Hello out there? (Hello out there?)
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Where is everyone? Comments, please! Or emails! I miss y'all!!!
About Me
- Keri
- Popular culture junkie hungry for ideas. Writer, seeker, grad student, and lover of all things Yacht Rock. Some would call me a small town girl living in a lonely world, but you can call me Al.
6 comments:
Great pics! looks like your having a great time :) Short sleeves and all...
Can't wait to see pics from the whole trip when you get back!
*mwAH*
Bowser say Hi - he is here wreaking havoc on the room. He just came back from a hug run in the park so I don't know where his energy comes from.
Love to see and hear of your adventures.
Glad you are having such a great time
mojo
Helllooo! Awesome pictures. I miss you! I'm so proud of you for going on such a big adventure! wheee!
Hey there......I miss you much... things here have been crazy let me tell you!! Believe it or not I have been swamped... Got back from texas ... the shopping was fierce... I have to catch up on your blog.... I trust and hope you are doing well. I sing today at pride on stage.. crazy heh!??!? anyhow I can't wait to see you again. love
btw.... nice pics!!!
bas
I hear that you are headed for Rome and for Florence.
For the hot tourist spots try to get there at 8:30 am -- otherwise you may spend 2-3 hrs. standing in line.
St. Peter's in Rome is the hottest place and worth the lineups - and there will be lineups - but plan to get there early. Even if you are not Catholic, or even "religious", I think this is the most important thing to see in Rome. Even one of my (non Christian) Chinese students saw this last year, and was emotionally moved.
When Lon and I were in Italy in Feb. 2006, the Saturday was the equivalent of Canada's July 1st, and the Sistine Chapel was closed that Saturday because of Italian Independence Day (some special event in there) - ouch - so you must see this too.
We never went IN the Colosseum. We just saw the outside. There was tons to see in Rome for free without paying anything -- like the whole Forum of ancient Rome right next to the Colosseum -- all of this is in the Capitoline area. We even went here on our last night and saw more stuff we didn't see the first day - Trajoan's Forum and Markets and Jewish quarter -- all lit up in the dark. Wow.
During the day there are also all of the churches other than St. Peter's you can visit - 700 of them (!) I would try to see the Caravaggio originals in San Luigi dei Francesi - but there are other masterpieces to see in many more churches as well. It is just that Caravaggio was a Scorpio sort of person. I think you will identify with his art. Lon and I didn't see these (sigh!). .
Also free to see are the Spanish steps -- and the PIazza Navonna and the Trevi Fountain - and the Pantheon -- and the Campo di Fiore. Lon and I did a passagietta in this Campo on our last night. Passagietta - this charming italian custom called "passagiatta" where after work, Italians get dressed up and go for a slow "walk" -- a time-honored ritual, the stroll to see and, most importantly, be seen. You will want to strike a "bella figura," a good image - we were just sucking in everything on our last night.
On one of the roads into the Campo, I emptied my wallet of a lot of coin for a young crippled beggar -- half naked with his withered legs taped with plastic tape to a sort of skate board on which he sat - pushing himself along with the crowds.
Beware: in Rome what looks like an "alley" by North American large city standards is probably a ROAD or STREET. This makes navigation even with a map every difficult.
Plus: the people are very helpful - the transit guys who only speak Italian are marvelous (but all of those Italian men were very tuned to Lonnie E.), the currency / tourist offices, the hotel clerks, the immigrant market clerk.
Plus there are all of the museums - NONE of which we had time to visit. hrm...this is getting ridiculous. Will send email about Florence.
Missed you at the wedding. I understand about the gelato. It's to bad you didn't get to the top of Il domo, That's why the people in Milan go to the country in summer to avoide the Zannzari. Glad to hear you are having an educational tip. Hope it is fun. Load is just the way it is in Italy. we don't understand quiet. You know how loud I can be.
Love you
Josie
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