Miki&Jason

Key West Day 6

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Today was a beautiful day! We got up and went to the beach. I snorkeled a little more. We then relaxed in the pool a bit. After drying off we visited Kelly's for happy hour and dinner. Mmmm....shrimp and gritz! Then we hit up Sloppy Joe's for the Hemingway Contest. Soon after, it was time to go back to the beach to catch a gorgeous sunset. Now it is almost time for bed. We had to leave in the morning :(

Key West 6

The Keys day 5

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Today we went up to Marathon Key, Pigeon Key and Deer Key. Great sights!

Key West 5

Key West day 3 and 4

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Day Three we went to the beach in the morning. The water is sooo warm! Right when we were leaving to go to lunch, it started pouring down rain! We biked from the beach over to the restaurant. We were soaked! We had a great Cuban meal and waited for the rain to die down. When we came out to get on the bikes they were half way under water! The rain was knee high! So we pedaled back to the room. After hanging out in the pool, we walked down Duval some more and ate dinner at Sloppy Joe's. Not many pictures because of all the rain :(

Key West 3

On the fourth day we went to Dry Tortugas on Garden Key. We walked around the fort and snorkeled. It was amazing!

Key West 4

Key West 4 con't

Key West Day 1 and 2

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Day One

Key West

Day Two

Key West 2

Postcrossing Visitors

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my dogs: Sam, Elephant and Chicken

My husband and me

Hi! Welcome to my blog. Feel free to check out my life :)

I'm 29 years old. I live in Savannah, GA near the beach. I'm married with three little dogs. We have a boat we like to travel around the islands on. I work with the local sea turtle project. We help watch the nests and make sure all the babies make it to the ocean. I am also a photographer for the local newspaper. You can see some of my photos at www.elephantboots.etsy.com . I love to read, love to travel and love being outdoors. Send me some photos of yourself and your life! Have a great day!

Last blog for trip 2008

2008-04-10T21:56:00.002-05:00

Sorry we had a few days of downtime. The last few days were a bit of a challenge. We had some medical problems, my laptop was stolen, Paris wanted to keep us longer and my luggage continued on to Canada.

We are very glad to be home. We can say, without a doubt, we LOVE where we live. We know for sure God intended this life for us. It didn't make sense, and some of our friends still feel it doesn't make sense, to move hours away from every one we know. But we know for sure that this place is included in our purpose. That said....

We had a great trip. We have many memories and lots of laughs. A few weeks have passed and we can see beyond all the chaos from the end of the trip. We may actually even miss Stephen. Maybe :)

My favorite memory? There were so many. I really enjoyed walking around the markets. Whether Camden Lock, Portabello Road, Monte Montre (I know I didn't spell this right, but I don't feel like looking it up), or the thrift stores in Dublin. I thought we really got to see the culture of the towns. I enjoyed being more relaxed in Paris this time around. Since it was my third time, I could stop and look around.

Here is where I will turn it over to Jason. Thus far I have more than dominated the blog. Thank you for following and I love you all! ~miki

Howth 6, fish market

2008-03-18T14:26:00.000-05:00

Seafood market, look at the lights from the ceiling.
squid, tails, octopus, tube clams, sea snails
scary monkfish
winkels. We found the shells to these on the beach.

howth 5

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Lighhouse from 1817 AD
Martello tower. James Joyce lived in this tower for some time. Tybee had a martello tower. They were set up as a quick form of defence for ports. Howth was Irleland's largest port until recently.

Howth 4

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seagull eating a starfish. Jason and I commented that this is the first time we have ever seen a seagull eat something they actually caught in the wild.
A tidal pool with clams and coral.
A sailboat near the island
a seal

howth 3

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Hillside
city and marina
lighthouse

Howth 3

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Marina
Hillside
Marina with city in background
lighthouse

Howth 2

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Part of the city on the hill
The marina and lighthouse (in the background).
Sailboats with island in background.
A grounded boat.

Day trip to Howth on the coast of Ireland

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These are crab claws in a garlic sauce. I had these and the following Fisherman's Stew for lunch.
Fisherman's Stew: muscles, carrots, celery and soup
Jason had fish and chips, again
It was a great lunch!

Dublin on St. Patrick's Day 2008

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Dublin on st.patty's day

Click on the photo and you can see all the pictures with captions.

