Archive for June, 2018

Jun 07, 2018

Final Day in Rome – May 25th

I did not sleep well as if I rolled over onto my right side my wound pressed into the pillow.  Church bells woke me at 8AM so I only had 4.5 hours of sleep.  Despite not being able to wet my wound for 48 hours I just had to have a shower and wash my […]

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Jun 06, 2018

The tour continues and an accident

Even in restaurants stairs are involved as toilets are mostly down 22 stairs in the basement.  Just wanted to say at some point so why not here, that in Naples the menus were only in Italian and pizza and pasta were offered 95% of the time.  Few waiters spoke English.  Once we got to Rome […]

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Jun 05, 2018

Touring Rome – May 24th

Thursday, May 24th was a beautiful sunny, warm day and I was feeling much better so we decided to head out and hit the highlights of what we wanted to see here in Rome.  Colin had seen some of these areas the day prior in the damp drizzle while I stayed home and recovered. The […]

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Jun 04, 2018

Time off and a special dinner out

I woke up the day after my birthday on May 23rd feeling really nasty.   It was pouring rain and my cold had returned.   We had a 9:30AM tour booked for the Colosseum and there was no way I was going to go out in that rain.  We called the tour company and yes they could […]

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Jun 03, 2018

The Vatican – May 22nd

I never imagined that I would spend my 65th birthday at the Vatican.  It is a day that I will never forget.  They say that one should allow 2 -5 hours to visit as it is a 4.5 mile walk through the many museums.  We spent 7. 5 hours there, another full day. We booked […]

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