After going through security, men and women were under the watchful eye of the fashion police. No shorts, short skirts, or bare shoulders allowed. Even in 100 degree weather!
When in Rome .Don’t make the stupid ‘when in Rome’ joke .ugh August 21st 2008 We have been in Rome for almost 30 hours now, and man are my feet tired. Yesterday we got in by train from Florence; it was a pleasant 3.5 hours on an air conditioned car, very nice! Right off the train we put our bags in the luggage hold area and headed off to the National Museum of Rome. It had a wonderful collection of ancient Roman and Greek statues, and many Roman copies of Greek statues. ... read more
Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome 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
Hi Friends and Family,
First off, we want to thank Brett Meier for that nickname (The Little Kisses), although like any eight-year-old boy, he said it in a taunting manner and with voiced indignation, what Brett didn't anticipate was that David and I actually liked the nickname! We are going to dare to go where no school-aged-boy has gone before and represent "cooties" with honor!
We are a little over a month out until our European Vacation, hopefully with adventures enough to make even Clark Griswold jealous (although Chelsea hates frivolous destruction, so we hope to keep that to a ... full info