To my mummy

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Blogger Graphics

I found some really Cute Blogger Layouts at Doobix.com

Dublin day 2, March 16th

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Irish Pub in Temple Bar district.
Sunset over Ha'penny Bridge. We're just glad we got to see the sun.
A nice ending to a long, wonderful day. A pint with our friend Eamon at Horse Show.

Dublin day 2 March 16th

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St. Stephen's Green
St. Paddy's Fair
Great band playing at the fair. They are called Torann. Look for their CD soon. They really were great.
Giant game of pick-up sticks :)

March 16th in Dublin

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This is a book vending machine. I thought it was really cool. I don't have any pictures from the first day in Dublin. We landed and went straight to participate in a treasure hunt through the city. It rained soooo much and we got sooo wet. I didn't want to destroy the camera. Our clothes are still drying. We had lots of fun, though. We walked for 5 hours and saw the whole city.
The outside of our hotel. Bewley's in Ballsbridge built in 1759. We love this hotel.
Jason and I with the statue of Molly Malone.
Grafton Street. Good for shopping.

London March 14th Last day

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Kensington Palace. This is where Diana and, until her death in 2002, Princess Margret lived. Princess Margret's state rooms are currently being renovated for use by some other royal family member. This palace is owned by London and is in custody of the Queen. Parliament wanted to tear it down, but Queen Victoria, who had grown up here, begged them to restore it and open it to the public. Today it is mostly a museum with royal residences set up when needed.
The King's Stairway. King Charles had this built.

A swan in the pond of Kensington Park, just outside the palace.
The first known image of Christ from the British Museum.

London March 13th

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An Easter Island statue

The Rosetta Stone
A statue from Rome

March 13 Cabinet war rooms

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Churchill's room. His cigar is still wrapped by the bed. He slept here when he stayed over night or for short naps during the day.
These are all his medals except that which was returned to the gov't.

This is the flag that was on his coffin.

London March 13th

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Jason feeding a squirrel in the park

These squirrels would just come right up to you. It was so neat.
This is the cabinet war room. When London was being bombed during WWII, they moved all operations into these underground secret rooms. Churchill stayed here several times, as did the cabinet. This was the main meeting room. After the war was over, these rooms were sealed and left untouched until recently when they were opened to the public.

London March 13

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Jason reining in the lion at Trafalgar Square
Westminster Abby
A cute house in one of the parks near the Treasury.

March 13th Trafalgar Square

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Westminster Abby
Trafalgar Square
Natural History Museum
Jason and Stephen on the monument in the middle.

London on Jason's Birthday March 12th

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This is the mounted guard changing
Us in front of Buckingham Palace.
Guard being led in.
Scottish guard marching in to switch.

London day 5, 6, and 7

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london2 2

I'm having to upload as a whole file. The computer is in high demand :) I'll try to add catptions later if there is time.

London day 4

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A torential storm came through today so we didn't get outside much. They said it was one of the worst storms in twenty years. We stayed on a tour bus and didn't get many pictures. We almost saw the queen. She going into Westminster Abby for church. They said that it was the birthday of Prince Edward (born in 1961 in Buckingham). We were going to wait for her to come out, but it started snowing and sleeting. I don't need to see her that badly.

But it was a very relaxed and calm day despite the weather. We just took it easy. See you tomorrow!

London day 3 con't

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Bloody mean birds!

This is the scaffold site.

London day 3

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This is the Camden Lock at the Camden Market. This is a great little market. Less tourists and great art.

The tower bridge again.
Tower of London with daffodils

Tower of London cont

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Carvings in one of the holding towers. These carvings date back before Columbus (or whomever) discovered America. One says 1374.
Stephen with a Yeoman
Jason and I with a Yeoman
Tower bridge at dusk.

