In my other post about Stromboli I forgot to tell an entertaining story. In Rome, as I think I mentioned, there are heaps of random water fountains that just run all the time.They were very helpful for refilling our water-bottles. Rome seems to have no shortage of water.
Then went to Stomboli, where, it turns out, […]
So on saturday we got the train down to Reggio di Calabria, and then the ferry to Stromboli. It was quite an epic voyage, but Steve has written it up already, so I won’t repeat it.
Stomboli was really cool. The little town is all twisty little streets and classic Mediterranean architecture. It’s a very laid […]
I’ve realised that the last few rambling posts haven’t told you what I’ve been doing (other than obsessing about power usage). So…
Yesterday I went to Palatine Hill. It was pretty cool. You could wander around quite a bit & get right up close to the ruins. They’ve also restored a couple of rooms of Emperor […]
I’ve just got back from a shopping adventure, where I got to use my mad italian skillz!!1!
Part 1 - Postage Stamps
Me: (waving postcards) francobolli per Australia, per favore…
Tabbachi lady: Australia? (correct pronunciation)
Me: Si.
(exchange of shamps and money)
Me: Gratzie
I made that first part up myself! At least, I substituted in ‘Australia’ where my phrase book had […]
The hostel we’re in has strange bathrooms. Instead of the usual chipboard partition things, they’ve built little rooms for the toilets and the showers. Along one side of the room are three little rooms for the toilets, and along the other side are three little rooms for the showers. A side effect of this is […]
I’ve finally got some photos onto a computer. Here are a few. I’ve put them under the fold because I have no way of making them web-size. If you’re on a slow connection, or don’t really care, just don’t click “more..”. But even though you’re mean and don’t want to look at my pictures, I’ll […]
Today was my first day out and about on my own. I’m glad that I’ve had a few days to get used to the place. I was pretty nervous about it before leaving, and quite terrified a couple of times, like in the middle of the night on the plane and at the end of […]
This morning we headed down to the Colosseum, bright and early to avoid the crowds and the waiting in the rain. We got down there at about 8am, and spent half an hour waiting in the rain for the gates to open. We’d picked up a stray umbrella in the Vatican Museum yesterday, but I’d […]
Short version: did lots of walking, looked at lots of stuff. oh, so much walking!
Our excursion started about 9 o’clock. We took the metro to the station near the Vatican City. Then we walked down the road, and joined the line for the Vatican Museum. It went around the corner, so we couldn’t see exactly […]
soo…. It’s now 1:30ish here in Rome, and Steve and I are about done for the day. We got woken up at about 4:00am for breakfast, and landed at about 6:00am. Then we pretty much strolled out of the airport, and out to the airport train station. There we had to deal with our first […]
