Thursday, April 29, 2010

April 21 Rome Frascati





April 21
Awake at 6:30 sit
8 breakfast
Bus to treni ticket to orvieto train delayed
After 3 hrs buy 4 tickets to Fracati
A hilltop town
Settle into osteria 9
Liter frascati
Mozzatella bufala tomato in olive oil olives, bread
Porchetta,Parmesano y honey cookies to dip + Isabella
Buy dulci for colazione tomorrow am
Roma tren at 4:30
Return to hotel
At 2 Aperols with Mike and Nancy
Head to salad dinner, rainy stuffed!
Pack, as we r checking out tomorrow

April 20 Roma





Sleep well deep up @7
Apricot yogurt
Meusli
Croissant
harb bpoled Egg
Coffee
Blood orange jc
Walk to termini
Reservation 10:30 Borghese Galleria
Amazing Bernini sculptures
Snack pizza zuchini and birria
Piazza di poppola to meet up w Mike and Nancy
Gelato bosco--- blueberry
Rest, feverish apertivo
Stroll to Travestere
La Taverna degi Amici frascati
Melazane parmigiana yum!
Fiori della zuchinni stuffed w ricotta pesto
Crostata ricotta e limone w moscato
Taxi home...

April 19 Roma





April 19
I am Roman! Good meditation idea!
Roman Oddesey city tour
Rahul from India is guide
Meet at vittoria Emanuelle
steps bt Michaelangelo
Rock of Tarpian
St Paul held in chains
Peter too
Frangiopami family
Bay laurel (poet laureatte) wreaths
Mushroom top pines
460 churches in Rome
Church of the 12 apostles
Michaekangelo taken to Florence
Vativan escalator tuen r
Trevi Fountain
Baroque irregular lines
Portugese
Church of St Ignacius
Marcus agrippa pantheon acqua ducts
124 ad pantheon Hadrian
Margherita's tomb
Lunch fungi pizza
Insalata caprese
Walk across Tiber to Vatican
St Peter's bascilica
Hail storm
Exhausted
Skeletal loose, muscular tension
Drag
Home #64 bus
Rest/ too tired 539-700
Meet for Campari hotel lobby
Dine @ Marcos y Gloria
Octavia hostess
Primi vegetales friti
Tommacini Cascio y pepe
Carciofi romanesque
Dolce tiramisu and panna cotta
2 house wines rosso seina

April 18 Roma






April 18
Arise 430 meditate chilly marble floor
Heat surge, I nearly sweat!!!
Cappucino croissant apricot yog hb egg
Kiwi and fresh chiseled pear
Meet Angel tours Simone
Temple of Saturn 5th c
Agriculture gods
Treasury 760 tons grain
Castor and Pollux
Vestal virgins ' ria'
Romulus purple columns from Egyptian marble
Damiano
Via Sacra julius ceasar.s path to death
Temple to Solomon mennorah
Arch of Constatine
Colisseo
50-60,000 seating
Crucifixion for entertainment
Hunts
Gladiators vs animals
Built 70-80 ad by Judean Jews
buy Train pass

Iaza de re di roma station
25 april holiday liberated

Savoy royals ruled Roma
San Clemente 15 c/4 c/pagan mizithta
Gelato banane/ pistachio gorgeous green like madrone- mike
Hszelnut/coffee- nancy
Termini train to Spanish Steps near out Hotel
priest on roller blades wows crowd

Ponte Longo station pasta w tunno
Home to nap 530-7
Dinner pizzaria from forno legno ( wood oven)
'Ponte & parione' chandeliers
Insalada verde
Pizza gorgonzola arugula
Barolo liter
1 Tiramisu
Grappa nite gap. .smells like wet dog. no aftertaste

April 17 NYC Roma






April 17
Sunrise over Mediterranean
due to Iceland's volcano. we fly South
Breakfast is orange juice, banana, granola bar, coffee.
Shoes snug lack of circulation

Chiesa santa messa 50€ lights
Arrive by taxi Hotel Adriano
very Moderne, shower in bedroom
Walk to cappucino bar near
Pantheon
Lunch formaggio pizza
Insalata fagioli tuno
Est est est a white wine is nice
Leonardo di Vinci machinery exhibit
Chiesa santa messo
Piazza navone
Nap 1 hr after 27 hrs
Meet in lounge at hotel aperol
served by Stefano
Marcona almonds, pistachios, potato chips
Walk to Osteria Anima
Pasta arrabiata ( angry).
Rogula salad
Limoncello complimentary
Bed 930

April 16 Portland NYC




Up at 3:05
Bus late. check in at Delta easy w passport
Breakfast at Gustavs
4-5 hr flight to JFK text Fran
Love listening the the local conversations and accents in NY!
Truly international
Lunch at Stone Rose
Keep turning clocks forward
Free wine on flight
Penne Pasta
watch It's complicated movie
accidentally hit stop button
Twitchy/ tight sleep space