I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Italy on Jun 23rd, 2010
Okay, we’re winding down now! I can’t wait to take the kids back to Ostia someday… (See? I’m standing on two thousand year old mosaics!) and our tribute to the Romantic poets…Derek hangs out on Lord Byron’s doorstep… …and across the street I channel my inner Fanny Brawne (so glad we watched “Bright Star” this spring!) […]
Posted in Italy on Jun 21st, 2010
Duomo tourists. thousands and thousands of tourists. Yes, that is President Larry Arnn. Derek didn’t believe me that the fountains are safe to drink from. climbing the dome. lots and lots of steps. worth it. see? we were here together. meatless artichoke lasagna. best tirimisu Derek’s ever had.
Posted in Italy on Jun 19th, 2010
View of Alvito from the valley (Derek’s grandpa and grandma were born here!!!) View from our hotel window. Why would anyone want to leave this to move to Detroit? Oh yeah, Mussolini. The lobby of our hotel…seriously high ceilings… mist over the valley in the morning walking through town Yeah, it was pretty amazing.
Posted in Italy on Jun 18th, 2010
Derek crosses the Tiber (literally, not figuratively) The Vatican Best eggplant parmesan ever Ravioli Sending a postcard from the Vatican Old Bridge Gelato Trevi Fountain at night (this was before accidentally ending up at the Disco party)
Posted in Italy on Jun 10th, 2010
The Colosseum Arch of Constantine The Gaetanos Piazza del Populi
Posted in Italy on Jun 7th, 2010
So much to do here, but we are SO tired! And the kids arrive in about four hours, so we need to get going on stuff. But we’re home safely, just wanted everyone to know…
Posted in Italy on Jun 6th, 2010
We woke up this morning in Florence, paid dear Marcella, the fiesty grandma who runs Casa Rabatti, hit up a supermarket for lunch supplies, and hurried over to the train station to slip onto the 10:10 train for Roma. As we sped down the platform, I realized that we didn’t have assigned seats–Honours Catalonia Trippers […]
Posted in Italy on Jun 5th, 2010
Another mediocre meal last night–we think maybe we’re not spending enough to get real fare (we’ve only had homemade pasta at lunch spots, and that seems like it should be a given at any meal over here), so we’re going to try a place one of Derek’s ND classmates recommended tonight. We’ll see… Wow, I […]
Posted in Italy on Jun 4th, 2010
We finally slept in this morning! Or rather, we woke up early but both managed to fall back asleep until 9:15. It was nice… We were going to check out the Galileo Science Museum this morning, but it’s closed for rennovations until next week (so close!), so we just wandered around for the morning and […]
Posted in Italy on Jun 3rd, 2010
Okay, so after the strain of feeling like complete idiots who couldn’t communicate for 20 hours, we were glad to return to Roma to catch a fast train to Florence. We forgot to get lunch, and we had 8 minutes before the train started, so I sprinted off with a ten euro note, found a […]