Palatium Hotel Capri

I went to Rome for Turkey Day. Italians don't know about Thanksgiving, but the Xmas decorations sprung out on Friday, right on time. Santa Claus and Baroque architecture, childish to ancient, profane to sanctimonious. In Rome, a city where nothing is new, the opposites don’t attract, they just tolerate each other in a stand-off. Lingerie ads on the churches.

Rome is the eternal city, 2765 years old, according to the ...

... women's board shorts past size small, so i end up getting a short guy's bathing suit and cutting out the lining. the girls said it actually didn't look bad but who really knows. i came down and they laughed and i was like "i'm frickin wearing a man's bathing suit" but i got over it quick. i bought a towel too and set up camp by my friends. again with the rocks! they were painful! i'm trying to fall asleep in the sun and the rocks are impaling my ...

... in the Galleria Borghese - an exquisite art museum whch we had never visited. Then out to the airport motel for sleep and to see Emily off about 8:30 Saturday morning. Too short!! Back to Perugia, where it is Sunday, it is raining and Mike has laryngitis. Back to real life. We have a lot of visitors coming at the end of the week, so we are trying to kick back a bit for the next few days. But the question remains - who'll stop the rain?

... umbrellas. We took a taxi up to Anacapri and then had to sprint up and down these huge hills with all of our bags behind this guy on a Vespa who was nice enough to guide us to our hotel. We were laughing so hard by the end we could hardly breathe, we had to have looked pretty pathetic. So we finally got inside, dried off and warmed up, and ventured out to find a restaurant. We had a really good meal and then ...

... back out and have to tip the captain. All of that totals 30 euro. I have a feeling that I will be back in Capri someday, perhaps with twenty more people that I may or may not convince to forgo cruising to try something new (hint hint), and I will try it then. So, the boat ride. It was an hour ride completely around the island where we saw two other grottos: the green grotto and the white grotto. Both grottos are capable of being entered by boat so we ...

... Greek coffee but not as bitter and powdery as Greek coffee. Our host said that Italians usually had italian coffee in the morning because it is strong and it help to keep them awake the whole morning. Seems like the espresso that Americans drank.), we went to town to board the water bus to San Marco Square. This place is a MUST SEE place. It is unique in architecture and it provide a lot of lovely view. I thought that October is not the peak season but I was ...

... With the Cigars burning - we decided to end the evening back at the Trevi Fountain - under the moonlight at midnight. It was a great evening - we walked back to Marcus' column and went our separate ways. They were going to the Vatican today, then they fly out early in the morning to Paris - hitting the Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay, Notre Dame, and the River Siene all in an afternoon and an evening and fly back to the U.S. on Thursday. Ciao!

... credit cards are not accepted. It's worse than a third-world country. The most amazing part of the trip though was the Vatican Museum and St. Peter's. I have never been in a more amazing or more beautiful building than St. Peter's. Absolutely remarkable - the quality of the interior design, the sculptures, the altar, literally everything was quite captivating. The Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel (or Chappella Sistina ...

All roads lead to Rome! Looks like that coin I threw into the Trevi Fountain over 12 months ago worked. We did a very quick walking tour past all the major sites, the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Venezia, Pantheon and Piazza Navona. Pigged out on a nice big lunch in the Piazza with the crew then headed back to the camp for some Italian fun at the disco. There were other contiki and bussabout groups there, so was ...

... was and Momma insisted that he show us out to the street, get us a Taxi and get us home. Which he promptly did. Mr. Borelli gave us the disapproving head shake for not calling him to come pick us up and we smiled like scolded children. It made us so sad to think that we had to leave the next day. Italy has been such a wonderful place to spend our honeymoon and I am so sad thinking that it is almost over. We leave tomorrow for Rome and then we fly out.