Archive for the 'Vacations' Category
Florence (But Not Kentucky)
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
My previous two days in Rome with Chris had been utterly exhausting and we had walked nearly the entire length of the city. My feet were achy and blistered and I could have slept for a day…but I wasn’t about to wimp out. Chris really showed his stamina as he reported to work on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Fortunately I was spending this day with Sarah…and she was tired too. She had just returned from an exhausting weekend in the Marches of Italy. Read the rest of this entry »
Honduras and Home
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009, was our last day in Guatemala and there were no scheduled events for this day. Earlier in the week, however, we were given some options of additional trips that could be taken. When I got ahold of the list of available trips, my eyes immediately focused on a trip just over the border into Honduras to visit the Copán Mayan ruins located there. Mostly this was the opportunity to step foot into another country. The price was quite high for Bob and I to do this, but once a good portion of our tour group jumped on the bandwagon, the price came drastically down.
More Roaming Through Rome
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
I was slow to stir on the morning of Monday, May 11, 2009, after the brutal walking schedule that Chris and I had endured the day before as we traveled on foot across the entire city of Rome. But there were still lots of things to see during our limited two-day stay in the city, so up I was at about 6:15, showering, dressing, and packing everything that we had into a backpack that it was my turn to carry for the day. We had received a breakfast voucher from our San Jouan B & B to use at one of two cafés; we chose the Caffè Velluti, which was just down the road from our lodgings. Read the rest of this entry »
Chichicastenango
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
“Gesundheit!” – as Ali Stevenson replied when I mentioned this destination on my Facebook status on Thursday, April 2, 2009. Of all of the locations that we visited in Guatemala during our trip, I think both Bob and I were the least enthused by going to Chichicastenango. The draw of this city was the gigantic open-air Indian market where residents and tourists far and wide came to barter their goods. I was interested in purchasing absolutely nothing except for a magnet. And naturally no one had any of those. Read the rest of this entry »