Geo: 40.6263, 14.3757Well, when I left you last I was just leaving Roma. All went well, found the binario (train track) no problem, the train was about 20 minutes late between arriving and leaving. Didn't really bother me but it bothered the gal sitting kitty-corner from me, she had a lively conversation with the conductor about it in Italian, didn't understand a word yet could understand it all at the same time if you know what I mean...Arrived in Naples and it is a nice very large station, not as scary as some make it out to be... Found my way downstairs where the cicumsuviana train takes you to Sorrento and all points in between. Bought my ticket, I had read that they were 3,40 euros so when he gave me back one euro I asked ... read more

Geo: 46.2741, -119.274We'll, I got up at 3:45 AM! We left the house about 4:40 ish, security wasn't too sure about my carry on so put it through the X-ray after opening it, still didn't like it so took most of the stuff out and put it through again, glad everything was in those packing cubes.... Anyway, we all got on the plane and sat for 45 minutes? Already forgetting... We deplaned because snow inDenver grounded all incoming and outgoing flights, got back into the airport and 15 minutes later were reboarding, they had to go through the whole spiel again, interesting. So many people missed their connections it was rather sad and very stressful for them. We landed and I had 15 minutes to literally sprint across the airport down the escalators, caught the train ... read more

Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097Joseph and I got our wake up knock on the door at 5:40, up, showered and out the door by 6:30, my hair put up in a clip to dry on the way! We went to the RER entrance at the St. Michel station, weren't sure which B train to get on, so got on the first one and asked someone right away if we were on the right one to Charles de Gaulle Airport, no a very nice young man told us. Get off at the next stop (Chatelet- Les Halles) and take the next train. He was getting off and showed me how to read the sign to know which one was the right one, the lights come on next to the one showing up next, not rocket science but I guess ... read more

Geo: 48.8566, 2.35097Well, we are off to Paris again, up at 6:15 showered and ready to go at 7:15, down for our breakfast of bread and tea then off for a walk to the train station. We wanted to make sure we got there in plenty of time to make sure we knew if we had to change trains in Caen, last time I made this trip we did but the tickets said nothing of this so was hoping there would be someone to ask at the station this morning. As it turned out there was no need to change trains, again though we did not have assigned seats so we were a bit scattered. This time each train car had several little individual compartments that sat 6-8 people in each, I don't know how many ... read more

Geo: 49.2773, -0.703897Well, I thought that Paris would be my favorite part of this trip, but I was wrong! Our days in Bayeux were amazing and allowed us to see another part of France. It might have been the change of pace that made it so nice- we went from one tourist destination in the world to an old town in northern France- still touristy, but much quieter. We stayed at a real convent (!) and got to meet some nuns and taste their delicious homemade food. A choir group was also staying at the convent, and I was able to have a long conversation with two of the ladies in the group, one of whom spoke no English! This was probably one of my favorite things that I did on the trip- interacting with people ... read more