Rome

After about 7 hrs on the plane we arrived at 12:35pm Italy time. I slept the entire flight...just in time for my coffee and muffin prior to landing. Kim however, sat awake the entire time. Good flight I thought...:) Tons more leg room than Air Transat!
Its a suprising 27C here today but a bit overcast.
ok....check it out....while picking up our baggage the conveyor stops after about half the bags come out...10 mins goes by.....we are both getting antsy, only to find that a loose strap from my bag got caught in the dumb thing before ripping it off and putting a fist size rip in my bag....Oops!...my bad (blush)
Found a shuttle to the hotel that made only 2 stops before ours...awesome.
Hotel Londra-Cargill....nice place ...nothing fancy but clean and in the midst of all the tourist stuff. Perfect!
Its about 3pm now...gonna clean, go get a bite to eat.....a beer and do some sight seeing baby ya!

Sadly this blog reads in reverse. To see the trip from the start you need to scroll to the bottom and work back up.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Rome

The minimum height requirement for a guard at the palace is 1.9m tall!!  This guy was shorter than the others inside.  (for reference...Kim is 5'1")
A Guard at the Presidential Palace
1.90m=6'3" tall....the guy beside Kim is about 6'8"....the guy in the back of the archway must be 7'0" for sure...plus the boots and helmet!!!  Very imposing to say the least....we saw other guards, all about the same size. Must be something in the water!!??
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