Day 4 (Tues. Nov. 13, Umbria) Umbria Today we rented a car at Termini, the big train station in Roma. I always thought Termini was named because it was the end of all the train lines, but it’s apparently named after the ancient baths nearby. Berck, being a better than average American, had made a…
Day 3 (Mon., Nov. 12, Roma) All museums closed On Mondays all of the museums in Italy close. A lot of restaurants close too. We hadn’t intended to stay in Rome an extra day, but all the flights out on Sunday were pretty full while the ones on Monday were relatively empty. That extended our…
Day 2 (Sun., Nov. 11, Roma) Hostel Allessandro Downtown The hostel gave us a double for 50 Euros a night, not bad in a city where the dollar is every day losing value and whose inflation has been checked by Germany’s central bank (as near as we can tell, in any case). The clerk took…
Day 1 (Nov. 10, travel) It started out pretty much as planned, the way most trips (even those with our lack of planning) do. We got up around 4am in order to be at the Denver airport around 5:30am for our 7am flight. The TSA decided that Berck’s passport was fake, so he demanded to…
The on again off again trip is on again. I’m going to be really disappointed if something happens and we don’t make it. I’ve spent more effort planning this trip than I did my entire couple of months wandering around with a backpack and eurail pass. The “plan” is to leave tomorrow morning from Denver,…