Home!

We finally made it home. The trip home sucked so fricken bad! James was pretty sick and we had to take a the underground to the train, the train to the airport, 3 buses to get to our plane. 9 and 1/2 hour plane ride to Newark. That plane was late so we missed our plane in Newark. We got tickets for the next plane to austin but that got us home 2 hours later than planned and then that plane was delayed. 4 hours on a plane later we arrive in Austin at about 12. Poor Andrew who was picking us up a the airport had to wait 2 hours for us. Half way through the flight to Newark from Rome James started to feel better and his fever broke which was wonderful but he still didn't feel good. we are so happy to be done with that. I'm glad I wrote down what we did every day because right now its hard to remember. It was a fabulous trip but we are both very glad to be home. Our animals are glad we are home. yay home.

Last day in Italy ! Ciao Italia!

Today was our last day in Italy! and we did nothing! all day nothing! James got sunsick yesterday and has spent the whole day in bed. He did get dressed to go down to breakfast with me but then came back and went right to bed. Poor thing. I went out this morning to get him some big bottles of water. We laid in bed, in and out of sleep. At noon I walked down the street and bought some pizza and a soda and brought it back to the room. I sat out on our little porch and ate my lunch and read while James slept. It was nice. there is a little fountain in the courtyard below and a nice breeze. then i puttered around the hotel room. I took a shower, slept for a while. at about 5 I got up to go on a walk. I was getting restless in the room. As soon as I said I was going to go on a walk it started raining but I wasn't going to let that stop me. I needed to get out. I got my umbrella and walked to St. Peters. Its such a pretty place and to be walking distance from it is awesome. Then I walked around the little neighborhood that we are in looking for some pastry. I ended up just getting some coffee. then I headed back towards the hotel to eat at a restaurant close by because there is a waiter there that has a Texas pin on his shirt. He says he has friends in Texas. So he is nice to us and I knew they wold be nice to me eating alone. I had some ravioli with ricotta and spinach. yum! When I got back to the room I found James still asleep. its the best I think. tomorrow will be a long day and he needs to be as rested as possible. Poor darling. I hope he feels better by tomorrow morning. See everyone soon!

Roaming around Rome

Today we had planned to get up early and get to St. Peters just as it opened. When the alarm went off this morning I just couldn't get myself to get up. I had another hard night of restlessness. James went off without me. He said it was just him, some nuns, altar boys and a whole bunch of priests as they started to do the morning Masses at each of the altars. He came back and we had breakfast and went back to st peters. the coffee SUCKS in Rome! he showed me around and then we went down to the tombs of the popes. saw John Paul the II tomb and St. Peters. all very cool. then we took the underground to the Colosseum and forum. It was a pretty cool building. very big. We didn't go inside cuz the line was long and I didn't feel like spending the money. We wandered around and saw some churches then headed back towards the hotel to find pizza and ice cream. By then i was in great need of a nap. I slept for about an hour and woke up grumpy! i have a heat rash on my chest and I'm having an allergic reaction to something in the air here. I was tired and itchy and I really didn't want to get up. At 6 we were going to church at the american church in rome called Santa Susanna. We got dressed and headed down there. We stopped in a church called Santa Maria della Vittoria where the Ecstasy of Saint Theresa is. That is an awesome statue and Saint Teresa of Avila is the saints name I took as my confirmation name. Very cool. After that we headed to St. Susanna and met the priests. The service was nice. I was glad to hear english. I was glad to understand everything that was going on. After Mass we chatted with Fr. Tom the priest there. He is a Paulist like our priests back home. Nice guy. After mass James was very very tired. It was strange. Going to church perked me up but wore James out. We headed back to the hotel and James is lying down. I hope he feels better soon! It would suck if he got sick right before we headed home. we will take it slow tomorrow and hope he feels better. Soon I'm going out to find food with or without him but its the first of may which is a holiday here so its hard to find food. So far an awesome trip but we are getting pretty tired and are very ready to be home. Cant wait to see home in 2 days! ciao!