Swiss Guards

June 22nd 2019
Today was our first full day of our tour and our first real test of our stamina. It's an early start day, as they expected us at the bus by 7:30 AM ready to head over to St Peter's Basilica. Breakfast at the hotel opened at 6:30, with a good sized breakfast buffet. The eggs, bacon and pastries were great, the orange juice, not so much, but this isn't Florida. And of course there was lots of co ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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Rick & Jody Rousseau

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Since our retirement in April 2015, after a 38 year career in Lockheed Martin , Jody and I have visited the lower 48 states in 2 motorcycle trips and Hawaii and Alaska on separate cruises.. Our first "motorcycle trip of a lifetime" where we visited every state west of the Mississippi on a 105 day 20,000 mile motorcycle trip from May 24, 2015 to Sept 5 2015 can be viewed at TravelArk along with the build blog of my 51 Chevy Hotrod Pickup Truck. As we continue our travels we will add to our trips with various blogs along the way., Other pas... full info

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