Our first full day in Rome was a Saturday – we had a great breakfast, which I will post more about soon. We got out early enough to start our day. Our planned stops were the Colosseum and Galleria Borghese. Everything else was at our leisure. To get to the Colosseum we had to get…
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Our first afternoon in Rome #blogjune
Here are some shots Bill took out of the taxi window as we were getting to to our accomodation – As we were so fortunate to have our room ready so early, we decided to have our showers and have small nap before we headed out into the warm sun. We only had a few…
NYC – Rome #blogjune
Ahh this Europe vacation was just fabulous. It was the best vacation I have ever had. Out of all of my travels over all of the years… this trip was IT! I loved every minute! It wasn’t the longest or the most adventurous… it was just wonderful to be able to see and experience so…
Memorial Day Weekend 2012 #blogjune
This Memorial Day weekend was just fabulous. Humid, but fabulous! The photo above is our Brooklyn Borough Hall all decorated for the day! The weekend got off to a great start on Saturday morning by Collingwood winning against Adelaide. This is how we listened to the end of the game – We picked up our…
Hatfields & McCoys on the History Channel
Anyone else counting down until the Hatfields & McCoys screens on the History Channel? Saw the promo for the first time yesterday – we cannot wait!! It starts on Memorial Day weekend… woot woot!! PS – Travel posts will start soon. We’ve just been getting back into the swing of things and have had a…
Ugh
So here we are. Grosvenor House, London. 11pm. Our alarm is set for 5.30am We are trying to consolidate our luggage and pack multiple tins of Queens Jubilee Biscuits, prayer books from Rome, housewares from Paris and piles of other things we have accumulated on our journey. We have way too much stuff but Bill…
‘Allo luv!
Rule Britannia! We made it to London! Our hotel, Grosvenor House, is out of this world unbelievable for this former backpacker! We had a great journey on the Eurostar and quickly checked in, did hand washing that we had to do, ordered a room service lunch and then made it to the Tower of London…
Sarkozy out!
Today is the final presidential election for France. At the moment we are watching amazing scenes on TV. Bill can decipher about every tenth word and the election commentators are really arguing among each other… not just playing it up for the cameras! At about 5.30 when we were starting to head back for an…
Saturday night in Paris
We are tired! Another full day today meant that by 6.30 tonight we have been laying in bed just relaxing. Dinner tonight? Cheese puff chips from the supermarket in Venice that have been sitting in my suitcase, some fresh strawberries and other fruit from the fruit stand nearby and a chocolate chip baguette from the…
Bonjour Paris!
We are in Paris! Leaving Venice this morning was an adventure with a nearly 2 hour vaporetto trip to the airport. Definitely the most interesting airport commute I have done! We got some lunch at the airport – best airport meal ever of pumpkin gnocchi with butter, cheese and poppy seeds. Delish! We arrived at…