tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65904376254224390732024-02-07T21:34:34.664-05:00Abrams Adventures“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” -Marcel ProustKylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-69287175221186800672010-06-30T15:00:00.008-04:002011-01-01T19:15:17.741-05:00Day 15: Florence<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We cannot believe that today was our last day on the honeymoon...our first day in Paris seems so foreign already, and whereas we are happy to go home (which we decided was a good sign that we actually like our real lives!), we have truly had a wonderful experience and as Beebs has encouraged, made lots of good memories!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Our last day began with the best breakfast we have had on this trip right here in our very own Hilton. Eggs, bacon, waffles, and more! Today would be the first day in a long time where the first meal of the day was NOT lunch! We caught our bus and headed towards beautiful Florence. Destination = the Duomo. But first, a quick pit stop at the market to buy a scarf to cover my shoulders so that I was actually allowed into the cathedral. Kicking myself because I had packed numerous cardigans for this very purpose, I picked out another 3 scarves (more gifts!) and reminded myself that only a crazy person would have thought to pack a cardigan in this heat! We said goodbye to the market and hello to the spectacular Duomo! I vote this my favorite cathedral that we've seen, mainly because of the extensive, detailed exterior. We made it inside after only a brief wait, and I was relieved that we had, in fact, gone to get the scarf once I saw the ridiculous coverings that looked like massive versions of the bibs you have to wear at the dentist office given to the girls who were showing a) shoulders b) too much leg or c) both! We toured the inside, snapped more pics, and decided that visiting the top of the dome would be fun and give a scenic view of Florence. However, the line was super long and hardly moved in the 20 minutes that we waited before we called it quits and headed for lunch. We decided to put the 16 euros that we saved towards our "going out" feast we were planning for our last meal in Italy later that evening. Ryan had recommended a restaurant called Aqua al Due that we wanted to try, but it was only open for dinner, so we settled on the Il Barroccio restaurant down the street. We both ordered their light fare, which included lasagna, a side item (fries for Kyle, salad for me), and our staple Tiaramasu for 8 euros. Again, another great meal in Italy!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WafajugTj8S0nXXFxsK0OLy6QZbsh8jLn5Kgs6DtQXLhBRdERPncmHxHAggIpjzAWYlQPmYJkr-QBAPc1_0blsObA9Pl5yjfRk49gq1lS-MvXnK6GeNNYM_4EgL-svaAB4dV3vRRFfqw/s1600/DSC_0540.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WafajugTj8S0nXXFxsK0OLy6QZbsh8jLn5Kgs6DtQXLhBRdERPncmHxHAggIpjzAWYlQPmYJkr-QBAPc1_0blsObA9Pl5yjfRk49gq1lS-MvXnK6GeNNYM_4EgL-svaAB4dV3vRRFfqw/s320/DSC_0540.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556998397230979746" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Following lunch, we crossed the Ponte Vecchio, perusing the works of the local artists and other stores along the way. We were in search of a nice cafe where we could spend an afternoon reading in the shade with a scenic view, and we found the perfect place! Piazzale Michelangelo overlooks Florence and is a perfect place to spend an afternoon if you're willing to make the hike up the countless stairs to get there! And it is entirely worth it! We spent time at the very top looking out over EVERYTHING in Florence and then went down 1 set of steps to a cute cafe called Moka Efti, where we sat with yet another beautiful view, sipping Cappucino Freddos and beer...gorgeous and delicious! After a while, we retired down the hill and found another perfect place to read and people watch on a park bench across from the river. Kyle finished The History of Love in perfect time for me to read in on the plane tomorrow, and we both agreed that Florence was another place where we could see ourselves living! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCplQBRWJK0bEuoohWPldX8XYFICqtdwdXLwxylGGwzSxN8PmgrL-kYZfgEIQo26h2LTm4_LaTP2Yo8zpEZ4TsUSadOO_pswJRez3_oLZvKRoEilpl6ib0pwsdg5Uaga-m6YlQYTLgCZkU/s1600/DSC_0556.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCplQBRWJK0bEuoohWPldX8XYFICqtdwdXLwxylGGwzSxN8PmgrL-kYZfgEIQo26h2LTm4_LaTP2Yo8zpEZ4TsUSadOO_pswJRez3_oLZvKRoEilpl6ib0pwsdg5Uaga-m6YlQYTLgCZkU/s320/DSC_0556.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556998830702402450" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For dinner, we had wanted to go to a restaurant called Quattro Leoni but we didn't have a reservation and would have had to come back in an hour and a half, so we decided to cross back over the bridge and find another restaurant worthy of our last supper! And we did--a cute restaurant called La Antiche Carrozze where we proceeded to order 3 pasta dishes (penne fiorentina, spaghetti alla carbonara, and linguini with pesto) and share them all! Unfortunately, our eyes were bigger than our appetites, but we managed to make a good dent in them and savor our last meal of "real" Italian food! Luckily, we cut ourselves off early enough to save room for our last helping of Tiaramisu as well! We truly went out with a bang when it came to this meal!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hp7THIiafg9fNU2rbL8fjEZJ4QXzq-KZIwqZZoEbnaPjLWB23NNnX1dlXcOoHEMRqUUq0zLHxuO6yUqHu8Q-3JLDfj0EwDHvGrImCCpuHAlEUccL_ZgdPOraXfoL9z_vDxXA953-L7tB/s1600/DSC_0568.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hp7THIiafg9fNU2rbL8fjEZJ4QXzq-KZIwqZZoEbnaPjLWB23NNnX1dlXcOoHEMRqUUq0zLHxuO6yUqHu8Q-3JLDfj0EwDHvGrImCCpuHAlEUccL_ZgdPOraXfoL9z_vDxXA953-L7tB/s320/DSC_0568.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556999533908508754" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Unfortunately, we had an extremely early morning ahead of us and lots of packing to do, so we had to head back to the hotel and prepare to head home. We could not have been more blessed with our honeymoon and are so excited to share our stories and photos with everyone! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Italy, you've been good to us, and we don't know how we can back to eating just a peanut butter sandwich for a meal, but luckily, on Friday, we'll start to recover with a piece of Ms. Becky's Kentucky Derby Pie!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Ciao, Europe!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSqMCEUYTMpvy7oSGbB1P-8C4mawNie8reC8LywvH_4RbjmyQz2IT7uFi2eqvg6L4C2oqDjYl-2cXqNY7AavDeKDNTFxUBLAF3uiIvAm33e-tW9qjtV1CgM6wNsSFEYXpaozdpVUSW-OK8/s1600/DSC_0572.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSqMCEUYTMpvy7oSGbB1P-8C4mawNie8reC8LywvH_4RbjmyQz2IT7uFi2eqvg6L4C2oqDjYl-2cXqNY7AavDeKDNTFxUBLAF3uiIvAm33e-tW9qjtV1CgM6wNsSFEYXpaozdpVUSW-OK8/s320/DSC_0572.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556999919765390818" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-89777632198165377802010-06-29T16:04:00.005-04:002011-01-01T19:14:35.866-05:00Day 14: Rome to Florence<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">8:00am - Alarm goes off, "Let's sleep a little longer"</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">8:30am - Alarm goes off, "Let's sleep a little longer"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">9:00am - Alarm goes off, "Let's sleep a little longer"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">9:30am - Alarm goes off, "Alright, let's get up"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We checked out of the hotel and made the short, 10 minute walk to the train station in order to catch a train to our last stop on the honeymoon, Florence. When we arrive the line for reservations was as long as the line to the Vatican (not really, but close). If you don't know by now, EuroRail changed and you have to get seat reservations to go along with your ticket. If you didn't know don't worry because neither did we until after we were on our way to Lyon. Anyways, I stood in line while Laura waited on the side with our luggage (She's really good at this). After about 35 mintues or so I got reservations for the 12:15pm train to Florence. We had a little time so we grab a quick lunch at this great little cafe in the train station that served Happy Meals and McNuggets. I was told they have a few these scattered about the U.S. I must try it when we get back. We waited to board our train and when it arrived we fought the crowd to get into our car, are bags stored, and our butts in our seats. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">During the ride Laura finished "The Book Thief" and as tears streamed down her face I knew she felt the same way that I did when I finished it in Nice. If you haven't read the book it is about a girl who learns to read and write with the books she steals while living in Nazi Germany. We both agreed it is our favorite book and we both cried heavily at the ending. It is a remarkable book and maybe even the greatest of our generation. We both recommend it to any book lovers who have not already read it. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We arrived in Florence admittedly tired, but still upbeat from what we heard of Florence. We took a taxi yet again to our hotel which was smart because our hotel is on the outside of town, but it is a Hilton and it is very nice. After gathering our thoughts we headed to the bus stop, where we found out we had to go back to the hotel to by bus tickets. When we finally figured it all out and we arrived in the city center it was 3:30pm. And, because it was such a hot day there were only two logical things to do. Swim in a pool or eat some refreshing gelato. So, we same in a pool of gelato. Laura's telling me this didn't actually happen and it is a figment of my imagination. Instead she says we went to "Grom" which is a gelato place Ryan suggested, which was near the Duomo. Laura and I both ordered dark chocolate and coffee gelato on a cone. It was certainly great, but not as good as Berthillion in Paris, sorry Rhino! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZq1V5piroU1x1kHWaMPHNEuLvy3CNQ2L2cHhuvITadHOezc4uaa8eLTWcugSBrekE5FRdZ72rcRVvPO6p9OiuU08CfjM3BTSEdH8YRSFfdlxKRxSryDFBZnClj-fDdAtEce6ToSpYSDo/s1600/DSC_0526.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZq1V5piroU1x1kHWaMPHNEuLvy3CNQ2L2cHhuvITadHOezc4uaa8eLTWcugSBrekE5FRdZ72rcRVvPO6p9OiuU08CfjM3BTSEdH8YRSFfdlxKRxSryDFBZnClj-fDdAtEce6ToSpYSDo/s320/DSC_0526.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556997134162104546" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Next we headed to the Market so Laura could finish off my bank account! We found it with relative ease and wandered the streets looking for items. I don't want to give away what we got since there are presents for some family members, but we did manage to drop some dough. On the way into the market we passed Zaza's which was a restaurant that Ryan recommended and so did Lonely Planet and Frommer's. So, we made note of it and when we were done with our shopping we headed back to it. It had a hodgepodge decor with all sorts of stuff ranging from chandeliers and wine bottles to crazy art and pictures of celebrities when they visited the restaurant. It was pretty cool and we had a picture of Pavaratti gleaming down on us as we grubbed on old world style fettechini alfredo and lasagna, which we pretty much split. Really good stuff! No dessert tonight as we are getting near the end of our trip and the end of our budget. Plus, we had great gelato a few hours before. Laura and I calculated that today was the least amount we spent on food on the entire trip, yet it was a good eating day. After dinner we wondered the streets while the sun started to fade. We hopped on a bus and headed back to base camp for the evening. We were sweaty, tired, and itching for air conditioning. Tomorrow we will explore the city and spend our last night on this wonderful honeymoon. Until then ... sleep.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKrl89XOugI1O_cqL2NsUEj_8kxgbIsabJR83JGEr1KmBWDPfGD-1Fw0Mp0NqDMKhL2VitKNh1pn-zkC5F9QUoReqctUFXFKcJ5nbbsh9BMPf686807oPi9nkNFzc6_52PN0sSEX7wrbV/s1600/DSC_0520.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKrl89XOugI1O_cqL2NsUEj_8kxgbIsabJR83JGEr1KmBWDPfGD-1Fw0Mp0NqDMKhL2VitKNh1pn-zkC5F9QUoReqctUFXFKcJ5nbbsh9BMPf686807oPi9nkNFzc6_52PN0sSEX7wrbV/s320/DSC_0520.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556997562082545122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lessons Learned Today:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">1. "The Book Thief" is a tear-jerker, have tissues ready!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">2. Florence is the Italian city I have been waiting for! Great streets, lovely cafes and good shopping.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">3. Laura managed not to miss the big Loft sale today by shopping on-line. Laura Abrams (Yes Dave, this is your daughter, not one of my cousins) has been awarded the Shopper of the Decade Award by her husband. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-46063937590834988742010-06-29T14:34:00.006-04:002011-01-01T19:14:18.231-05:00Day 13: Rome<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Wanting to delay facing the intense heat of yet another day in Rome, we did what we do best...slept in! But, we had yet to do the one major thing that we wanted to do in Rome (The Colosseum) and our tour bus ticket would expire at 12, so we rushed out the door and got to the bus for one last ride....with 30 minutes to spare! Upon arriving at the Colosseum, we decided to do the other thing that we do best...eat! Since we hadn't done breakfast, we decided an early lunch and an early dinner would be perfect. We found a cute little restaurant called Al Gladiatore where we could chow down while looking at the glorious Colosseum. The restaurant had a special where you could get garlic bread, a pizza, and a dessert for 12 dollars, so we both indulged-- Kyle choosing the Daviola pizza (spicy salami and mozzarella cheese) and a Margharita Pizza for me with 2 Tiramisu's for dessert (I apologize for butchering the spelling of all these food names!).</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJEQalV3h8ts6Bcens4drmtZw5Gnw4h3l31m6Sr6T1ajhp3Ag9oQYJ0C20LnSdN0ZFbs2aSrtppqR9qkFbKhYp_nmGJ0VVKysrtsKgYZL-kUqzlyTuCDwIp4sVA402s6SRRAzz_hQpzra/s1600/DSC_0431.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJEQalV3h8ts6Bcens4drmtZw5Gnw4h3l31m6Sr6T1ajhp3Ag9oQYJ0C20LnSdN0ZFbs2aSrtppqR9qkFbKhYp_nmGJ0VVKysrtsKgYZL-kUqzlyTuCDwIp4sVA402s6SRRAzz_hQpzra/s320/DSC_0431.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556995573649208434" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Delightfully full from our lunch we headed for our intended destination, and were excited to find out that if we did the audio tour (for just an additional $4.50) we could forego the 30-45 minute line wait! This benefitted us even more so because we were both really interested in the history of the Colosseum. Expecting the traditional headset we were surprised to find that we were instead, handed a phone to hold up to our ears where we could dial different numbers to coordinate with the different stops throughout. Very cool! The Colosseum was so impressive to see, and we learned lots of interesting facts. For instance, if you were a prisoner on death row, they'd throw you in to fight the gladiators with no armor or weapons...how cruel! We decided that watching the movie Gladiator was a must-do once we got home!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHp7-6ce7N3xVdSetaKxGCcuG1sj1efYtBbrsDiuDRXR2GN7eWWsbCpXY3QJzaKG_Pc3ZbR2auPLcWjuP5IiBv98Ws_Nxv8F1s5y5UrfL4jwiKBbRbjOCR9m9MmWGSR0aP80UDQlTVMUo/s1600/DSC_0475.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHp7-6ce7N3xVdSetaKxGCcuG1sj1efYtBbrsDiuDRXR2GN7eWWsbCpXY3QJzaKG_Pc3ZbR2auPLcWjuP5IiBv98Ws_Nxv8F1s5y5UrfL4jwiKBbRbjOCR9m9MmWGSR0aP80UDQlTVMUo/s320/DSC_0475.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556995182615157522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Conveniently, the other stop on our agenda for the day was right across the street. We made our way up Palantine Hill and through the Roman Forum, where we could see more Roman ruins and get a spectacular view of Rome. We were particularly excited about the archeological dig that was taking place, which made us think of cousin Sarah! I wonder if they found anything interesting that day!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0b2AKoDqpHsvjmmV2fGkwLmfDgeNgnf_LNoSbyg2pyFtQjk58CqybXfMwmErva6VRW1ThtMK88sYELKNeUvnYYWZW96_auJVD9Ld1FK87MJ4MXcuY_W4Bvhz3whUNU5CCbbWGVEzsoQQ/s1600/DSC_0490.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0b2AKoDqpHsvjmmV2fGkwLmfDgeNgnf_LNoSbyg2pyFtQjk58CqybXfMwmErva6VRW1ThtMK88sYELKNeUvnYYWZW96_auJVD9Ld1FK87MJ4MXcuY_W4Bvhz3whUNU5CCbbWGVEzsoQQ/s320/DSC_0490.