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I’m trying to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 7, Easter Day. Buono Pasqua! Our last full day in Rome was kind of a summary of our entire trip, plus a little extra. We started by finishing our postcards and mailing them in the post office [...]

I’m trying to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 5, April 11. Today was another laid back day. We slept in a bit, I fixed the internet connection problem we were having, we moseyed our way to the metro station. We got out at Pyramide, took [...]

I’m trying to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 5, Good Friday. We started the day at the Trevi Fountain, a church with what looked like thousands of padlocks on the gate for some yet-unknown reason, the Marcus Aurelius column, and the Pantheon. On our way, [...]

I’m trying to try to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 3. I. am. sick. This is not fun, but runny nose, chills, and all, today was a great day. We had only two strict items on our agenda: picking up out tickets to Chrism Mass [...]

This is my second day of quick blogging our trip in Rome in 250 words or less. Great day! We started off early at the Colosseum and pretty much had it to ourselves. Then we went across the street to the Palantine Hill and Roman Forum. Some great ruins! We spent most of the morning [...]