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A travel blog entry by philandmaxjones

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... the review titled Avoid.
Moved to another hotel which was run by a lovely Italian couple who made us feel very welcome and checked in. Later went out and were found by the previous hotel manager asking for his key back which we did, we then went for dinner and retired to bed after our experience.

25/9/11 An Italian breakfast eaten we grabbed our backs and headed for the train station. Public transport is so badly ...

Falling

A travel blog entry by laurensummer201

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... catching up, I'll have clean clothes, progress made on my engineering application, and hopefully sleep too!

Basically, we saw the Roman Forum today and I finally used sunscreen and also finally got tanner. We have another tour tomorrow and I really want to sleep (I ended up taking a nap earlier) partly because I'm still full from ...

When in Rome

A travel blog entry by italiagrandtour

... lots of little statutes and carvings all over it. Unfortunately I can't add any photos using these computers, I'll have to add some later.

I have 3 days to explore Rome. When I planned the trip I had no idea that this weekend the former pope John Paul II is being beatified. It will be a very very big deal, so I'm going to try to get a peek at St. Peter's early tomorrow and then try to avoid the big crowds.

I hope all is ...

Papal Audience - Updated October 1/10

A travel blog entry by anchors-away

We did not expect to be so moved by the Papal Audience - but it was one of the most incredible experiences - as we write this - tears come again...

Unfortunately again we with Green Line tours - but by then we knew it would be a gong show getting to where we were going, but we were totally blessed by a FABULOUS tour guide. He actually did tour Rome on the way to the Vatican and we learned more from him in those minutes than all their other guides. 0ur city tour included ...

Longest Day Everrrrrr.....in a good way.

A travel blog entry by magistrasmith

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... where it gets funny/weird. Pollini is a little bit obsessed with Augustus, no joke......his sons are named Gaius and Lucius (just like Augustus' were) and he dyes his hair blond (Suetonius tells us Augustus was blond) and he has it styled like it is in the famous Augustus of Primaporta sculpture...no joke; google image both of them and compare it! Oh, and he is openly polytheistic. He even said to our group that he "considers Christians to ...