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• 7/03/07 – Rome

  This morning we visited the Coliseum. It was very convenient to get to – just a few subway stops from our hotel. You come out of the subway and the Coliseum is immediately across the street. We had reserved tickets, so we didn’t have to wait in line.... Posted Jul 03 2007, 02:48 PM by Angie with | with no comments Filed under: Italy, Rome

• 6/30/07 - Florence: dinner at Il Latini

  We had a great dinner tonight at Il Latini . We'd heard about it from several people and walked by it Friday night and saw there were a lot of people waiting outside (which we haven't seen anywhere else so far.) So we decided we had to try it... Posted Jul 01 2007, 10:16 AM by Angie with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Italy, 2007, florence

• Pisa - 6/30/07

  6/30/07 Hello. So I don’t know what else to add for today. Pisa was exactly what I expected: Get on train. Get off train. Taxi to leaning tower. Laugh at stupid people taking picture pretending to hold up the tower. Take Jeff’s picture pretending to hold... Posted Jul 01 2007, 10:13 AM by Angie with | with no comments Filed under: Italy, 2007, pisa

• Florence - 6/29/07

  Today we visited two famous museums: the Accademia (home of Michelangelo's David) and the Uffizi (home of, amongst other things, Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Primavera.) We made reservations for both galleries a couple of months ago and were... Posted Jun 29 2007, 11:40 AM by Angie with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Italy, 2007, florence

• Florence - 6/28/07

  We bid farewell to Venice today and took a train to Florence. The Eurostar train we took was very comfortable and relaxing. We checked into our hotel in Florence, the Hotel Porta Rossa. There are several distinctive differences between our rooms in Venice... Posted Jun 28 2007, 01:18 PM by Angie with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Italy, 2007, florence

• Venice - 6/27/07

  So we made an earlier start of it today and got in line early for St. Mark's Basilica. The Basilica opens at 9:30 (after a 6:45 mass) and we arrived about 9:15. There was already a decent sized line, but it looked manageable. Then a lady came along... Posted Jun 27 2007, 11:12 AM by Angie with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Italy, venice

• Venice - 6/26/07

  So, another post for today (what I call day 2 and Jeff calls day 3; there's a little dispute on how to number what day we're on. I count full days and Jeff includes all travel days. From here on out I will just list posts by the date!) We're... Posted Jun 27 2007, 11:10 AM by Angie with | with no comments Filed under: Italy, venice

• Venice, Day 2

  Happy to report no breakdowns today!!! Today's weather was quite different - still pretty warm, but way less humid. I guess I'm a true Phoenician. I can take the heat, but not the humidity. Jeff is busy posting photos from yesterday's trip... Posted Jun 26 2007, 07:36 AM by Angie with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Italy, 2007, venice

• Humidity, jet lag and hysteria, oh my!!

  Jeff is posting about our troubles with our Delta flight. All I'll say is all told our travel took from 6:00 am Saturday to to 9:00 am Sunday (Seattle time) - 27 of the longest hours!! So jet lag/hysteria/anxiety/whatever kicked my rear today - we... Posted Jun 25 2007, 10:16 AM by Angie with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Italy, 2007, venice