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556996018109343922" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">By this point we were hot and had sweated away the gobs of sunscreen applied earlier. We decided to freshen up at the hotel before grabbing dinner. Despite the fact that I was starving, it was reinforced once again that my 5:30 dinner time is not acceptable because all of the restaurants around us were not going to reopen after lunch until 7pm. We endured to tortuous wait (the things I'll do for Italian food!) and headed to an adorable little restaurant called Al Grappolo D'oro. Having seen a serving of Spaghetti Carbonara the night before, I decided to be brave and try something new, and Kyle tried another version of Gnocchi. Both were super delicious! We also ordered 2 different desserts, the ever-faithful Tiaramasu and a Hot Apple Cake that was recommended by the waiter. Now, before you start thinking that we are total pigs, I must remind you that in Italy, pasta is only considered the 1st course, usually followed by a second course of some kind of meat. Their pasta portions are much smaller here (which means that they're actually the perfect size...no leftovers!), and it's usually expected that you order more...hence why they always reset the table after you eat the pasta. Kyle and I were never up for another course, but felt bad just leaving after pasta, so that's why we always ordered dessert! How convenient for all involved!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We retired back to our hotel after yet another lovely evening in Rome. We were sad that Rome was coming to an end, but super excited to head to Florence, which Ryan has dubbed the best city in Italy! Let's see if it lives up to it's reputation!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">- Laura</span></span></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-16034022887725736512010-06-27T15:38:00.009-04:002011-01-01T19:13:19.685-05:00Day 12: Rome<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rome</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">is</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">hot</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">! </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Not</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">as</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">hot</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">as</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> North Carolina I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">understand</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">hot</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">! </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">personally</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">need</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">recover</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">emotionally</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">from</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">last</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> night's </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">devastating</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">loss</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">think</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">since</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">got</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">here</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">earlier</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">have</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">been</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">able</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">see</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> more, so </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">slept</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">got</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a late breakfast </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">headed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> out </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">about</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> 11:30. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> up </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Republicca</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">did</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">yesterday</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">boarded</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the bus </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> go </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the Trevi </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Fountains</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">decided</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> on the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">way</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">right</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">after</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">saw</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fountains</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">would</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">find</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">cheap</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">lunch</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">rest</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a bit. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">However</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, the bus </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">stopping</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">few</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">different</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">places</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_75"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">because</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_76"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_77"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Sunday</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_78"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">traffic</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_79"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">changes</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">they</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_81"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">have</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_82"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">every</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> week. So </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_83"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">instead</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_84"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_85"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">getting</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_86"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">off</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_87"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">near</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_88"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fountains</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_89"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_90"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">got</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_91"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_92"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">near</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_93"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Plaza</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_94"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Barberini</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_95"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_96"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">started</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_97"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">trek</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_98"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">down</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_99"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">hill</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_100"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_101"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fountains</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_102"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_103"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">passed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> by a cute </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_104"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">little</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> restaurant </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_105"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">called</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> "Il Fontanella" </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_106"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> pizza </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_107"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_108"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> 6 </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_109"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Euros</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_110"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_111"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">decided</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_112"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> go in </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_113"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_114"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">eat</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_115"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">first</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. Laura </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_116"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ordered</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_117"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Magherita</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> pizza </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_118"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_119"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ordered</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_120"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">one</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_121"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_122"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Proscuitto</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_123"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">They</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_124"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">were</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_125"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fresh</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> out </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_126"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_127"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">wood</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">-</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_128"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fire</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_129"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">oven</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_130"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_131"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">could</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_132"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">tell</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_133"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">because</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_134"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_135"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">blackened</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_136"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">crust</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_137"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">edges</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_138"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_139"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">smelled</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_140"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">wonderful</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_141"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_142"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">munched</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> on </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_143"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">our</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> pizza, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_144"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">watched</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_145"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">entertainment</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_146"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_147"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">good</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> server-</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_148"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">customer</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_149"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">argument</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_150"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_151"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">seemed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_152"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> be a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_153"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">basic</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_154"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">misunderstanding</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_155"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_156"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">hydrated</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_157"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ourselves</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_158"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_159"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">two</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_160"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">big</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_161"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">bottles</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_162"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> water. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_163"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_164"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">paid</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_165"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">left</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_166"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_167"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">headed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> out ... in the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_168"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">wrong</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_169"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">direction</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkLA5Xz2_yO15Gj2V-aKwb2ZEgebZnYqvnvj2s2aJ3KFZXBRQW37hBc3JtE0oHhqGPqt33Reretm3N4-RBCDkcTpCwIqgmfVErUaEEcCwotT7sJ5FpNdqaMgYRq5NAJrsfUnLowPze0dz/s1600/DSC_0437.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkLA5Xz2_yO15Gj2V-aKwb2ZEgebZnYqvnvj2s2aJ3KFZXBRQW37hBc3JtE0oHhqGPqt33Reretm3N4-RBCDkcTpCwIqgmfVErUaEEcCwotT7sJ5FpNdqaMgYRq5NAJrsfUnLowPze0dz/s320/DSC_0437.