| Monday, April 14, 2008 |
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We wrapped up our first day in Rome with a late night stroll to the
trevi fountain. We weren't the only ones with that idea - I am
convinced that 50% of central Rome is tourists. So, where there are
tourists, there are vendors. These in particular were extra pushy and
almost ruined the night, but the fountain was beautiful, so that made
up for it. Tomorrow we visit other roman things and fly back to
London. Wish us well as we are anxious about the flight! |
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After 5 days of walking non-stop, we feel like our legs might need to
be amputated. Brooke has a nagging knee injury and walks around like a
gimp, I have a foot thing, but since I'm so manly, I still walk
normally :-). The second day in Rome went really quickly - we saw all
of our "scheduled" sites by 2:00. So, we had the opportunity to see
some of the other sites again. Today was also extra cold while
yesterday was toasty. Pictures here is a random bridge/arch in the
city that reminded us a lot of our wedding (only 6 days ago). |
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| Sunday, April 6, 2008 |
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You guessed it, we missed our connection to DFW. Good thing I took the
day off work just in case! It really wasn't too bad ok the plane
except for a few crying babies. Continental did all the could to keep
us informed amd comfortable. What happened was they got more snow at
the airport than they expected and the airport wasn't prepared AT ALL.
There were only a few de-icing trucks available and as I'd turns out,
the airport is run by a couple British airlines and wouldn't you know
that their flights mysteriously got de-icing priority over ours even
though our flight was due to leave sooner. As soon as we got to IAH,
we sprinted to the ticket counter to see of there was a late flight,
but no luck. However, continental owns part of the Marriott attached
to the airport, so we are staying here for free AND they gave us $40
to spend on food! So, we are basically getting to extend our honeymoon
for an extra night! All is well!I apologize for not posting anything the last few days, I couldn't get
access to wi-fi. I'll blog the other items I wanted to post soon! |
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| Thursday, April 3, 2008 |
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We made it to Rome! Hooray! We had another interseting time on the
train that we'll have to tell you about another time, but because of
that, we weren't able to blog last night. Today, things are going
quite well, we had a little bit of a slow start trying to figure out
how the bus system works here, but we are experts now. All of the
ancient Roman sites are within 10 minutes walk of each other, so that
has made things a little easier. The best site so far has been the
Pantheon, the interior is in perfect condition and is extremely grand.
We'll make sure to visit some of the sites tonight so we can take some
even more beautiful pictures. Now, we are off to the Vatican. |
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| Wednesday, April 2, 2008 |
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Afyer a late night, we got up early to make the trek to Sacre Coeur.
Its the highest point in the city and offers a beautiful view! The
only bad part I'd the street vendors who harass you to the point that
you don't want to linger as long as you would like. They literally get
right in front of you and grab you so that you will stop and they can
sell you some lame stringy thing they call "art." Now we ate eating at
the semi-famous McDonalds at the Arc du Triomphe - we promise ws are
eating more authentic food, but couldn't pass on this super cool
McDonalds. Next is the Louvre and some other places with funny names! |
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| Tuesday, April 1, 2008 |
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Well, the ferry almost resulted in a huge failure! Not only did it
take much longer than we thought, it was even late! Not to mention the
hordes of drunken college "athletes" running around screaming. So,
because of the ferry mishap, we nearly missed the last train to Paris.
We literally ran on it as the doors closed. To make matters even more
exciting, we were unable to purchase a ticket beforehand and were
hopingwe could purchase one ok the train. Lucky for us, the train man
was nice and let us use our missed train ticket on this one. We were a
little disappointed we were getting into Paris much later than
expected, but we were rewarded with a beautiful 10:00 display at the
Eiffel tower. Tomorrow we see Paris at day and take a night train to
Rome! |
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We're on a ridiculous ferry from Dover England to Calais France right
now (you can see the white cliffs behind us and a similar ferry in the
background). I call it ridiculous because its a 45 min ferry, yet the
whole ordeal takes 2.5 hours and the ferry itself has 4 restaurants
AND a store! Since I didn't factor in ferry ridiculousness into the
itenerary, we'll have to wing it a little to get to Paris and will
probably get in a little later than we had hoped. We're still going to
try to see some sights tonight though and look forward to sharing it
with you. |
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