Jun 05, 2018
Thursday, May 24th was a beautiful sunny, warm day and I was feeling much better so we decided to head out and hit the highlights of what we wanted to see here in Rome. Colin had seen some of these areas the day prior in the damp drizzle while I stayed home and recovered. The […]
Jun 04, 2018
I woke up the day after my birthday on May 23rd feeling really nasty. It was pouring rain and my cold had returned. We had a 9:30AM tour booked for the Colosseum and there was no way I was going to go out in that rain. We called the tour company and yes they could […]
Jun 03, 2018
I never imagined that I would spend my 65th birthday at the Vatican. It is a day that I will never forget. They say that one should allow 2 -5 hours to visit as it is a 4.5 mile walk through the many museums. We spent 7. 5 hours there, another full day. We booked […]
Jun 02, 2018
Last Thursday, May 31st, we took the train from Rome to Milan where we had thirty minutes to transfer to our train to Nice, France. However the train kept being delayed and when we got to Milan we only had eight minutes left to transfer from platform to platform. The Milan station was crowded and […]
May 30, 2018
Thanks to all who are concerned about my not posting. We left Roma last Sunday, May 20th and took a taxi to our Airbnb here in Florence. Transportation from the train station is somewhat complicated and it was definitely too far to walk pulling our luggage. This is the link to our accommodation in Firenze. […]