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556994356227583186" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_170"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_171"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_172"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_173"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">little</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> bit </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_174"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_175"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ended</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> up </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_176"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the top </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_177"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_178"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Spanish</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_179"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Steps</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_180"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">where</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_181"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_182"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">had</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_183"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">been</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_184"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">previous</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> day, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_185"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_186"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">managed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_187"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_188"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">get</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_189"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">few</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_190"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">better</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_191"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">pictures</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_192"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> time </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_193"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">from</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the top. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_194"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_195"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">mapped</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> out </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_196"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">our</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_197"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">way</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_198"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_199"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fountains</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_200"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> set out ... in the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_201"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">right</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_202"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">direction</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_203"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">When</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_204"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_205"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">arrived</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_206"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the Trevi </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_207"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Fountains</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_208"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_209"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_210"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">packed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_211"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_212"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">tourists</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_213"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">looking</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_214"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_215"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">have</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_216"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">their</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_217"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">picture</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_218"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">taken</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_219"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">just</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_220"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_221"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">us</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, so </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_222"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_223"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_224"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">easy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_225"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_226"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">find</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_227"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">couple</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_228"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_229"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_230"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">willing</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_231"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> trade </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_232"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">off</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_233"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">taking</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_234"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">pictures</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_235"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_236"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">us</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> (</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_237"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_238"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">has</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_239"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">been</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_240"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">true</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_241"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_242"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">most</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_243"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_244"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">places</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_245"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rome</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">). </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_246"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">If</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_247"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_248"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">have</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_249"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">never</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_250"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">seen</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_251"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">these</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_252"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fountains</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_253"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">they</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> are </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_254"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">quite</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_255"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">remarkable</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_256"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">They</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_257"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">portray</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_258"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Neptune</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_259"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Roman</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_260"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">God</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_261"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_262"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Sea</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_263"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_264"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">his</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_265"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">two</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_266"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sons</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_267"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">One</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_268"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">struggling</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_269"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_270"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">tame</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_271"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">SeaHorse</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> (</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_272"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">not</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_273"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">seahorse</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_274"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> are </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_275"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">thinking</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_276"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">) </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_277"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_278"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">other</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> son </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_279"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">having</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_280"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">tamed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_281"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">SeaHorse</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_282"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_283"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">stands</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_284"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> show the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_285"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">two</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_286"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sides</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_287"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_288"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sea</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_289"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">When</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_290"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_291"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">is</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_292"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">brash</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_293"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_294"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">tames</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_295"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_296"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_297"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">when</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_298"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_299"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">is</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_300"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">calm</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_301"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_302"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_303"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">tame</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_304"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_305"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_306"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">also</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_307"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">witnessed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_308"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">little</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_309"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">kid</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_310"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">being</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_311"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">taken</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_312"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">away</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_313"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">from</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_314"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fountain</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> by </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_315"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">his</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_316"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">mom</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_317"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_318"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">kid</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_319"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_320"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">soaked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_321"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_322"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">crying</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_323"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> assume </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_324"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">he</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_325"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fell</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_326"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">which</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_327"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">makes</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> me </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_328"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sad</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_329"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">missed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_330"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. Laura </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_331"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_332"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">had</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_333"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">good</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_334"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">chuckle</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_335"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_336"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_337"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">After</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_338"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">fountains</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_339"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_340"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_341"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">through</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_342"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">streets</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_343"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a bit, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_344"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">not</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_345"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">having</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_346"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">down</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_347"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">much</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_348"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_349"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_350"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">because</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_351"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_352"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">have</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_353"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">been</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_354"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">riding</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the bus. