Sunrise Rome

... wolf story. It was the largest city on earth at about 1,000,000 residents during the Imperial period, then vacated to 20,000 during the Middle Ages, back to about 3 million today. It has had so many rich historical periods that the museums are specialized – Prehistoric, Etruscan, Egyptian, Early Medieval, High Medieval, Papal Gifts, Construction discoveries, Municipal Gifts, Imperial Rome, Jewish, Public Baths, Renaissance ...

... grilled vegies and a chicken/pepper/tomatoe dish, penne w/salmon and a pesto pasta, which Andrew said was not as good as mine. It was back to the hotel for a most wonderful shower, while Andrew and Bill explored the city a little more. Have to get up early tomorrow morn to start our tour of the city. I'm so glad that we are hiring a driver. I can't imagine trying to drive to the sites or even trying to figure out ...

... We opted for cheese for dessert - oh my GOD, it was good... Almost able to escape the super-chatty ladies from Minnesota a couple of tables over. Good lord. Full and relaxed, we took the short walk back to our apartment. Showered and collapsed. My cold is still going strong. Feel okay during the day (though my nose feels like it is on fire) but start to fade in the evening. Sleeping fine and drinking lots of water. It's gotta get better!

... entered Rome victoriously thru this Arch. There's fresh cold water running everywhere in Rome, too... So you can fill up your water bottles at any fountain... and ...

We came back to Rome where we would spend the final days of our vacation. On teh final days, we poked around the Colosseum, Ancient Rome and some amazing Churches. I had the best food I have ever had in my life in Rome, it is an amazing city and I think we picked the perfect time to go. Our apartment was great, the weather was great, the coffee was incredible...it made for the perfect ladies week in Rome.

Day 12-19: Rome, Italy Tuesday, September 11-18, 2007 Well, I definitely have not been keeping up on this from the past week. I guess where I left off was after my birthday night of chaos, and the recovery day. Tuesday is a long day of school, literally all day until 6:30, so after that it was bed time for me. Wednesday, we had to go out on our site's all day and do research, so Allison and I headed off to Tiber island all morning, back to class for advanced type, then ...

... added a few pictures to one of the 'London' entries, but it's not obvious that they have been added so you will have to look at the album and instead of '0' pictures it will say '8' I think. I will add more of Rome, my room, and perhaps the festival soon, but I am waiting until I have more pictures that I want to download off my camera, so stay patient. I love you all lots, and a special 'hi' to my dad who has just started reading! Jenn

... before finding somewhere cosy to watch the game. The tour was never ending and at 4.50 I jumped off the bus and sprinted through the streets of Barcelona to the pub! Watching the game alone, squashed into a pub full of people was not quite the same as watching it with Dani, but I survived! You all know how the game went, I dont think I need to open the wound... So the next morning I went to see the Sangrada Familia which was absolutely amazing! I got ...

... but polite laugh and tell her that her english is awesome. My room is a small one, located in the backyard, and down in the basement area of the house. Cool - I think I got the only room in the house with it's own toilet - which is what I picked on the website. When i say the room is small, it has a double bed, and a bathroom. It terms of moving around, .. well, there isn't much moving around in this room. The bathroom/shower is one of those where the dunny folds away ...

... his arm still dangling from his hand. We were slightly enthusiastic to get out of Naples. Waking up - or, more accurately, not sleeping until we arrived - in the north, it was like a completely different world - partially because we weren't being followed by heroin addicts. From Genova, where we stumbled into the rising sun, we took a short train to the Cinque Terre, five picturesque villages over the sea. Cinque Terre's main attraction is a 12 km hike between the ...