Navigating our trip Blog
Like most blogs, the most recent entries are at the top, so that readers don't have to page through old messages to get the latest info. To get the full story of our trip, you may want to start at the bottom and move forward in time, or, click on the specific entry you want to read in the Blog Archive section at the right. We're sorry we couldn't have sent our updates daily, but our internet access just wasn't good enough. We hope you enjoy our story.
We're back in Houston - hot, broke, fat and happy. We'll check in with y'all in more detail as soon as we unpack and wash the sulfur out of our clothes.
This is a photo taken on the train from Rome to Venice on our last day in Italy. Trains in Italy are GREAT, by the way - fast, clean, and comfortable. The rails are all welded, so there's little noise (no clackety-clack) and speeds up to 160 mph are possible. City center Rome to city center Florence, a distance of 170 miles, took just over an hour. It's fun to watch the trucks and cars on the highways appear to be going backwards, even when they're doing 80 or 90 mph.
Another thing that makes riding trains in Italy great is that there are almost no signs to mar the view - no billboards, no big signs on gas stations, few traffic signs - you get the picture. (and you DO get the picture). I wish we still had trains and scenery in Texas.
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We're back in Houston - hot, broke, fat and happy. We'll check in with y'all in more detail as soon as we unpack and wash the sulfur out of our clothes.
1 comments:
Welcome back to the land of the billboard
"signs, signs, everywhere signs, blocking all the scenery, etc..."
great blogging, Spud. you are an inspiration. SOMEDAY I'll dive in to the blogosphere. For now, just need to figure out with my teammates, who thankfully are decades younger than me, how to create a wikipage for our on-line summer course in Gender & Communication!
Hope you enjoyed the wonders of Italia. Had you ever been before?
Pamela Steager
psteager@earthlink.net
June 07, 2009
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