Even though check-in time at my Airbnb is officially 3 pm, my wonderful landlord Giuseppe, agreed to meet me at my Palermo home away from home at 10:30 am. Since it was only 9 am when we disembarked, I decided to walk. Finding a way out of the port was a lot more challenging thanContinue reading “Day 6: Benvenuti a Palermo”
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Day 5: Arrivedérci Roma
Day 5: arrivedérci roma Courier arrived 40 minutes early, but I was almost ready for him to whisk a suitcase off to Siracusa to be waiting on my arrival. Now that everything was packed except for my pyjamas I thought to myself “brilliant idea sending this bag on.” There was still a lot to carry:Continue reading “Day 5: Arrivedérci Roma”
Rome 4: Coliseum – Awesome! Vodafone – Grrrrr,
STILL trying to get a working SIM card. The Vodafone one is still not working of course, even though it is now domani! Back to the store. I got the same guy as the night before who tried to tell me later. I was having none of that, so he phones customer service and IContinue reading “Rome 4: Coliseum – Awesome! Vodafone – Grrrrr,”
Rome: Day 2 Chilly start and a sad ending
Rome was fa freddo this morning. Pearl and I rose before the sun which isn’t saying much since the sun doesn’t rise until close to 8 AM. Although maybe that was partly due to the fog this morning. No matter, it is a crisp day and it wasn’t snowing, there was no ice rain andContinue reading “Rome: Day 2 Chilly start and a sad ending”