2008-03-08T22:06:00.000-05:00

Fish and chips for lunch. Mmmmm.....grease :) Jason made me promise I would post this somewhere. I will try and sneak it in here where it may not get noticed.....So on the first day, as we were heading to the underground, I noticed a bunch of coins on the ground. Londoners act like there money isn't twice what ours is. And when you have to pay to pee you save every coin you can. So we have been picking up behind them for the good of the nation ;) Anyways, we were watching a man wearing a sheet talk to a bobby (cop) when I spotted the coins and a crushed coffee cup. I picked up the coins looking for someone who may have dropped them (there was over 3 pounds there). We didn't see anyone so we kept walking. After a second, we realized it was a homeless man talking to the bobby, and I had most likely just stolen his day's food (or whatever the cinical would like to say here) money. So now they are teasing me to no end for stealing from the homeless. Jason can be heard telling someone cutting in the que,"Watch out! Don't make her mad. She steals from the homeless!"

These are birds coming to our table (right next to us) to eat crumbs.
Map of the tower.
Tower bridge.

Tower of London, day 2

2008-03-08T21:55:00.000-05:00

After a few hours of shopping, we headed down to the Tower of London. We didn't get to see it all, so I will be posting more pictures from this later.
Stephen's photo opp.
Jason and I infront of the wall.

London Day 2

2008-03-08T21:52:00.000-05:00

The room is already a mess
Ah....purses on Portobello!
Portobello Market. We had soo much fun checking out all the stalls. You should have seen the line for the ONE bathroom on this loooong stretch of road. There are so many neat stalls...antiques, clothes, vintage clothes, designer stuff, jewelry, etc.
more stalls....

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First Day of London 2008

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We have landed! The first day was a gorgeous one, so we decided to take advantage and hit the London Eye. We then headed back to the hotel for some rest and showers. Afterwards, we went and ate at a great little place. Italian Restorante. Very authentic and very good. We will leave the fish and chips for tomorrow.
This is the view walking up to the ticket counter.
Here's a picture of Big Ben from our pod on The Eye.
I don't know the name of this building, but will re-post when I do. Pretty cool architecture, huh?

European Trip 2008!!!

2008-03-05T11:03:00.001-05:00

We will start posting on March 7 on London Time. So check back then! Thanks for following us!

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Pictures of Charlie and Jackson. Charlie is the larger of the two. Aren't they adorable? :)

Museum of Contemporary Art

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These people are filming out on the street. They wouldn't say what they were filming for..

Chicago Theater district, us at Wicked

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Field Museum II

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More Dinos from Field Museum

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Sunset from Hancock Observatory

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Pictures from the Hancock Tower

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silverback and baby gorillas

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cool rino and crazy beaver

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More zoo 2

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More Zoo

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more zoo animals

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Seal, Leopard and Monkeys, Oh My!

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Lincoln Park Zoo Lions

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Picture of the city from the Navy Pier.
The lighthouse from the Pier.
Jason and Moi at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
The view of the city from the zoo.

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These are a couple of dresses on display on Michigan Ave. It was an exhibit of artists' work.
They were asked to design dresses using outdoor elements. There were about 100, but these
are a couple of the best.

The gardens at the Navy Pier.
And a flower in the gardens.

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This was the view from our first hotel room. Chicago Intercontinental. This hotel is a must stay
if you have the cash :)
This is a bao. I have been raving about them since
our first trip to Chicago. The next picture is of the inside.
The outside is a steamed dough shell with an inside of filling.
We like the curry chicken best.

Michigan Ave. The place to shop!

Halloween 2007

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Here is Chicken in the Shrimp costume posing pretty.

These are my precious children
sitting pretty for their mommy!

Here is Elephant in the Shrimp costume. Isn't she a cutty?

I think this is mad chicken disease!

Private Island 7/2/07

2007-07-04T15:40:00.000-05:00

The other night I decided to go out to Tybee and take some pictures of the Pulaski lighthouse. It is a smaller lighthouse near the Pulaski Fort. We also have a larger lighthouse further down the island.
A storm was coming in and I thought there would be some awesome pictures to be had. I noticed a little road going down to a marina. I had never been down there. I drove down to the dock and took some great pictures.
As I was leaving I noticed a dirt road going toward the water. I drove down it (very slowly) and discovered a small isolated beach. It had some great shells, fiddler crabs and old weathered trees. It was very cool. My camera was dying, but I got some great shots in before it quit.

Miki&Jason

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My Pictures

Autumn colors

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Our driveway

All our furry friends

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Cassie
Chicken, again.
Dixie and Sam
Sam and his new sweater.