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_355"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_356"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">eventually</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_357"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">wound</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_358"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">our</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_359"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">way</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_360"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_361"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Colosuem</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_362"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_363"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">jump</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> on the bus </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_364"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> go </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_365"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lucifer</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'s </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_366"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hideout</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a.k.a. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_367"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Vatican</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> City.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MJVeIGfhTE3WvjPR-idogpWpKm177m4Jv6JmKTZCGX_p8t3UEeFd8nYVheCbpmwSzi8UJFpFdI8SiLWXJF4EIW6Efu8JiRjMdc5Y2nLXv4klYMlEn6XTCvSWFA7nLKpuPfA9JweGIR4f/s1600/DSC_0446.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MJVeIGfhTE3WvjPR-idogpWpKm177m4Jv6JmKTZCGX_p8t3UEeFd8nYVheCbpmwSzi8UJFpFdI8SiLWXJF4EIW6Efu8JiRjMdc5Y2nLXv4klYMlEn6XTCvSWFA7nLKpuPfA9JweGIR4f/s320/DSC_0446.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556992438007220066" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_368"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Did</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_369"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">mention</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_370"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_371"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_372"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">hot</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">? Laura </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_373"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_374"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">consumed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_375"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">good</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> 3 </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_376"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">liters</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_377"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> water </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_378"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">today</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_379"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">from</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_380"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">lunch</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_381"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">until</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_382"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_383"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">arrived</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_384"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_385"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">St</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_386"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Peter</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'s. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_387"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">When</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_388"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_389"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">did</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> arrive </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_390"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_391"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">got</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_392"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">off</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the bus </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_393"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_394"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> up the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_395"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">street</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a bit </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_396"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the Mecca </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_397"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_398"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Catholicism</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_399"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_400"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_401"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">around</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a bit </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_402"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_403"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">took</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_404"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">pictures</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_405"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_406"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">decided</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_407"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_408"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">not</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> go in. More </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_409"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">because</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_410"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_411"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">line</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_412"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">than</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_413"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">my</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_414"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">unwillingness</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_415"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_416"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">give</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_417"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Catholic</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_418"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Church</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_419"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">my</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_420"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">money</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_421"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">WARNING</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> - Personal </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_422"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Political</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_423"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Statement</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> - </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_424"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">WARNING</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">: The Pope </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_425"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">is</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_426"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">moron</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_427"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_428"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">wholeheartedly</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_429"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">agree</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_430"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_431"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Belgium</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'s </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_432"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">search</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_433"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_434"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Catholic</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_435"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">HQ</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_436"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Belgium</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_437"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Anyways</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_438"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">because</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_439"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_440"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">had</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_441"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sweated</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_442"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">off</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> all the water </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_443"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_444"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">had</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_445"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">consumed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_446"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">over</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the day </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_447"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_448"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">decided</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_449"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_450"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">head</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_451"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">back</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_452"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the hotel (</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_453"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_454"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_455"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">about</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> 5:00</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_456"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">pm</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> by </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_457"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> time). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOZqhm9ttr-dTPDSEQNuoK-ZNyMcDW3Q4ln6g7czCqSr7iEBhfIwrrxFA8I27vMA5_V3kPFYUUUDdGC5PeSSj_UOM46O9-iECTILGo-0nn3-tiVYIotJCk0SD-qjGQFga6cIJ43yjDXGA/s1600/DSC_0469.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOZqhm9ttr-dTPDSEQNuoK-ZNyMcDW3Q4ln6g7czCqSr7iEBhfIwrrxFA8I27vMA5_V3kPFYUUUDdGC5PeSSj_UOM46O9-iECTILGo-0nn3-tiVYIotJCk0SD-qjGQFga6cIJ43yjDXGA/s320/DSC_0469.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556993173151242386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_458"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_459"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">got</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_460"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">back</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_461"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the hotel </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_462"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_463"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">got</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_464"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">cleaned</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> up </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_465"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_466"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">rested</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_467"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">There</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_468"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_469"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">another</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> restaurant in the area </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_470"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">that</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_471"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">had</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_472"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">been</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_473"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">recommended</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_474"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_475"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">us</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> so </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_476"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_477"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">headed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> out </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_478"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_479"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_480"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">around</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> 6:30. