Traiano Civitavecchia

... least the ones I took) are all very punctual. Which is a welcome notion after dealing with Amtrak in the northeast. And it was a good price too, only 20 Euros for Jacqui and me for the hour and half ride.<br><br>On the train from Travesteres station to Civitavecchia, we started talking with a young couple sitting next to us. Ends up they were at the end of a long European trip and had found this cruise as a fun way to ...

We are planning a couple of days in Viterbo now.<br>Chance to look around this lovely town with its Medieval district and also to visit Villa Lante<br>This is us parked under the walls of the town

Rome for the second time in a month...lucky us! We did another private tour today with a fun group of people. Our Rome in Limo driver Marco picked us up bright and early for the hour drive north of Rome. Our first stop was in a resort town called Tivoli where we visited Hadrian's Villa...or what was left of it:) It was at one time one time the largest palaces constructed in the Roman Empire. Then we drove up to the upper level ...

... add to our airmile account. He did purchase a pair of cycling shorts that he said were a good deal. <br><br>We made it back to the ship early and decided to get a workout in the fitness center. The meals have been fantastic. We've enjoyed our share of main courses! So, trying to maintain the calorie game is a simple strategy, "calories intake" vs "calorie expenditure"! Five course meals vs five course workouts! Cheese ...

... last two songs by Leonard Cohen &#8211; I remember some singing too.<br><br>Back to our suite to find out that we had to move our clocks forward an hour so by the time we hit the sack, it was 1:30 with an early tour the following day &#8211; oops!! Also, I seem to have managed to spill red wine on my shirt and pants &#8211; don&#8217;t know how that could have happened.<br><br>Next morning we awoke in Palermo Sicily where we boarded a bus for a ...

Hans and I decided to stop off at a small beach town before moving on into the grossly hot rome. Its really pretty here and really all along the coast. The entire train ride we saw beautiful coast lines and beaches everywhere. Though the cote d' azur had incredible water, The western italian coast has beautiful mostly sandy beaches! surfs up...hope everyones enjoying the beaches at home..love you all :-*

... this church the justice it deserves. Every inch of this church was covered with some form of beautiful artwork, whether it be a statue, tomb, intricatly carved pillars, painted ceiling and floors, and even the walls! There was gold inlaid nearly everywhere, and the only light inside was that which came pouring in throught the windows. I was in awe thinking of how many years this structure had been here, how many popes had walked these floors, and how many pilgrims had ...

... using the "when in rome" excuse of course. anyways...i won't even bother with the rest of the spots...you'll see the pictures. i can't really describe it..it's just something you need to see. the only downfall of the trip was that peppe's brother, gianfranco (the soap actor) was driving from positano to meet us and got into a car accident....and smashed the most precious thing in these brother's lives...the ferrarri. neither of them were in much of a rome-y mood after that.

... cash in when you check out. Ingenious. We spent the evening chatting with Stewart who was again our bus driver then hit the sack early as we wanted to get into the Vatican City at sparrows... see next page. Monday and we were heading back into town and caught the early bus, shouldn't have bothered with the early bus, as soon as we got off in Rome the heavens opened and it bucketed down. This was possibly the heaviest rain we had ever witnessed ...