Quite simply, our accommodation in Venice was fantastic. The Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli is such a great place to stay – it isn’t fancy, it isn’t a hostel but in my opinion, it is a great option in Venice where accommodation can be so expensive. The history of the building is amazing and there…
Roma – Venezia #blogjune
We got to Termini time for our train to Venice on the Frecciargento train. Train travel is just awesome in Europe and makes everything so easy. It was such a fast AND smooth trip. I slept for a couple of hours! One highlight was the little refreshments cart that came down the train aisle. It…
A supermarket adventure and dinner… #blogjune
After our full day on the Scavi tour and at the Vatican museums, it was time for some downtime for our last night in Rome. We just wanted to go to a nearby restaurant and have an easy dinner and an early night. Bill also thought it would be fun to go to an Italian…
Monday in Rome #blogjune
On Monday it was another early morning as it was time for a Scavi Tour. We had to be back at St Peter’s at 8.30am! Yep – back to St Peter’s AGAIN! The Scavi Tour can be extremely difficult to get tickets to – only a small amount of people are able to tour the…
The Blevins and the Pope #blogjuine
Our alarm went off at 5.30am on Sunday morning and we had no problem getting up at all! We were off to Mass at St Peter’s but this wasn’t just any Mass. Pope Benedict was presiding and the Mass included the ordinations of new priests. WHOA! Before bed, we got all of our clothes and…
Domus Australia #blogjune
Our accomodation in Rome was at Domus Australia. It was the most unbelievable accomodation and an absolutelty wonderful experience to stay in such a beautiful place. It was just perfect! I first saw mention of Domus when we dropped into St Patrick’s in Gundagai – there was a brochure on a table. I picked it…
Spot the Bruins jersey… #blogjune
Listening to this made me realize how 90s music wasn’t really that bad after all.
Rome – Day 2 #blogjune
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…
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…
A little flashback… #blogjune
This clip is proof that concerts in malls are totally awesome. I never did see any concerts at Northland growing up but.. how awesome was Tiffany’s concert? Especially when she had random looking guys acting as security guards. Check it out at the 1.10 mark! Also, can you imagine if we went to the airport…