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We woke up on Saturday morning in room only to find out that the clocks were set an hour ahead in Italy. This unfortunately meant we were behind schedule so we quickly ate and headed towards the metro to take the subway to the Vatican, our planned destination. We had decided on the subway after spending 30-40 Euro’s a day on cabs and wondering if there was a cheaper way to travel. As we found out, the subway is 4 Euro’s a day (per person) and you can ride it or city buses an unlimited number of times within that day. MUCH cheaper than cabs and it became our favorite means of transportation throughout the city. The subway from Termini to Ottaviano (the nearest to the Vatican) takes about 10-15 minutes so we were quickly following ... read more

We are still prepping for our trip to Rome. As of now my wife Lynda and I are scheduled to meet at Fiumicino (Da Vinci) airport on the morning of March 26th. Oddly enough we are traveling to Europe via different flights. My Lufthansa flight heads from Chicago to Frankfurt and then down to Rome and Lynda is flying United from St. Louis through Philly and then over to Rome. She's actually arriving a few hours before me so it'll be interesting finding each other in a foreign airport without phones that work. Which brings me to phones: unfortunately none of my cell phones are GSM enabled (so they don't work in Europe or most other foreign countries). I've been researching options and found a large number of websites that will sell unlocked Quadband GSM phones ... read more