Chicken and Elephant

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Chicken and Elephant

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Chicago

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Chicago I

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This is right inside the airport.
Jason getting ready for his conference.
The architecture is awesome.

Chilli Part IV

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Pepper contest. You have to run blindfold down the strip and put the pepper (hanging from a strin tied around your waist) into a little jar. Needless to say, Jason and I didn't win.

Pumkin tree.
Howdy! I look good in hats.

Chilli Part III

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'Nuff said.

Shiver me timbers!
This group did a great job with their set up.

Chilli Cookoff Con't

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Chilli making men.
Too much chilli for this little man!
Look what the chilli did to this kid!

Chilli Cookoff at Stone Mountain

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Jason after eating much chilli!
Some chilli cookers sleep outside for the night.
Elvis has left the building.
MMmmmm....chilli shooters.

Seriously if he puts me on another bus....

2006-02-24T16:16:00.000-05:00

So...Jason decided we needed to take a bus this morning. For real. Why do I not just let him go and wait for him on the other side? TWO HOURS LATER we make it to the station which is a ten minute walk from the convent.

So I started making sock puppets with my scarf.

Ok, did not mean for there to be three sock puppets, but I can't read Italian and it won't go away.

So...after reaching the station, figuring out how to get to Viterbo, we are on our way!

An hour later we arrive at Viterbo. We had an awesome day! This has been our favorite spot so far on the trip. It is a Medieval town with a cool history. The popes use to use it as a place to go and relax. There are some very cool websites on the internet about this little town. If you ever come this way, there is a great bed and breakfast for very cheap right in the heart of the town.

As you enter the town, there is a map that lays out a nice walk for you. This gives you the chance to see everything. The walk is an easy one, but nicer if it is warm and not raining (neither of which we had the chance to enjoy), but still a nice walk with gorgeous views. It is quiet and not crowded. A big change from Rome. Here are a few great pictures...

This last picture is of the place I previously wrote about where you can see them paint ceramics and paint your own. We didn't paint any (they said we had to go somewhere else for that and we had a language problem), but you know us...we did buy some. Well, one. They handpaint with special paint on a special type of stone from the region made from volcanic ash. I just hope we get it home in one piece.

Well, tomorrow is Pompeii and Naples. Volcanoes and pizza! TTFN!

We the People

2006-02-23T12:34:00.000-05:00

That's it! Jason and I have decided we are taxi people. If the bus doesn't directly go where we need it to, I'm not getting on. No more of this, "let's ride until this stop, get off and catch this bus to here, then take this bus to there." Not me, no sir, no way. I'm a taxi girl, thus Jason likes taxis, too.
Hannah has requested I show pictures of our food. She is right. We have taken more pictures today of ordinary stuff. You will see our food, the bus system, Jason and the bus map, me waiting on Jason and the bus...etc. Should be entertaining to all.
Today we went to the Sistine Chapel. It was VERY crowded and much smaller than I pictured it. You have to go through the Vatican Museum to see it. That meant more old stuff. Then lots of stairs and people. After herding through, you get to the end and it is small. Well, not really small, but I go to North Point. It is very small compared to one of our worship areas.
When we got done with that, Jason tried to navigate us through the city to Travestere. There is a restaurant I wanted to try and a shop I read about. That is when I decided I was a taxi girl through-and-through. Jason gave in after I pushed him off a bus. Just kidding, Janice....I just yelled at him and shoved slightly. No scratches.
The Taxi took us straight to the door of the restaurant where we had great authetic Roman food. See picture. Jason wants to take a taxi back before we leave. What you see in the picture is gnocci with meat sauce and a plate of meatballs. Gnocci is like balls of pasta. It is very good and very filling. Thursday is Gnocci night in Rome. Everyone serves Gnocci (pronounced no-she). The picture is of my plate AFTER I ate what I wanted.
Tomorrow we are going to Viterbo. I am looking forward to leaving the city for a bit. That is all for now! (and I was looking at graffiti when I learned to spell chow so...) Ciao bella!

Not another Museum.....

2006-02-22T14:29:00.000-05:00

This is our bedroom at the convent.

