The first thing we did was leave one of our bags at the Rome airport, Fiumicino. Talk about panic. We had a great cab driver (perhaps if he were better we would not have left one bag on the curb), but he was a great help finding it before the bomb squad blew it up. Called all of his friends to help find it and walked her through retrieving it from security. They take this kind of stuff seriously here (in an Italian sort of way).
Rome is a great city. The Italians have perfected the art of benign neglect. Let it deteriorate just enough to be interesting. but not enough to disappear.
Tomorrow, Lecce.
Benign neglect at its bestFiume Tevere (Tiber River)Urban RenewalSaint Peter’s with 20,000 of my friends trying to get an audience with PapaThe inside of the Pantheon; it always looks like a paintingNever crowded at the Trevi Fountain.Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo), Think Ben Hur chariot raceA late afternoon snack on our balcony in Rome.
What a crazy four weeks since I left work. We went right down to the wire, but finished packing just in time to catch our ride to the airport.
We have been living on the corner of 34th and East Denny Way for 32 years. It is very strange to think that tomorrow someone new will occupy our house and our corner.
We are still preparing for our departure on the 28th and there is a lot to do before we are ready. But as I told most of you I would do, I have set up a blog that will allow you to live vicariously through our adventures or maybe just keep up with our travels and hopefully see some beautiful photographs along the way. Please feel free to comment and keep the conversation going.
I am new to how the whole blog thing works so I will not only be posting things, but will continue to tweak the format as I go. So don’t be surprised if what you see one day is not what you see the next. There is a place on the home screen to subscribe so you will get updates. You can also set up a RSS feed. That might be going too far for some, so if you don’t want one more site sending you stuff, just drop by once in a while to say hi and see the latest.