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_481"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_482"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> up the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_483"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">street</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_484"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a bit </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_485"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_486"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">arrived</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_487"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_488"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">its</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_489"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">location</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_490"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_491"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_492"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_493"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">closed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_494"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">because</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_495"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_496"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_497"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Sunday</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_498"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_499"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">as</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Laura </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_500"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">put</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_501"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> "</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_502"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> know </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_503"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">which</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> restaurant </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_504"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">owners</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> are </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_505"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">God</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">-</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_506"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Fearing</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_507"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Catholics</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">". </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_508"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_509"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_510"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">down</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_511"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">different</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_512"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">street</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_513"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">search</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_514"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_515"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">another</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> restaurant. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_516"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_517"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">didn</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'t </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_518"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walk</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> far </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_519"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">before</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_520"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_521"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">found</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_522"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">quite</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> restaurant </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_523"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">called</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> "Andrea". </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_524"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">They</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_525"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">were</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> open </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_526"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_527"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">waiters</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_528"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">seated</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_529"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">us</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_530"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">outside</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_531"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">which</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_532"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> nice </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_533"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">because</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_534"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">hot</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> day </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_535"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">had</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_536"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">turned</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_537"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">into</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_538"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">very</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_539"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">comfortable</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_540"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">evening</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_541"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_542"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">scoured</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_543"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">menu</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_544"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_545"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">settled</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> on Lasagna (</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_546"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">apparently</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Laura </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_547"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I are on a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_548"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">search</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_549"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_550"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Europe</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'s </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_551"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">best</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Lasagna) </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_552"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Laura </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_553"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">settled</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> on Ravioli. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_554"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">They</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_555"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">were</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_556"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">both</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_557"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">very</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_558"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">good</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_559"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_560"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">not</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_561"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">quite</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_562"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">filling</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. So </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_563"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">what</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> else </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_564"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">would</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_565"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> do in </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_566"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_567"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">situation</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> ... </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_568"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_569"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ordered</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> dessert. "</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_570"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Two</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_571"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">tiramisus</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_572"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">please</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">". </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_573"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Now</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_574"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'re </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_575"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">talking</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_576"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_577"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_578"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">classic</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_579"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">tiramisu</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_580"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_581"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ladyfingers</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_582"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">soaked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_583"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">coffee</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_584"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_585"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">layered</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_586"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">It</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_587"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">was</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_588"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Delicious</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_589"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_590"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">capital</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> D! I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_591"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">even</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_592"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">finished</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> up Laura's </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_593"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_594"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">her</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_595"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_596"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">decided</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_597"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">not</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_598"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> stick </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_599"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">around</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_600"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">too</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_601"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">long</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_602"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">after</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_603"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">because</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> some "Smoking Floozies</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">" (</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_605"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Quoted</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_606"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">from</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Laura) </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_607"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">came</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_608"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_609"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sat</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_610"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">at</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_611"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">table</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_612"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">behind</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_613"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">us</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_614"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Enough</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_615"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the smoking </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_616"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">already</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">! </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_617"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_618"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walked</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_619"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">short</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_620"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">walk</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_621"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">back</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_622"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the hotel </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_623"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_624"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">settled</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> in </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_625"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_626"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">little</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_627"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Sudoku</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_628"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_629"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Soccer</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTjze37ugl9sJ92sG2CIZx3aHt0n3JdPjRr1SMPoVkmrL_guH8lPhoS3NUcGhqhzPk9YDsS03BHmEevxHCyKUE9nnvFI4m58euWnhI5L3bpr5G7QGIMIOgHTTbH4fKXGrzNWwwvDr1_tj/s1600/DSC_0452.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTjze37ugl9sJ92sG2CIZx3aHt0n3JdPjRr1SMPoVkmrL_guH8lPhoS3NUcGhqhzPk9YDsS03BHmEevxHCyKUE9nnvFI4m58euWnhI5L3bpr5G7QGIMIOgHTTbH4fKXGrzNWwwvDr1_tj/s320/DSC_0452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556993799810189410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">-</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_630"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Kyle</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_631"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lessons</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_632"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Learned</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_633"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Today</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">1. