Wednesday, March 23, 2011

When in Rome: day one








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We found some killer deals on flights to Rome leaving out of Frankfirt Han, which one would believe would be in Frankfurt but much to our dismay its outside of Frankfurt, WAY outside. So we started our journey with a 3 1/2 hour bus ride to the Frankfurt Han Airport which is an old US military base that we gave to Germany. We were flying Ryanair so we had to wear most of of our clothes on our person and everything else went into our backpack. and then RUN to the plane to make sure we got seats together. It was quite the adventure. Once we got to Rome, we had to wait for an hour in line for our bus to drop us in the city center. Then we walked around trying to find our B&B, after being yelled at in Italian by a crazy old security gaurd we finally found it tucked away behind a locked gate on the 3rd floor of an apartment bldg. On the website it had said that we would have our own room and a b athroom and wireless internet and every website i checked had glowing reviews on the Matisse (B&B) but when we got there we realized that you did in fact get your own bathroom but it was down the hall and the internet was borrowed from the guy downstairs but he "really doesn't seem to mind". Fortunately the smallest room did have a teeny bathroom in it, so we took it and decided to move on and start sight seeing. So we headed out for the rest of the day with an intense travel plan that I had put together unfortunately about 3 miles in we realized we were lost and decided to wing it. Luckily we happened upon this giant monument and once we climbed to the top we could see all of Rome and decided to head to the Forum and Colloseum and I was able to get some really great pictures. We wrapped up our day with Pizza and italian sodas. We headed back to our room to rest up and get ready for our next big day.

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My Life List:

  • write a childrens book
  • Take a photography class
  • take a dance class
  • Own a house that we built!
  • Live abroad
  • Live abroad
  • Learn to speak enough german to have a conversation
  • Learn to screen print
  • Learn to rock climb
  • Learn to make a wedding cake
  • Hike the Chilkoot trail in Skagway Alaska
  • Graduate from college
  • go to Thailand
  • Go to Cambodia (Ryan says, how about tanzania? or morocco?)
  • Get back to my pre pregnancy weight
  • Be in a musical with Addie
  • be an extra in a movie