Trips, Pics, and Tales

We did it, we navigated the streets of Rome, in the dark on our own!  We made it to the Trevi Fountain, which if you can manage to get past the craziness of the crowds and the people trying to force roses upon you…is really a stunning site all lit up at night!  Alex, Megan and I made our way down to the actual edge and tossed in our coins. We will be back! This was our insurance!   You know the legend right? Toss one coin in the fountain and you guarantee a return trip to Rome!  Two coins and you come back and fall in love, three coins and ...well this is where it gets a bit fuzzy.  I've read that you'll get married, and I've read you'll get divorced.  But the one that's always consistent is one coin and you come back! And then just go toss as many as you want, and then  Euros are donated to the local food bank or to the poor, and foreign coins are donated to the Red Cross. It was a crazy mad scene though!  The crowds were tight an...

Saturday June 8 th We landed nearly on time at FCO and exited the rear of the plane.  This was great for us!  Right down the steps onto the tarmac.  Then a bus took us to the terminal.  Immigration was fast.  Our luggage was right there and I’m not even sure there was customs!  I had watched the Rome Cabs video on where to go, so we easily found our guide right by the pole like in the video.  I booked the VIP 2 hour tour to the hotel.  We knew our rooms  wouldn't  be ready yet, so why not get a nice intro to Rome on the way!  Our guide Andre walked us to his van and the weather was perfect.  I  couldn't  believe we had made it!  Here we were, finally in Italy!  I had been planning this trip for nearly a year  - amazing!  I mentioned that I’m the obsessive trip planning type of person, so my parents of course knew where we were going, but not so much the daily details.  So before we left...