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_634"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">When</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_635"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_636"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">travel</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_637"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">bring</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_638"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">wife</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_639"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">who</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_640"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">brings</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_641"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">sunscreen</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. (</span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_642"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_643"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">is</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_644"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">for</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_645"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">mormons</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_646"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">who</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_647"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">have</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> multiple </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_648"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">wives</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_649"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">rest</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_650"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">of</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_651"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">us</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_652"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">have</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_653"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">only</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_654"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">one</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_655"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">choice</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">2. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_656"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Italians</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> are </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_657"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">very</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_658"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">confrontational</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_659"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">it</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'s </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_660"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">like</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_661"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">watching</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> a soap opera in a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_662"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">different</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_663"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">language</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">3. Laura </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_664"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> I </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_665"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">have</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> so </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_666"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">many</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> more </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_667"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">places</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_668"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">we</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_669"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">want</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_670"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">to</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> go in the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_671"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">world</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">! </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_672"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Who</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'s coming </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_673"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">with</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">?</span></span></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-29184117624513113452010-06-27T14:00:00.007-04:002011-01-01T19:15:32.686-05:00Day 11: Rome<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We woke up in our wonderfully comfortable bed at the Hotel Camelia, excited for our first full day in Rome. Bring on the Italian food! But, first things first. Since we had to change to our scheduled hotel today, we quickly ate breakfast and packed. Luckily, the Hotel Monte Carlo was just a couple of streets over, so we were easily able to roll our luggage from one to the other. We checked in at the Monte Carlo, but had to leave our luggage downstairs as our room was not yet ready since it was still early in the day. Fine with us! We were just thankful for a quick and easy transition.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">First on the list was to make our way to the Repubblica where we could link up with the Rome Open Tour bus. This handy bus would allow us transportation to all of the major sites in Rome, and the nice thing is that you can get off and get on as needed at their different stops. They also provided you with earphones so that you could get a "reader's digest" version of Rome's history. We took our seat on the lower level (thinking shade) and headed to the Victor Emanuel monument at the Plaza Venzeia. Talk about impressive! We were in awe of the ginormous statues of angels on horses (we think those were angels...should've listened to the bus commentary better!). We snapped lots of pics all over the enormous monument and agreed that Rome was good in our book.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKSsCciBpdUYHv9KjKYkbTuxP7MiQq2Ns4gXqytSoClhF9ThmGL7P2r1H1LOnFch7jtLvXkVLtO52EKEkx_egwQMksqJ6KQXAjPOWB9zZQYWe1VPxLKc0wm9tMLJTYfKYU9xva3eUmhlF/s1600/DSC_0410.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKSsCciBpdUYHv9KjKYkbTuxP7MiQq2Ns4gXqytSoClhF9ThmGL7P2r1H1LOnFch7jtLvXkVLtO52EKEkx_egwQMksqJ6KQXAjPOWB9zZQYWe1VPxLKc0wm9tMLJTYfKYU9xva3eUmhlF/s320/DSC_0410.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556989897446810034" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">By this time, our crummy hotel breakfast had worn off, and we were ready for another round of delicious Italian food. Across the Plaza we found a cute little restaurant called Tratorria dal 1899 where our adorable older Italian man host took us to our table. Kyle ordered Linguini with Pesto, and I had the Lasagna. We both liked each other's as much as we liked our own, so we shared a lot of each. This has worked out really nicely, and we've done it a lot throughout the trip because you get exposed to 2 different dishes! Kyle voted this Lasagna the best ever, and I had to agree that it was quite tasty. Is it sad that I still think my Lasagna from the Hilton in Lyon was my best ever!? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuZ0DnLBqnOHxscwMh33Eu1c29XMKAtBcYG4L4yq3O31HkB3S_tZ4J24hYZujdgytsSS8MzTaHWg0X4M9ajMOwH_5aIfcfI4dZocXrAqDneUQCV-NoGx0cNyEuy3HfjD9_l2iPUchWMw0/s1600/DSC_0418.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuZ0DnLBqnOHxscwMh33Eu1c29XMKAtBcYG4L4yq3O31HkB3S_tZ4J24hYZujdgytsSS8MzTaHWg0X4M9ajMOwH_5aIfcfI4dZocXrAqDneUQCV-NoGx0cNyEuy3HfjD9_l2iPUchWMw0/s320/DSC_0418.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556990416472184546" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">With our bellies full we were ready to tackle more of Rome, heading next to the Plaza Spagna where we found the Spanish Steps...but not before we headed down the shopping mecca side street where one might shop in the likes of J Choo, Gucci, Prada, LV, and much much more! We looked but sadly could not touch. The Spanish Steps were crowded and very lively. Many people had taken a seat on them, so we decided not to climb all the way to the top, but enjoyed our view...perfect for people watching! We also had heard of a famous cafe called Anceni Cafe Grecco that had been around since 1760 and had served many famous artists and writers. We decided that we would do the Italian thing and grab our first cappucino there. Since it was scorchingly hot outside we couldn't fathom drinking a hot cappucino, so we were excited to find out that they had a Cappucino Freddo, which was the same thing, just cold. We also unknowingly ordered the world's most expensive (and not that tasty) gelato in case we didn't like the cappucino. We loved the cappucino so much that we ordered another (it was way too small to split!)...too bad we couldn't say the same about the gelato. After paying our bill that was more expensive than our lunch, we decided that we had fallen for the ultimate tourist trap...overcharged menu items at a place that's supposedly famous! Bah! But, our first experience with cappucinos was GREAT! Also, Kyle just reminded me that I shouldn't have expected it to be too cheap since we were right in the middle of all the expensive designer stores! True that!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodMBUjxhNdPtGP2tiz1xylocFAe6pZ9cmdz6Qvw8N_0wHSCi5XH-1rQpFpjeY9MNWBOPIt2EenCjjxVwEpV5Vx2NzGGGw2LBHG2-vZ3y-DSqWvAdWB_OP5ofyK8Tp922iqmav88tvdIDc/s1600/DSC_0424.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiodMBUjxhNdPtGP2tiz1xylocFAe6pZ9cmdz6Qvw8N_0wHSCi5XH-1rQpFpjeY9MNWBOPIt2EenCjjxVwEpV5Vx2NzGGGw2LBHG2-vZ3y-DSqWvAdWB_OP5ofyK8Tp922iqmav88tvdIDc/s320/DSC_0424.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556990912458466722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">By this time it was nearing late afternoon and the Roman skies were looking like they were about to crumble. We decided to head back to the hotel, check in and wait out the storm and rest before our big night...watching the U.S. vs. Ghana World Cup game at our faithful Hard Rock Cafe...our first truly American experience awaited us for the first time since we left. Although the hotel is really cute with it's vintage feel, we couldn't help feeling a little gypped at the price considering what we got...which was 2 uncomfortable twin beds (I left the dorm room to get away from these!) pushed together to form a double...especially after our really wonderful and much cheaper experience at the Hotel Camelia. Oh well! It's worth it for free wireless!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Unfortunately, it was still raining as we headed out for the evening, but we didn't let it deter us. And, Beebs will be so proud of me that I did not even bring my umbrella...not because I didn't want to but more so because all of the hotels here make you turn in your room key before you leave! Since the man at the desk had just taken about 5 minutes to acknowledge us on the way out we weren't about to waste time again...we had to hurry!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We arrived at the Hard Rock to find that it was just as we had expected...filled with excited American soccer fans. It was 8:15pm, and we were in for an hour and a half wait to get seated. Kyle asked if I wanted to go somewhere else but just as he had been patient with me in all those shops in Paris, I knew I could do the same for him here...even though I was starving! We ordered drinks from the bar and took our stance near one of the 15 tv's playing the big game. Kyle even managed to make friends with a guy who was from Fayetteville, NC but going to school in Naples to play soccer. Small world! Also, sitting at the table right next to us was the most gorgeous Italian priest...young and beautiful! What a shame for all the single ladies drooling over him that he was a Catholic priest! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Fortunately, whatever luck we were missing in Nice on the day of the train strikes was with us this night! I saw a couple get up from one of those tall, circular tables on the side of the room. We didn't know if we could sit there, but I quickly mouthed to one of the waitresses, "Are these free" and she answered "Yes!" We quickly staked our claim before anyone else saw and knew that we had scored big time! We were right in front of a huge flat screen with a great view of the game! Better yet, they weren't just seats where you could wait for your real table. We found out that you could actually order your food from the bar as long as you were willing to act as your own waitress! (Kyle would like for me to point out that he acted as our waitress...mainly because he had the credit card that worked here but also because he's a sweetheart!) We could not have been happier at that moment! We had gotten a seat, we were able to get our food, and we had the perfect seat to watch the game! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We ordered the typical American food that we had been missing...cheeseburgers and fries..and not the fake kind without the bread that they tried to serve us in Nice! We were halfway through our meal when the buzzer for our real table finally went off. No thanks! We passed on the real table, which I'm sure the next couple after us was grateful for...it was packed in there! After devouring our hotfudge BROWNIE sundae (sidenote...I have not seen a single brownie in France or Italy until this point, so I was super ecstatic!) we decided that the night could not have been more perfect. If only the U.S. could have pulled through! We battled the mixed emotions of happiness at our wonderful evening and sadness at the US's defeat on our walk back to the hotel sans rain. It had been a really great first day in Rome, and we knew that we were going to sleep well!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lessons learned today:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">1) The top of the bus is actually a much more pleasant place to ride because you get a wonderful breeze! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">2) Dogs in Italy do bark</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">3) I am now a soccer fan!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">4) There's no lights at some of the crosswalks..usually in the most congested areas...you just have to be brave and cross! (We learned this from the little old lady who put her hand out at the cars and proceeded to cross in front of our very eyes!)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">5) Hard Rocks are good in any city!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQO4WrDbk7Mimp29sMDquPNQw7dzl7NnoNMlWCY7u1G1gESGdbxI4SRxUQeaW9BC25n_YvfMyHwky5mnmh5-t6VzDRswItYDcIGCeNP-5rafI1ljXbF2q9dPsPFZC5E36Hn8Q4M0K1oxJ/s1600/DSC_0415.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQO4WrDbk7Mimp29sMDquPNQw7dzl7NnoNMlWCY7u1G1gESGdbxI4SRxUQeaW9BC25n_YvfMyHwky5mnmh5-t6VzDRswItYDcIGCeNP-5rafI1ljXbF2q9dPsPFZC5E36Hn8Q4M0K1oxJ/s320/DSC_0415.