We left Rome this morning (so sad – we had an amazing time in so many ways!) and caught the fast train to Venice. Getting off at St Lucia and hopping on the vaporetto meant that all my beautiful memories of Venice from 1999 came flooding back. We are staying at Don Orione, a religious…
I don’t think we can top today…
Mass at St Peter’s Basilica would be amazing at anytime. The three hours we spent in the presence of Pope Benedict this morning was absolutely overwhelming, beautiful and unforgettable. I am still in shock I think – the Mass was an Ordination Mass so to see the whole thing is something that will stay with…
Too excited to sleep!
It is nearly 11.30pm here in Rome and we are too excited to sleep! We have to be up at 6am tomorrow because…. we are off to Mass. This is not just any Mass… Il Papa is presiding!! I organized this a while ago but it all became very real when we walked through some…
All checked in!
We are on our way! I got home from work at 12.15 and Bill had the bits of laundry done and the apartment spotless. Our car arrived at 3pm, we were in the security line at 4pm and here in the lounge by 4.30. We both love leaving super early for the airport so we…
Dario e sempre in ritardo!
The title of this post refers to about the only Italian I can remember after four years of learning it. I have not had time to brush up as much as I wanted to before we leave tomorrow for Europe.. eeek! Also, I am not sure how frequent my blog updates will be while we…
The Overnighters
Last weekend was somewhat somber as straight after work on Friday we headed out to Pennsylvania for Aunt Jean’s memorial service in Lancaster County. As it was all very last minute planning, it went well with us being able to get a decent Zipcar and also accomodation without fuss. We decided to drive there over…
4,564,232,896 minutes..
That is the length of time that I have wasted in my life waiting for the G train at Hoyt–Schermerhorn while looking at this…
Before the remote control…
I never had my own TV in my room when I was growing up. So really, my only time for real kids TV was after school before dad would want to watch the news – aka the 30 minute begging and pleading session to watch Neighbours. You Tube is amazing as we are now able…
Dear Any Soldier…
No matter what your view on war is, it is impossible not to feel compassion for those troops on the front line. Those who are away from their families and friends and who risk their lives every single day. Years ago, when I was living in Australia I stumbled across the site Any Soldier. It…
Mani time!
I just realized I forgot to post my last manicure! I got another one done yesterday and will have to get another one done next week before we leave for Europe. Nevermind, a girl can never have enough manis! So this is a Shellac in gorgeous pink. I got this especially for Easter! Yesterday, I…