Ok, do not roll your eyes. Seriously...the old stuff is starting to run together. Jason is loving it. I am getting a bit tired of ancient art. We did not (the keyboard does not allow me to do contractions incase you were wondering) do much today. I, yes I did, handed Jason the map and let him navigate what we did today. Thus, we made our appointment to the Borghese Gallery (by my insistence on a taxi, that, granted, ripped us off), but we did not make it to anything else today. So we spent hours waiting on buses, riding buses and just wandering around. I was very calm and relaxed. Jason, on the other hand, was a wreck. He says he was just (add quotation marks here cause I cannot) zoned in (end quotation), but he was very snippy and never looked up from his map. I finally took it away and we both decided he should not be incharge of the map anymore.
After the gallery, we walked through the Villa del Borghese (say bor gay zay) which is Romes central park. It was very beautiful. We strolled and watched the ducks at the pond. See pictures.
We then headed to the Vatican Museum (very long way across river) but did not make it until it closed ( at one thirty). So we headed back across the river to the Pantheon to eat lunch. We ate at a cool little place recommended by the book run by a lady called Mikki. So I just had to eat there. I had a mushroom, lettuce (called rocket) and mozzarella sandwich. The mozzarella was very good. We will have to find a cheese shop before we leave. Jason had a plate of meats and another plate of meat with rocket and tomatoes. Jason likes meat.
We then went to the top of a museum, where there was a cafè, and watched the sun set over Roma. See pictures.
Then we discovered some more ruins and went to a shopping distict where we spent no money. We saw lots of neat things, but all too expensive. Jason wants to go back to buy some shoes, though. He is like a girl about shoes. But we did find a place going out of business, so they were very cheap.
That is all for now. We are really tired and have huge blisters on our feet. We are going back to our nuns now to sleep. Chow Bella!

Rome Day Two

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We had a great tour today! We saw so many things: Vatican, Pantheon, the Forum, some Bascillica, Trevi Fountain, Colloseum (again), and St. Peteràs Bascilica. We met some very nice people on the tour. One older couple was here to tour after being at the Olympics to see their granddaughter win the silver medal in snowboard cross. That is the downhill snowboarding. You might have seen her. She is the girl in the Visa commercial where her coach tells her to pretend her Visa Checkcard was stolen so she will go fast down the mountain. Well, she did go fast. Her grandfather told me she would have won the gold, but she got excited at the very end and tried to show off and ended up falling. Silver is still very good. The whole family was interviewed on The Today Show with Katie.
We also had our first real Roman meal today on the tour. It was right at the base of the Colloseum. They serve their meals in courses. They also include wine with everything. It is cheaper than water in some cases. They start out with a pasta, then bring a meat or fish and vegetable. Then dessert. Mmmm......For dinner I ate four cheese rissoto. We both thought it was very good. Jason had lemon pork and Penne.
It rained most of the day, but was usually a fairly light rain. We both didn't mind it. At the Vatican, the line was wrapped around the plaza. The tour guide told us to cut in front of everyone. So we did just that. Excuse, porfavore! Over and over. I think we were cussed out in at least five languages. It was great. Hey, when inRome!
We hope you enjoy these pictures. We miss everyone! Oh, and Mom, you can send us regular emails. We check those, too. But you are still a very cool blogger :o)

Pictures: from top then left to right. Sorry about the layout, I don't read Italian.
-Some Bascilica we can't remember the name of. Very beautiful, though. All that you see is tiny pieces of glass and ceramics made into mosiacs.
-Trevi Fountain
-The Vatican
- The church the convent we are staying in is attached to (and yes, the nun asked me if I "sprekinse deutch" or however you spell it.)
- This is the breakfast room. Very pretty.
- Jason and I at the Colloseum
- The forum
- The Forum at night (we saw it at night because we were still waiting on the dern bus)
- Colloseum

Rome Day One

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It is 8pm here in Rome. We have spent the whole day walking. We had to get up at 5am to catch the flight over here. We found the convent (very nice, but the nuns speak German?) then headed out to the Colosseum and Paletine Hill. We tried to figure out the bus system, but waited for thirty minutes for a bus that never came. We will work on that tomorrow.
The ruins are great. They are also everywhere. We just wandered and came across some. We have pictures of things we do not know the names of. Anyway, tomorrow we are taking a full day tour. That should give us some bearings and lots of picture opportunities. I am looking forward to not having to walk far. Our feet are killing us!
I left the card reader at the room, so I will post lots of pictures tomorrow. Chow!