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556991335982983586" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-85985656846209952802010-06-26T11:56:00.003-04:002011-01-01T19:09:29.547-05:00Day 10: Nice to Rome<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Attempt to get to Italy #2: Again we arose from bed early in order to catch a train to somewhere in Italy! It doesn't matter where, just a place where strikes were not happening. We arrived at the train station at 8:30, and our train was to leave at 9:49. We didn't account for the people that didn't get to leave yesterday (like us) and the people trying to leave today gather at the train station together. So, needless to say it was packed with a line out the door. I jumped in line and waited for over a half hour before I decided Laura and I were going to get to Italy "Guerilla Style"! </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I jumped out of line grabbed Laura and our stuff and we made our way to the trains. We jumped on a train to Monaco, which was packed and we bearly squeezed on. When we got to Monaco we got off and quickly discovered that the next train we needed to get on was the one we just got off. We got back on and headed to Ventamiglia (This is in ITALY)! We actually got to sit down on this one. When we arrived in Ventamiglia we got off, and headed to the main part of the station. However, on the way we saw the train that we needed to get on and it was running a little late. Like late enough for us to jump on! So we did. We shared a cabin with two nice girls from Kansas who were skipping Rome to go to Venice. Ironic because we were skipping Venice to go to Rome. After a four hour train ride we arrived in Milan. Only one more train to get to Rome. I waited in another long line to get reservations for the train that was to leave less than an hour after we arrived. I got the reservations and Laura and ran to get on the train, despite having a half hour to before it left. We could taste victory on our tongues! We boarded, put our bags up and got in our seats. By the way, it was the nicest train ever! I found out later it was a EuroStar train which is a luxury train. The weight of entire strike had been lifted off our shoulders and we could relax for the next 3 and half hours while we traveled to Rome. At 8:00pm, almost 12 hours after we left Nice, we arrived in Rome. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogQO17gW82BhC9yv6kSYgOHuY86ibcZ5FJflN46MFvqNtl9mSMgrWBdO11a63XoTY0efkJwJ32nBfUNFkU4zZMMx8xVKyvvRC75gKXMXp3Ae-cCqLsGzosFPH_oWO9uW_UqihZkVVqrNY/s1600/DSC_0393.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogQO17gW82BhC9yv6kSYgOHuY86ibcZ5FJflN46MFvqNtl9mSMgrWBdO11a63XoTY0efkJwJ32nBfUNFkU4zZMMx8xVKyvvRC75gKXMXp3Ae-cCqLsGzosFPH_oWO9uW_UqihZkVVqrNY/s320/DSC_0393.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557373885881590530" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We took a short taxi ride to our hotel, checked in and because we hadn't eaten all day we asked where a really good, but really close restaurant was. The wonderful receptionist pointed us in the direction of "La Famiglia" (meaning The Family I believe). We sat down and looked over the menu. We were in heaven! It was filled with all types of pastas, Italian dishes, and of course Italian desserts! Laura ordered canniloni and I ordered tortellini. Afterwards we had the house special, tirumisu! All of it was very good and very filling. I think we will eat just fine here in Italy. We walked back to hotel stuffed like turkeys on Thanksgiving. We waddled up to our room and crashed for the night. We are finally in Italy and were finally not stressed out.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">-Kyle</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lessons Learned Today:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">1. I am the greatest Map Reader in all the land! (and train schedule reader too)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">2. Italian food in Italy is better, but they just called it food here ... weird ... I know.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">3. Laura was a brave little soldier and the best travel partner!</span></p>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-84841477065068922682010-06-26T11:55:00.004-04:002011-01-01T19:07:05.172-05:00Day 9: Nice to Venice ... Or was it?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtaLIaCesZ6xcDmZ5fm_AXsqelJw4OcPy_HiCRtxaTBFX00V4SRK8KEqyTvXpykBldHUNVnvXQwav3eCiTlZXyJil9bmH8QMps4hj1qdbysuwqnwqFvTwwdhrkL4fLmm7kjJGRSzkSxsI/s1600/DSC_0367.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtaLIaCesZ6xcDmZ5fm_AXsqelJw4OcPy_HiCRtxaTBFX00V4SRK8KEqyTvXpykBldHUNVnvXQwav3eCiTlZXyJil9bmH8QMps4hj1qdbysuwqnwqFvTwwdhrkL4fLmm7kjJGRSzkSxsI/s320/DSC_0367.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557371903549809458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We woke up early because we knew we had a little bit of a hike to the train station with our 2 big suitcases. Everything was going perfect. We'd loved being in Nice, we'd had a nice hotel, had eaten well, and had a pleasant walk to the station (or as pleasant as can be with all of the luggage). When we got there, we noticed that none of the booths were open where you could get reservations for your train. People were standing in line waiting to talk to 2 train station employees, so we did the same, which is how we came to find out that we would, in fact, not be leaving Nice that day. No one would because there was a train strike that had started at 8 pm the night before and would end at 8 am on Friday. Obviously we were crushed and frustrated! We were excited to go to Venice, and we getting there a day late would cause us to only really have 1 short evening there before leaving for Rome the next day. We couldn't miss Rome because we had hotel accomodations that we couldn't cancel. We made the decision to stay in Nice another day, which we were already familiar with and was a relatively small place so we could easily get around. We'd hope and pray that the strike would be over on Friday so that we could head to Rome a day early. We hiked back to the hotel Mercure and begged for a room for another night. Luckily, they had an opening, but it wouldn't be ready for a little while. Defeated, we ate breakfast and waited for our room to free up so that we could access the wireless and "figure things out." We read in the hotel lobby for a couple of hours, and finally were free to go into our new room. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kyle immediately got onto the computer and started looking for a hotel in Rome for us to stay on Friday night before we could check into our scheduled hotel on Saturday. Exhausted from our busy and stressful morning, we napped and watched soccer until we finally dragged ourselves out of the room for a late lunch around 2:30 p.m. We went back to our favorite area in Nice and found a nice restaurant called Milo's, where we ate pizza (Kyle) and lasagna (me)...can you tell we were ready to be in Italy!? We also stopped by our favorite gelato place, Amorino, and treated ourselves to a coffee treat (me) and a coffee/cinnamon treat (Kyle). Really feeling kind of bummed still, we decided to head back to the hotel for the afternoon and continue being lazy and plan our extra day in Rome. This did help cheer us up a little, but we were sad to miss Venice and our gondala ride. I ended up reading Perks of a Wallflower entirely that day, while Kyle caught up on the World Cup matches and challenged me in the People magazine online puzzlers. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Around 8, we finally recovered from the shock of being stuck...for some reason it really threw us for a loop...and headed back out into the Nice night life that had re-energized us after Lyon just nights before. We found a cute little restaurant called Le Quebec where we could eat outside and watch all of the excitement on the streets. In the mood for some American comfort food, we both had burgers and fries, although said burgers did not come with buns, so I improvised and used the baguette that came with the meal to create a real hamburger! Kyle had gotten the French version of a hamburger, which comes with a friend egg, bacon, and cheese, so he didn't feel the need for a bun! We also split the tame blanche dessert, which is basically an ice-cream sundae. Delicious! </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">By then it was bed time as we were going to attempt to leave Nice again the following morning at the same time. We didn't know what the next day would bring...would the strike really end at 8 and would the strike in Italy scheduled for the next day affect us, but we did have many blessings to count:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">1) We were together</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">2) We were stuck in Nice, which we love and knew well and was small and cozy</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">3) We had a hotel that we had literally just checked out of to go back to, which luckily had room for us</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">4) We weren't losing any money from the train since we had the Eurorail passes </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">5) We were able to get a hotel in Rome near the train station and near our other hotel</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">6) MOST importantly, we don't have anywhere we HAVE to be until next Thursday...so hopefully they'll get this striking out of their systems by then!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">-Laura</span></span></p>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-35339046281599305512010-06-23T15:13:00.008-04:002011-01-01T18:59:24.805-05:00Day 8: Nice<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today got off to a nice early start, well at least for this trip. After waking up at 9 and getting out into the city about a half hour later Laura and I ventured over to the market for some breakfast. When we arrived there were rows of fresh fruit, vegetables, flowers, and other home grown Nicoise items. We looked around for a bit and settled on some bananas and fresh baked cannolis. We ate them as we examined the rest of the market and figured out the day ahead of us.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrNqCIKDz-Z-ygIb7HJB1POZJyb1rZe4YqjzXfV0duF_gekVrDNIOVXAw1YHIsAeDvWBbM2iY3OdKOWe9g1T3g6ENhgTVPn5lHiFyqDw_ftCS_r8ND91MEpT-LExWFwutXpOT-ZvZ66m8/s1600/DSC_0353.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrNqCIKDz-Z-ygIb7HJB1POZJyb1rZe4YqjzXfV0duF_gekVrDNIOVXAw1YHIsAeDvWBbM2iY3OdKOWe9g1T3g6ENhgTVPn5lHiFyqDw_ftCS_r8ND91MEpT-LExWFwutXpOT-ZvZ66m8/s320/DSC_0353.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556984931022610306" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our first order of business was walking up the Promande des Anglais to La Colline du Chateau which is a hill that juts out of the earth right on the water. When you climb it you reach a spot where you can see all the surrounding towns and villages of the Cote D'Azur. You could probably see Africa if you looked hard enough. It was simply amazing. Laura and I plopped down on a bench to read our books, however I was certainly distracted by the gorgeous view of the Mediterranean Sea. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_ZpocAoLBGw9zTRnxpt792IRgyeLLMl-Vtj7OkkrCUfNB_InBqCu6Sb2GIozFWISKvbtyaFu0tWlmZatijh911DYMa4SuQkt_MZygWbsrSGChcIrJ7z-iSNa_X-j8R7aGgsC-ZlDd9y-/s1600/DSC_0371.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_ZpocAoLBGw9zTRnxpt792IRgyeLLMl-Vtj7OkkrCUfNB_InBqCu6Sb2GIozFWISKvbtyaFu0tWlmZatijh911DYMa4SuQkt_MZygWbsrSGChcIrJ7z-iSNa_X-j8R7aGgsC-ZlDd9y-/s320/DSC_0371.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556985726163720018" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After a while we made our way down the other side to the port that housed a good number of massive yachts so big they had mini-yachts for lifeboats! Or helicopters if you wanted to escape in style. We walked up the street from the port to the Musee D'Art Moderne et D'Art Contemporain. Otherwise known as the MAMAC. The outside was being redone, but the inside was filled with unusual and transforming art that surprised, excited, and even revolted us. It was very interesting to see what the definition of "Art" is for some people. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9c_GAEWomkz-EcFWU55X_ftJHSh7GfnlP3-p_CuxIZRSQarP1bMJmYFvOk5-fT0S67BzoYRzERSJBT2nOmbhCcS0J4MXC8Jas94DxqmUXgIqOW_AWAySMnFusKtS5oJEzLyvphdhNF7M/s1600/DSC_0384.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9c_GAEWomkz-EcFWU55X_ftJHSh7GfnlP3-p_CuxIZRSQarP1bMJmYFvOk5-fT0S67BzoYRzERSJBT2nOmbhCcS0J4MXC8Jas94DxqmUXgIqOW_AWAySMnFusKtS5oJEzLyvphdhNF7M/s320/DSC_0384.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556986682491473810" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By the time we left we decided it was too late for lunch and that some gelato and an early dinner would suffice. After getting some refreshing coffee flavored gelato, Laura and headed back to the hotel so Laura could relax and I could watch the US - Algeria game. If you watched the game then you know how stressful it was, but when Donovan slotted home the goal in the 91st minute I jumped of the bed, running around the room and preceded to tackle my wife and kiss her all over her face. It was very exciting for me to say the least. I think I even made a fan out of her.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I needed to celebrate, so we went out for dinner to the market were we passed so many great places last night. We looked over many menus, but settled on Nexus Cafe. It stood out because it its bright yellow awning and elaborate table setting. Laura ordered a French version of fettichini alfredo and I ordered rissotto with chicken. Both were phenomenal, but I think Laura ate more of mine than she did of her own. It was my favorite meal, and a fantastic way to end our time in France. Before heading back to the hotel we decided we needed to at least dip our feet into the Mediterranean Sea so we could at least say we had. If you don't know, instead of sand they have smooth, grey pebbles. We took off our shoes and got in up to our ankles. It was a bit chilly, but really nice (pun intended). We even picked up a pebble or two to bring home as a reminder of our wonderful time together in Nice. Tomorrow we leave for Italy and a new adventure!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Kyle </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thoughts on Today:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. It doesn't matter what Laura orders, because if its different than yours then she'll have both.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. Bob Bradley needs to play a 4-2-3-1 with Donovan in a playmaking role so that Altidore isn't stuck holding the ball so long. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3. Je t'aime France! Until next time ... </span></span></div></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-32664426335163127932010-06-22T18:05:00.007-04:002011-01-01T18:59:09.844-05:00Day 7: Lyon to Nice<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We awoke from a wonderful night's sleep in our wonderful hotel...gotta love the Hiltons! Since our train from Lyon to Nice wasn't until a little after 1, we were able to take our time getting packed & checked out. We took the bus to the train station, but accidentally got off at the mall stop...I can't help it! It's like a magnetic attraction, me and those malls! But, since we were lugging 40 pound suitcases around, we walked across the street to our intended destination.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Since we wouldn't be arriving to Nice until the evening, we feasted on a ham baguette (me) and a sausagey-cheesy hot dog thing (Kyle). We also decided to try these pretty colored cookie things, which we learned from our Georgia friends at the Eiffel Tower are called macaroons and supposedly tasted really good. I think we could have done without it, but we were glad to have at least tried yet another French pastry!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZXPFodHUDu4yLBqnuAREadWBmdK6Qc11po4tBBFBOK2yO0DHiC78__ykTAOvsvmcgyFC3sLP3sBHiqp58MlbkDsbxcdVF1tJ-tYiGRH2KBqDqochRr1cxFo2aBxjWFmgkXx7uLDqc6wt/s1600/DSC_0335.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZXPFodHUDu4yLBqnuAREadWBmdK6Qc11po4tBBFBOK2yO0DHiC78__ykTAOvsvmcgyFC3sLP3sBHiqp58MlbkDsbxcdVF1tJ-tYiGRH2KBqDqochRr1cxFo2aBxjWFmgkXx7uLDqc6wt/s320/DSC_0335.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556983364521183330" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our train to Nice had a layover in Marseille, where we snacked on McDonalds french fries and peanut M&M's (don't read this, Mom!). I told Kyle that I had eaten food from McDonalds more in 6 days that I had in the last year...and that was only our 2nd time!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We thought the train from Marseille to Nice was going to be not so great considering we had to sit near a lady who brought her doggy on the train, but I'm telling you, dogs in France are perfect! They don't bark, they don't sniff at at you, they don't run or jump, and they obey! It was like the pup wasn't even there! I told Kyle that if we ever get a dog, it will have to be from France! The lady ended up being pretty entertaining. She was a little bit of a diva and got into a yelling match with the train attendant! It's so different here because the attendant actually yelled back, which would never happen in our "the customer is always right" America. And, just as I was wishing that I knew what on Earth they were arguing about, she turns to us, and asks if we "understand" the problem and proceeds to inform us that the train just goes SOOOO slow EVERY time and was SO hot! That was about the extent of her English, but I was just grateful to be filled in on the drama!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And then we were in Nice! Nice was like a breath of fresh air to us! With it's gorgeous coastline and lively streets, I couldn't help singing to myself, "Nice is nice (translation- neece is nice!)" We took a taxi to our hotel, which is conveniently located in the center of Nice! A five minute walk to anywhere we wanted to go! The Mercure Hotel was very cozy feeling, and everyone that we have encountered has been so friendly (and have spoken English!), further prompting my song about how nice Nice is! The receptionist recommended an Italian restaurant to us called Ville D'este, and we walked 5 steps and were seated! Their dishes were even bigger than Maggiano's, and we enjoyed Gnocci and Penne with Tomatoes and Mozzerella. So yummy! And of course, let's not forget about dessert...we didn't know what it was when we ordered it, but we were so glad we did! Profilerat au chocolat (not sure if the P word is the right word), but basically it was like a brownie sundae, but instead of brownies, it was some sweet bread pastry! Again, absolutely delicious!