After seven glorious days in Rome its time to say andiamo. Ive had the most wonderful time exploring the ancient ruins and the modern cuisine. Somehow its hard to think of home when you are discovering the most amazing sights from thousands of years ago, and indulging in local fare and specialities (not that theres anything wrong with tacos Ron). Yesterday when I went for a walk within about 50metres in each direction where roman icons such as the colesseum, the ...

Hello ladies and gents. Cathy here. Rome has been wonderful. We leave here tomorrow and head on our 5 day tour to Florence, Venice, Lake Como and Milan. The football game the other night was a spectacle - Roma v Ciseano (or something like that). At Stadium Olympico. Lots of noise but at least we were in the quiet section. Coming home from that I lost the apartment keys and we are not yet aware what that will cost us. Only me!!!!!!! Donna left today and we...

Buon giorno. Its now Saturday afternoon and we,ve had a fantastic time over the past few days. From the Colosseum, wedding cake buildings, to the Roman Forum and the Palatine where it all began a few thousand years ago, weve crammed in what took centuries to build into a few days of sightseeing... with a few lattes in between. One of my greatest pleasures, apart from sampling the local culinary delights, is walking around the city particularly after the sun cools...

Quick hello from Roma - it is 7.18pm and still 35deg. Not humid though. Since arriving here yesterday we have done the grand tour and a lot of walking. Trevi fountain last night and we did the hop on hop off bus today. We did much hopping. Our apartmento is fabulouso but there was a wee mix up with apartments and we only have 2 days in this apartment (via modena) and tomorrow we move to via napoli 27 apartment. Becuase of the apartment mix up they are givin...

Good morning all, I have been ignoring my blogging duties. I had from Tuesday to Friday of last week in Belfast. I mostly sat with Mrs Shannon during the day and spent time with Peter and Eileen and Louise at night. Holywood was its normal overcast self. I saw a few friends and most of the family so that was good. Missed June which was sad. Friday night I got into London and headed to Greenwich where Ronys and Lee live in their gorgeous house. Ronys' siste...