke a little while and introduced his senior staff. <br><br>I went back to my room to change and saw that The Hangover was on television so watch ...

... just keep on going, I needed their input if we were going to get any food.<br><br>&#8220;There&#8217;s a Subway, Julie. Do you want to do Subway?&#8221;<br><br>&#8220;We could do that.&#8221;<br><br>I drove past it. &#8220;Why didn&#8217;t you stop?&#8221; she asked, swiveling her head to watch it recede into the distance, obviously annoyed.<br><br>&#8220;You didn&#8217;t say you wanted to. Anyway, I don&#8217;t want to eat there. When I&#8217;m traveling, I&#8217;d rather eat ...

... if necessary, another day to plan <br>July 4 - Wadi Rum (camping overnight) <br>July 5 - Petra and Wadi Musa <br>July 6 - Petra <br>July 7 - day trip to the Dead Sea (Bethany), bus up to Amman <br>July 8-9 - explore Amman, day trip to Jerash <br>July 10 - Bus into Syria to Damascus, via Ramtha/Der'a border crossing. explore city, book a side trip to Palmyra <br>July 11 ...

... nicely my baby blue shirt. Moving around, shifting in my seat, or stretching out wasn't in the cards. If I did, I ran the chance of elbowing someone, sticking them in the ribs, or sliding under my chair. I felt like a sardine...with no room to flop around...just laying side by side in that little yellow can. I thought it would get better on the second flight from St. Louis to Seattle, but it got worse!! I spent that flight jockeying for elbow room ...

... movies and TV shows. We spent the day visiting Times Square, attempting (unsuccessfuly) to get tickets for the Letterman show, exploring the cavernous NY Library and just generally being swept up in the rush of the place. Everything felt larger than life and everything seemed to demand our attention at once. We had organised to meet a friend we had originally met in Europe for dinner, and were taken to an out-of-the-way Indian restaurant for a ...

... perhaps could have influenced my theory about what happens behind the closed doors. The bedrooms are stark white with chrome shelving and large expansive large windows. The rooms are not air conditioned and we arrived on one of the hottest day so we knew that the army issued wool blankets that dressed out beds were not going to be necessary today. The fanciest part of the room was the use of the available cotton bath robes. Considering there is ...

... all of the things you were doing that you shouldn't have been and I was like yep and how they are all on camera we had a good laugh. FYI look out for all of the emergency exit signs (crew bar, I95) but you never heard it from me. And also FYI in order to have a camera all they need is something the size of a pin hole.and it is true there are no cameras in the golf simulator but they can see you going in just not once you are inside...

... today, along with some cramming of stuff into my parents' attic, and I'll be ready to flit around for a month like a little gringo butterfly. However, if I keep this ridiculously introspective tone, no one will be interested to hear what happens, so I'll maintain a good signal-to-noise ratio by keeping the diary aspect down to a minimum.