(9/9) Continuing our new habit, we slept until after 10am then leisurely prepared for a day out. Lunch was at Il Brillo Parlante, another restaurant specializing in traditional Roman favorites….
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Enforced Quiet Day
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(9/8) We’d had a problem with our debit card the day before, but neither of us paid attention . . . BAD IDEA. You see, taxis in Rome don’t take…
Museum Day!
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(9/7) We slept in and barely made it out in time for a lunch reservation at Marzapane, a hot new restaurant with a fantastic 3-course 30eu lunch prix fixe menu.(Many…
Ostia Antica
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(Sept 6th) We were up fairly early (so hard!!!) to make our 8:30am meeting at the Pyramide metro station to go with our Context Tour guide, Janet to see Ostia…
Roma Achieved!
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(Sept 5) We arrived in Rome and . . . stood in line. I’ve said it before and it remains true: FCO is the worst for passport control. It took…
DC — we’ll have to return
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I’m proud (!) to say that we’ve done no sightseeing in DC. Instead, I’ve been sleeping like mad: 13 hours the first night, 11 the second, and 9 last night….
England 2015, Day Eighteen
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(May 19, 2015) We woke up to a mix of clouds and deep blue sky on our last day of travel. Over a lovely breakfast in our hotel we talked…
England 2015, Day Seventeen
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(May 18, 2015) We left Swallow Barn early in the day, after a lovely breakfast of toast, jam, and berries — just the right way to get us started.
England 2015, Day Fifteen
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(May 16, 2015) We slept in a bit, feeling tired from all of the running around we’d been doing, and then had breakfast from our kitchen. The eggs were gorgeous…
