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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 near [...]

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 some [...]

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, we [...]

I’m trying to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here’s what we did on day 4, Maundy Thursday.
EARLY morning today. We had tickets to watch the Chrism Mass (Blessing of the Holy Oils) at 9:30, and we were told that we should arrive 2 hours early if we wanted good seats. We [...]

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 (with [...]

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 [...]

I’m going to try to quick-blog Rome in 250 words a day (or less!). Here goes.
Best piece of advice: buy your Metro tickets at a Tabacchio. We waited maybe 2 minutes and were able to get right on our train.
Not as easy finding the hotel, but we did with only one turn around. We hit [...]

I love the beginning of a new year because it’s, well, a fresh start. Really, we just change the number of the year we’re in, January 1 is just the day after December 31, just like January 2 is just the day after January 1, but we have celebrated the beginning of this new year for a long time, so I don’t feel silly for enjoying the newness of it.

Every new year, I take some time and evaluate the last year, then think about how I want to make my life better during the coming one.