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June 16, Rome – Dolomites
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Sarah, our house/pet sitter to be calls Cynthia at 1:45 in the morning but we get some sleep. Our taxi was waiting at 7:40 as requested. Freenow is a mobile app for calling official white taxis. Driving to the train… Continue reading
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June 15, Rome Day 7
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It’s our last day and David’s leg needs rest. Cynthia does a final load of laundry and heads out to see the Bridge of Angels (Sant’Angelos) and environment. Nearby is another lovely bridge – Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II, the first… Continue reading
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June 14, Rome Day 6
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A day of rest, mostly for David’s leg, a bit of laundry, and a stroll around Campo de’ Fiori square. It is lined on three sides with restaurants and outdoor tables and waiters importuning passers by to eat, drink, and… Continue reading
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June 13, Rome Day 5
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After a leisurely morning in the apartment, we get a cab and driver who screams invective at someone on his phone for our entire trip to the Villa Borghese, where we have another “skip-the-line, small-group” tour (from now on abbreviated… Continue reading
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June 12, Rome Day 4
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The boot is off. Long live the boot. We rise and walk to the Pantheon so we can be at the head of the already-have-tickets line. Another gorgeous but sizzling day … gonna be 94 degrees later. The piazza and… Continue reading
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June 11, Rome Day 3
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Alarms at 6:20 in the morning when you’re 77 are simply … required … if you want to see the Vatican Museum uncrushed by humanity short of getting a personal tour by Robert Francis Prevost. We wake and literally get… Continue reading
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June 10, Rome Day 2
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Dawn comes early and we sleep late … and sleep … and sleep … emerging from the apartment around two after a few hours of breakfast, consulting maps, researching history and architecture, reassembling our gear, and discovering more stuff absent… Continue reading
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June 9 Rome Day 1
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Long before realizing that we forgot to pack such essentials as chargers for various electronics, vitamins for various body parts, and sunglasses, we load our bags into an uber driven by a moonlighting NIH biochemist from Ethiopia who regales us… Continue reading
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