ITALY | Sunday, 15 Apr 2007 | Views [696]
Goodbye Rome as I checked out of my hotel, took a cab to Termini and rode the train to Florence. Florence was the first stop to this train ride that actually would go to Milan. Like all my train rides in Italy, this was also a non event, except that ... Read more >
Tags: culture, david, duomo, florence, italy, ponte vecchio, rome, sightseeing, train, trattoria
ITALY | Friday, 13 Apr 2007 | Views [662]
I heard people who have been there say that nothing can prepare you for the Vatican. Yet still I had to come prepared for it. I arrived at exactly 8 am only to be greeted by a long, long, lone line of people who were ahead of me. The line snaked ... Read more >
Tags: churches, rome, sistine chapel, vatican
ITALY | Thursday, 12 Apr 2007 | Views [668]
I woke up late today for the first time in a long while since I started my travel. Primarily because I wasn't jetlagging anymore. Today I promised myself, I am going to take everything slow. I relished my breakfast which was plentiful in my lovely ... Read more >
Tags: american tourists, colosseo, fora romano, palatino, piazza navona, roman forum, rome, sightseeing
ITALY | Wednesday, 11 Apr 2007 | Views [732]
An adrenaline rush woke me too early in my last morning in Madrid. Good, because I had to catch a 7 am flight to Rome. Bad, because it was a feeling of agitation over the unknown. It was my first time to fly budget outside the Philippines so I didn't ... Read more >
Tags: airports, fountain of trevi, madrid, pantheon, rome, spanish steps
