Blogs from Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe - page 274

Hello all! What a whirlwind Rome has been. We arrived at a decent time 7:00 p.m., found our hotel across from the train station and headed out for a fabulous dinner. The next morning we were up at 6:30 a.m. to head to the Vatican, St. Peter's Church, 250 steps at Michaelangelo's Stairs, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Treve Fountain, Colaseum (Debe's spelling), and off to another wonderful dinner. This morning we were up doing last minute shopping. Denise and Teri Ann are off at the market and Debe and I thought we would write another blog. We have all had such a wonderful experience on this trip. So many sights that it blows the mind, food that was so spectacular, people that have been a treasure to meet. What a treasure we will all remember. Thank you ... read more

Hello Everyone! No reservations, no itinerary, no idea what we were going to do, and we only had one week to get in as much Italy as possible. We definitely were going to stay in Florence, Rome, and Venice, but also wanted to check out Pisa and Pompeii. Since we were going to be arriving in the area late we decided the first night would be in Pisa and from there we would head to Rome. We caught a direct train from Monte Carlo and were on our way, but we almost didn’t make it! One stop after the Italian border, the train stopped and the guy in our compartment got off and we looked out the window and didn’t see anyone getting on. We thought it was strange, but according to the schedule this was ... read more

Naples left a bad taste in our mouth, but now that we are in Rome, we love Italy! We got in yesterday around noon and immediately went out to see the sites. We took the metro to the Colosseum. Heidi went inside the Colosseum while I waited outside and ate a panini... thats the way I roll.... food before everything! Ha ha no but seriously I heard not to waste your money on going inside, so dang it thats what I did. In any case, Heidi got the pictures, so that's all I needed. Right next to that was the Roman Forum. It was a small valley between two hills where there were ruins of ancient roman architecture. Pretty cool. Next to that was the Piazza del Campidoglio. It used to be the seat of the ... read more

The first day on Santorini was quite dissapointing, spent most of it on the ferry. However when we finally arrived we were treated to dinner on a cliffside restaurant overlooking the caldera, so that made up for it. Santorini is part of a volcano, so consequently there are breathtaking views, lots and lots of stairs and lots of smelly donkeys to take the lazy tourists up the stairs. After dinner we wandered lazily through the maze of streets with cute little shops selling all manner of tourist tripe, but a few selling genuinely nice stuff. I was quite restrained, the weight of my pack being enough to persuade me not to buy too much stuff. On the second day in Santorini we went and climbed the volcano. It is quite a recent volcano the last eruption ... read more

Hey everyone, So we are in Rome and I have seen the Vatican, ST.Peters, the Clloseum and a whole bunch of toher stuff. I am ghaving a grand time of it with the guys and would post pictures, but my digital has broken itself and wont open... so I will try to figure it out and post later. Other than that, all is well and I am enjoying the sun today. I have to run now, btu have a great weekend and go oilers go. Katie ... read more