To Rome!

Day 3 – Florence/Rome (2007.05.20)

As I had mentioned in yesterday’s entry, we started off the day with a nice little train ride from Florence to Rome. Well, we really started the day with the same breakfast buffet, where I actually tried the unidentified fruit-floating-in-juice thing (I think it was pear, but I won’t ever be sure). Once at the train station, we waited for our track to be called. The whole group only had their carry-on luggage, since their suitcases Read the rest of this entry »

Day 2 – Florence (2007.05.19)

Right now we have a little down time, riding the rails from Florence to Rome. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous, but looks like it’s on a loop – beautiful green pastures, villa on the hill, beautiful green pastures, rinse, repeat. So, it’s a good time to talk about yesterday – day 2 of our pre-cruise tour.

Breakfast was pretty good…it was a small Read the rest of this entry »

Even though we haven’t posted anything since Day 1, we did continue to write. The rates for internet access in Rome and on the ship were ridiculous, so we decided to just post after we returned, which is now. Once we unpack a little we’ll post the next day’s entry…just pretend that we posted it 2 weeks ago 🙂

Welcome to this first installment of our honeymoon travelogue. So far, it’s been a very interesting experience, especially if we were interested in little things not going right. In case you missed our itinerary, you can see it here…day 1 included a flight from Boston Logan to Milan, with a connection to Pisa.

First off, packing always takes longer than expected, especially when you wait until the last minute and even more so when you have two kittens Read the rest of this entry »