Chow Roma! We made our way down to Rome by train. Just like Venice it would better if one didn't get sick, this time it was Jans turn. Our hotel was again well located in a central area, Trevi Fountain, Collisieum, shopping. The hotel wasn't as nice as Venice but we put up with it. There were tens of thousand of visitors in town for the European Football (soccer) Championship game between United Manchester and Barcelona. There are areas all over the city still...

Buongiomo Venezia! (Bonjourno Venice!) What a romantic Island. It helps though when one of you doesn't come down with a 100+ temperature. You can tell by the pic of us in the gondola who was the sick one. After we got there, by water taxi, we had our mandatory Italian pizza and it was totally different from what we think of pizza, but it was good (and expensive). Everything was about triple what we pay in the states. Our hotel was centrally located for excusio...

Bon Jour Mon Ami, What a trip! Beautiful city, beautiful hotel, beautiful people. Jan and I walked our legs off for 4 days, ate and drank well. It's hard to know where to start. It started spitting snow in the taxi from the airport, was overcast, as you can tell by the pictures, the entire time. It snowed on our last day there, as we stood in line waiting to get into the Louve. We were afraid that because of the cold and weather we wouldn't be able to eat alfr...