Paris

2006-02-19T14:46:00.000-05:00

We are now at a close to our second and last day in Paris. We have had a great time! Today we ate lunch at Le Joules Verne located on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. We learned We would get very skinny if we moved here. We both ordered a meal where you get to try a little of everything. Some stuff was good. We both agreed the French are best with dessert.
We also went to the Louvre, today. Jason loved looking at all the art. I loved seeing my favorite painter, Paolo Panini (see picture). He was amazing! So detailed and realistic. Then we went to their post office and sent postcards out.
Yesterday we went on a tour. We stopped at Notre-Dame. It is so beautiful! We lit a candle for Melanie. She loved Paris so much. We also stopped at Montmontre. We bought a very nice painting.
This keyboard is different, so excuse any typos. Well, We are about to go to bed so ze zill be rested for our flight to Rome. We miss everyone!

When in Rome...

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Here are a couple of great links for ordering coffee and food in Italy. I figure if we can master this, we'll survive the week!
http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/language/caffes.htm
http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/language/restaurants.htm

One Week!

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One week and counting! I still have a lot of stuff to do before we leave (Grandma stuff, cleaning, organizing, planning, etc.). Our days are mostly planned (of mice and men...). Below is an itenerary.
FRIDAY Feb. 17, 2006
Take flight 22 on Delta out of Atlanta 5:35 pm
SATURDAY Feb. 18, 2006
Arrive in Paris (Degualle) 8am
Get to Hotel des Victoires by shuttle
walk around area, go to mall (I will find this mall without help)
have lunch at Mexican Restaurant if can find it
Tour Paris by Minibus @ 1:30
perhaps go back up to Montmartre for a nice dinner
see Eiffel Tower at night
SUNDAY Feb. 19, 2006
Get to Louvre early 9am
have lunch at Le Jules Verne, Eiffel Tower 12:30 sharp
back to Louvre till close
walk down Champs Elysees
maybe go to a movie at La Geode (round imax)
MONDAY Feb. 20, 2006
Fly out of Paris early 8:50am
Arrive in Rome 10:55am
take subway to Roma Termini
walk to Suore di Saint Elisabetta next to Basilica Saint Mary Maggiore
Via dell'olmata, 9
00184 Roma
tel +39 06 4888271
Go to Colosseum, Forum, Mamertine Prison, Trojan's Forum, Capitol Hill, Pantheon
TUESDAY Feb. 21, 2006
Full day Rome tour 8:30am-5:30pm
drop off at Trastevere for Jewish quarter and shopping
do Roman night walk (from Rick Steves)
WEDNESDAY Feb. 22, 2006
visit church next to convent
Borghese Gallery 11am for 2 hr tour
Baths of Diocletian Tour
shopping after dinner
THURSDAY Feb. 23, 2006
Vatican Museum (where we will send out postcards you won't get for two weeks)
St. Peter's Bascilica
Catacombs of Priscilla www.catacombedipriscilla.com
FRIDAY Feb. 24, 2006
Visit Viterbo and Villa Lante
SATURDAY Feb. 25, 2006
Visit Naples and Pompeii
SUNDAY Feb. 26, 2006
Leave Rome@ 10:20am to fly to Degualle (Paris) 12:30p
Fly from Paris 1:35p to arrive in Atlanta 5:35pm

Pre-trip

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This is our blog for our trip to Paris and Rome. We will update during our trip with pictures and funny anicdotes. Please sign in from time-to-time to see how we are doing!

It is now two weeks before we leave. I'm starting to dream about the trip. That is, when I can get to sleep. I'm getting very anxious. There is sooo much to do in Rome, we are starting to have to prioritize things. We have been watching anything we can find on Tivo about Rome. We have found some really neat little cities near Rome we want to visit, as well. Jason keeps adding in so many side trips, I'm not sure how much of Rome we will see.
One of the side trips is to a little town that is from Medievil (sp?) times. They are known for their ceramics. It is made from local volcanic stone. There is one shop where you can take lessons in local ceramic painting and paint something to bring back.
Just outside of that town is a huge villa (someone from history). It has acres of gardens and fountains. It looked gorgeous in the video.

That's it for now!