Rome, Italy

Trip Start Aug 15, 2007

Trip End Apr 15, 2008

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Both ancient and modern, congested with traffic and full of open piazzas, Rome was all that we could have dreamed it would be. We were so lucky to have a wonderful friend to stay with while we were here. Her name is Maria Risi and she helped us to feel as at home as we had since we hit the road in August.

Maria opened her apartment to us and was there there to guide us out the door every morning for a suggested adventure. She let us do our laundry and use her computer and even cooked for us. We went to all of the best gelato joints and even had a real deal home cooked meal at her parents home. Her mother Patrizia can cook! And everyone made us fell more than welcome.

We walked and walked through this city every day and hardly ever repeated a sight

Love locks on a bridge

. The amount of history in every neighborhood is astounding. The Colosseum is even bigger than we could have thought, The Pantheon was the coolest building I have seen so far, We love Bernini, both old and new it is a very cool city.

It is by far the most expensive place we have traveled to and the retail prices make NYC look cheap. We started putting all the weight that we lost in the Greek isles back on thanks to all of the amazing food. Every day there was satisfying and beautiful- we feel so lucky.

Hope this entry finds you well and we miss you all.

-JD

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Love locks on a bridge	Des at the fountain beneath the Spanish Seps	fountain beneath the Spanish Seps	View from the top of fountain beneath the Spanish
Fresco in the	Fresco	Cathedral	Spanish Steps
Pillar	Des	Egyptian Pillar	Pantheon
Pantheon	Pantheon	Pantheon	Pantheon
Pantheon	Pantheon	Pantheon	Pantheon and Joel
Egyptain Pillar	Cathedral	Piazza Venezia	Night approaches
Night	Des	des jumping	Campo di Fiore
Go Penn State!	Bridge?	Roman Hosts	Des and Giorgio
Maria and Mom	Rome at night/ Camera Fun	Rome at night/ Camera Fun	Red umbrella/ 1st rain all trip
Roman Colliseum	Roman Colliseum	Roman Colliseum Comments!	Roman Colliseum
Roman Colliseum	Roman Colliseum	Roman Colliseum	Roman Arch
Roman Forum	Arch	Forum	Us
Joel at Colliseum	Roman Colliseum	Roman Colliseum	Roman Colliseum Comments!
Big old Pillar	Roman Colliseum	Old city	Piazza Venezia from a distance
Hey there	Ruins	Piazza Venezia	Ruins
Old fountain	Des	Joel	Really big little toe
Ruins	Cool water spout	Trevi Fountain	Trevi Fountain
Trevi Fountain	Trevi Fountain	Secret Wish	Trevi Fountain
Across from Trevi Fountain	Happy	Amazing clouds	Amazing clouds
Amazing clouds	Amazing clouds	Piazza Popolo	Piazza Popolo
Egyptian Oblisk	Another crazy Bernini fountain	Romulus	Piazza Venezia
Statue hiding the sun	At Vatican Museum	Orb At Vatican Museum	Orb At Vatican Museum
Vatican Dome	Pinecone	At Vatican Museum-Hallway!	At Vatican Museum-Hallway!
At Vatican Museum-Hallway!	Old Roman map	Unbelievable	Art evrerywhere
everywhere!	Fresco on ceiling	Indescribable	Indescribable
Vatican	So much	Des was worn out	Spinning the orb
Cool mosaic	Head of Medussa	Beautiful Sculpture	Joel and Maria
Hmmm.	Damn!	Mummy	Walk like an...
Us	Baboon	Crazy stairwell	Looking up
St. Peter´s Bascilica	Standing in line	Inside the dome at St. Peter´s Bascilica	So Big
So much Gold	Enormous	All of this is St. Peter´s Bascilica	Great light
Stained Glass above the alter	Great light	wow	Don't know what to say
Huge sculptures	Grand	Back outside	Des and Maria
Climbing to the top of the dome	view from the top of the dome	view from the top of the dome	view from the top of the dome
Us up top	Maria	The girls	Reminded me of home

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mcourtney on

HEY YOUS GUYS!
Ciao Ragatsi!

I hope you both are still having an amazing time on your trip...can't see why you wouldn't be. We didn't meet anyone else cooler than you two for the remainder of our trip....though we did meet some GORGEOUS Austrian girls in Ibiza :) Ibiza, but the way, was an incredible 3 days. We spent an insane amount of money, but the Ibiza bug has been planted in me, and I can't wait to return to that magical island.

Suit shopping in Milan was a complete bust for a multitude of reasons. But I think it was for the best, as we barely made it back with a cent in our bank accounts. We were complete bums at Mike's family's house in Porto for a week, and were stoned out of our minds in Amsterdam for a few days. We couldn't stop talking about how we missed the Mediterranean culture, countries, people, food, and evertyhing else about it. Time just seemed to stand still, and the word 'stress' didn't even exist.

Well, by now, short Mike and Scott are back in Canada where the leaves are starting to turn and that smell of fall looms in the air. I'm staying at my uncle's house in Dartford, England, about 45min east of London. My job has been put on hold for about a week or two because...well...it's politics! in the meantime, I'm bartending at a local pub, and attempting to detox my system.

I trust you both are doing well, and I look forward to reading more about your travels. If you plan on heading over to foggy London town, don't hesitate to get in touch. my house # is 01322 284454.

all the best,
Tall Mike