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Following dinner we strolled over to the market, which was still lively despite how late it was, where we were tempted with all kinds of beautiful jewelry and other goodies. Note, Kyle wants to state that he was not tempted by any jewelry :) We scoped out restaurants for the next night and continued our walk on the Promenade des Anglais, which was a walkway bordering the beautiful water with a gorgeous view of the hillside town of Cannes all lit up! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPar7mEO3icNlJxNhmZBGD1nKiT51TO5ngMtLqeRJYzVMcQfWxCEq14oMr1tWrXaTC0_q3GzpTohYG8BkCd8IQOxaTouQT7nZO5yyUtIzHBZKgpvNjg3Fgt5uyM4ag6T23Hul6BfKKa9_/s1600/DSC_0352.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPar7mEO3icNlJxNhmZBGD1nKiT51TO5ngMtLqeRJYzVMcQfWxCEq14oMr1tWrXaTC0_q3GzpTohYG8BkCd8IQOxaTouQT7nZO5yyUtIzHBZKgpvNjg3Fgt5uyM4ag6T23Hul6BfKKa9_/s320/DSC_0352.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556983745263400034" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We finally tore ourselves away from the gorgeous city and retired to our hotel to get sleep for our full day ahead (1 day in Nice just doesn't seem like it's going to be enough!) Luckily, we have Italy to look forward to!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Laura </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lessons learned:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1) Drop what you're doing and head to Nice...immediately!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2) Buy your puppies in France...I have literally not heard a single dog bark here!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3) A less than 2 mile cab right can cost you a good 15 euros...hence why we are running out of money!</span></span></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-19716985661830877852010-06-22T17:27:00.006-04:002011-01-01T18:58:50.206-05:00Day 6: Paris to Lyon<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43FydT0xIPHGDHPUZ29LpgysGTgNPpEZV139ANaju9bjwt1eKs2AGehuKV90iaUcUrGsNvyyQC8nna8KNAPEqItzG6-PQ-GUbBjH-Xift71Jk0WsfoHMPsGO3JIpw7StCibYXfJL-Gmk9/s1600/DSC_0321.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43FydT0xIPHGDHPUZ29LpgysGTgNPpEZV139ANaju9bjwt1eKs2AGehuKV90iaUcUrGsNvyyQC8nna8KNAPEqItzG6-PQ-GUbBjH-Xift71Jk0WsfoHMPsGO3JIpw7StCibYXfJL-Gmk9/s320/DSC_0321.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556980794032313714" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We woke up early today to catch an 8:24 train to Lyon, the 2nd biggest city in France. We only had one night in Lyon so we needed to get there early to have the rest of the day to explore this great French city sitting on the side of the Alps. As our train rolled into the train station one thing was clear: This was no Paris! It was much cleaner and less crowded which meant less excitement. After Paris Laura and I took this as a good thing. We took a short taxi ride to our hotel, the Hilton Lyon, which is in the middle of what is called Cite L'International. It is a modern living centre with apartments, fancy restaurants, shops, the Musee D'Moden Art, and Interpol (not the band, the actual Interpol headquarters for France). B T Dubs (my version of By The Way), this hotel is amazing! It has two resturants sporting Michelin Stars, a one-star Thai restaurant called "Blue Elephant" and a two-star Brasserie called "Brasserie de Hotel"), it had a full day spa, gym, bar, and we had a king size suite looking out over the Parc de le Tete on the Rhone River! Laura and I almost didn't leave the room!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Once we finally convinced ourselves that a little lunch would be the way to start we walked along the Cite L'International and found a French Mexican restaurant called "Slatre Verde". Laura ordered Nachos with guacamole, creme fresh, salsa, and cheese and I ordered a combo with a chicken burrito, beef taco, and a cheese quesadilla. Remember we are in France so it didn't look or taste what you may find at the local El Cerro Grande. However, it was pretty good and after we gobbled up the last chip we headed out to explore Lyon!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">As I said before Lyon is on the side of the Alps, so as you can imagine it is very hilly. So, today we needed our walking shoes. Our first stop on the journey was the Croix-Rousse neighborhood that its in the hills between the Rhone river and the Saone River, which both run through the middle of Lyon, but never touch. This neighborhood was famous for its world renowned silk weaving shops and since has become a bohemian paradise. Laura and I stopped in a little post office to send some post cards, but we mostly walked to the west side of the neighborhood. Along the way were various musical happenings which came to be a theme for our day in Lyon. After we reached the other side, it opens up into a clear view above most of the city. Well worth the tiring walk.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbdEHr-Kk3zUDPBaRRe3Hp3lxOVSe6UAC3bpr8lJoEhp8FMiGEvHAHKB2_rV80N2CqGO9LIJ77zoP3hSUopF0BVSLsCrB7RtfQS8tB2WL29iTal8odt4lUgAk01OqFuHKZUPNGlUk3k3_/s1600/DSC_0329.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbdEHr-Kk3zUDPBaRRe3Hp3lxOVSe6UAC3bpr8lJoEhp8FMiGEvHAHKB2_rV80N2CqGO9LIJ77zoP3hSUopF0BVSLsCrB7RtfQS8tB2WL29iTal8odt4lUgAk01OqFuHKZUPNGlUk3k3_/s320/DSC_0329.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556981265722914674" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We climbed down the hill into the city center without no real destination at the time, but just to explore. After a little while, well a long while, Laura and I needed some grub. We stepped inside a little Irish pub called "James Joyce" because I wanted to catch the end of the Switzerland-Chile match, and Laura really wanted a good ol' fashion hamburger. The only problem was that after we ordered the waitress walked over to a microwave, through in a couple of baggies of food, and a couple minutes later we had dinner! I know, gross, and you weren't the one who actually ate it. I guess it was the pint of 1664 Kronenburg already in my system, but I kind of liked it. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Anyways we through are change down after the game was over and made a dash for the reason I wanted to come to Lyon, the Fourviere! This is the highest hill top in Lyon that looks out over the entire area and consists of the Notre Dame Fourviere Cathedral and the adorable surrounding neighborhood, but more importantly the best view in all of France! We took the funicular (now pronounced "Funny-Cooler") this time because we had enough of hills. After a short ride we arrived at the church. It was absolutely beautiful with no detail left undone. We walked inside, outside, and all around checking this thing out. Next thing we know there it is ... the view. Imagine seeing pure beauty as far as the eye could see, with hills, mountains, churches, buildings, and gardens. We both agreed it was well worth the visit! After leaving the Fourviere we headed back the hotel because we decided we needed a night of relaxation and World Cup. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEN4DAGufzdShWM04uMDBx-NppVFfEwdRuZhUhIPhfgLpX7LfwRcCk8heNPNfq5OhlogUxgkQeeFcMmN8Z2kTs2tM7MsWH8lKsTxbvdC_20LqJ799f0NktyyGirjcgKewT3uYrT5ugzJf0/s1600/DSC_0346.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEN4DAGufzdShWM04uMDBx-NppVFfEwdRuZhUhIPhfgLpX7LfwRcCk8heNPNfq5OhlogUxgkQeeFcMmN8Z2kTs2tM7MsWH8lKsTxbvdC_20LqJ799f0NktyyGirjcgKewT3uYrT5ugzJf0/s320/DSC_0346.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556981783868244626" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">-Kyle</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lessons Learned Today:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">1. Lyon is a hidden beauty and there are some great things to see here.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">2. Microwaved cheeseburgers are really good! Not! Laura didn't even touch the food! </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">3. My mind is now working in French.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></p>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-4401540561714737782010-06-20T14:01:00.006-04:002011-01-01T18:58:27.576-05:00Day 5: Paris<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We'll begin this post by saying Happy Father's Day to our amazing Dad's! We're sorry to miss spending this special day with you guys but hope you know how much we love and adore you!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After our amazing bike tour around Paris that had us arriving back to the hotel at 1 and put us in bed around 2, we, of course, slept late once again! We didn't have many things left on our list that we just HAD to do, so we were excited about the leisurely day ahead...especially since it was our last day in beautiful Paris.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We began the day with a delicious brunch at Les Deux Magots, which is a famous cafe where Hemingway, Picasso, Sartre and the likes used to frequent and get their creative juices flowing. The restaurant started in 1914 and has remained a popular Parisan hang-out since. Ham and cheese omelets satisfied our breakfast needs, but we weren't too full to enjoy their famous hot chocolate, served in a porcelain jug. It was truly the best hot chocolate we have ever tasted! A definite must-have for everyone! It was so rich and delicious that we were not even able to drink it all...which is rare for the chocolate lover that I am! We both agreed that we had had another wonderful Parisan experience over our leisurely breakfast at Les Deux Magots!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Following brunch, we boarded the metro. Next stop... Sacre Coure, which translates to Sacred Heart. This was a lovely basilica on the top of a hill overlooking the north of Paris. We were reminded of how just days earlier we were looking miles away to this very hill from the top of the Eiffel Tower. After climbing numerous steps (no Funicular for us young-uns) we entered into the sanctuary where we took a seat and enjoyed the peaceful silence and beautiful dome above us. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWjQ4IIc1PF-WYcyVqkZfrvegma1mBo0odehzbc43IPDpVuZwNnKWvwBbpnGTgVgHhHT9Pe2T_lFuSySCyrNZUVMy-2rZtsBz5SwDc28ZdOawbOrgoutWkkZR-RnAL39PpAhKW6gWb5nE/s1600/DSC_0297.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWjQ4IIc1PF-WYcyVqkZfrvegma1mBo0odehzbc43IPDpVuZwNnKWvwBbpnGTgVgHhHT9Pe2T_lFuSySCyrNZUVMy-2rZtsBz5SwDc28ZdOawbOrgoutWkkZR-RnAL39PpAhKW6gWb5nE/s320/DSC_0297.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556979791658982930" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Walking down from the basilica was much easier, and we continued our stroll through Montmartre, where the Moulin Rouge awaited us. This area was definitely a little risque, with numerous sketchy, scandalous shops and theaters lining the streets. We snapped a quick picture in front of the Moulin Rouge and took a seat to ponder how we should spend our last afternoon in Paris. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbTW-s_WvGNZxi1eZYF4zorSHbFty3V5M5bU3HduLOAWLwJSaWkiv71wluD9dqskhFXO0eu8I1oW4qfv6ZsE3jEAxtaAUdtCVBQL3EsoKrhRpGNKzgZmRMnNuMRkckRTXhXRVBNeOOWnr/s1600/DSC_0302.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbTW-s_WvGNZxi1eZYF4zorSHbFty3V5M5bU3HduLOAWLwJSaWkiv71wluD9dqskhFXO0eu8I1oW4qfv6ZsE3jEAxtaAUdtCVBQL3EsoKrhRpGNKzgZmRMnNuMRkckRTXhXRVBNeOOWnr/s320/DSC_0302.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556977929918413442" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We agreed that there was 1 thing that we HAD to do before we left Paris, which was to revisit the Berthillon ice-cream stand from the previous night, which we decided to do after dinner. Because we had yet to visit the Luxembourg Gardens, which were right near our hotel, we both agreed that reading in the gardens sounded extremely appealing! We were so glad that we didn't overlook this area. It's beautiful grounds and many areas for different activities, including sports, music, and gross displays of public affection made it a perfect place for people of all ages to visit. We pulled up a chair, got out our books, and waited for the Chopin piano concert to begin. Unfortunately, the cold weather and high winds didn't keep us there long (or at least long enough for the concert to begin), and we decided to search for a cheap dinner on our way to get ice-cream.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNIOd9aDzYhkJwPp3s7TB2IeX2wXqpr6BcL0Wuq708BPGVK0ZaTObB2sQEoLwx05rWMnG5nlH3Sei2Ui6J0ewVg-WDSQLuKVeMxaWfycESnfd3xBmrV9GJgRxPj-sY90lfsemyvraxMF7/s1600/DSC_0311.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNIOd9aDzYhkJwPp3s7TB2IeX2wXqpr6BcL0Wuq708BPGVK0ZaTObB2sQEoLwx05rWMnG5nlH3Sei2Ui6J0ewVg-WDSQLuKVeMxaWfycESnfd3xBmrV9GJgRxPj-sY90lfsemyvraxMF7/s320/DSC_0311.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556978612452792290" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">All of the pizza stands that I had seen all over Paris every day for the last 3 days seemed to have been hiding from us, so we settled on a huge hot dog with a toasted baguette bun and melted cheese and a diet Coke. We feasted on the bridge overlooking the Seine and agreed that, once again, it just didn't get any better than that...until we got our ice-cream that is! We played it safe with the same 2 scoops of dark chocolate ice-cream from the night before, only because we voted it the best chocolate ice-cream we had ever tasted! This time, we found a bench alongside the river, and indulged in our last Parisan treat. C'est Tres Bon! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Lz0FgLKC0renWzM6bKJGp84bGf73NDF6hgWgg2zvCGcmjLE9bKuEyDBGUcBXtW40y00Zql8xsD16kDApKXnbhDO9o3G6-nWVKGfdD9Nd5qZ0Xz_vENGDtip30DXNvjlNHjH_IqBtQTfp/s1600/DSC_0316.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Lz0FgLKC0renWzM6bKJGp84bGf73NDF6hgWgg2zvCGcmjLE9bKuEyDBGUcBXtW40y00Zql8xsD16kDApKXnbhDO9o3G6-nWVKGfdD9Nd5qZ0Xz_vENGDtip30DXNvjlNHjH_IqBtQTfp/s320/DSC_0316.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556979162013640658" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What a wonderful experience we had in Paris and a GREAT way to begin our honeymoon!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Laura</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Our best experiences in Paris:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1.) Top of the Eiffel Tower</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2.) Bike Tour of Paris (which included seeing the Eiffel Tower at night all lit up while cruising the river!)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3.) Crepes at St. Germaine</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4.) Hot chocolate at Les Deux Magots</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5.) Being with each other in the most romantic city in the world!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-66837033990748259022010-06-20T13:18:00.006-04:002011-01-01T18:56:16.867-05:00Day 4: Paris<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Original Plan for Day 4:</span></span></div> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Get up at 8:30 am and head to the Louvre for some good ol' fashion Art and History! After the Louvre we would head back to Rue Mouffetard (visited on Day 2) get some good food for a picnic at the Jardin du Luxembourg. After an afternoon of reading, writing postcards and relaxing we were going to head for an early dinner consisting of crepes at a local Creperie suggested by my Aunt Maureen. After the creperie we would make our way over to the Eiffel Tower to catch the night version of Fat Tire Bike Tours (also suggested by Momo). And then call it a night. Which would have been a lovely day! </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But one thing happened that would forever change or lives (well that's a little over dramatic, it just changed our day) ... we slept in! </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What Really Happened:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So, after finally convincing Laura that 11:00 am was the actual time and not a joke we got up and quickly got ready for our day. As the only thing that we had to do today was the Louvre because of our tickets, we decided to start the day with a little lunch ... well a little dessert ... ok, a lot of dessert! We followed the directions that Momo gave us to find what turned out to be the best Creperie in the entire world (at least that's what we think)! As you remove yourself from the fast pace of St. Michel there is a little side street with a few restaurants and even more creperies. How you figured out which one to choose Momo I will never know! Anyways, as we reached our destination we saw a little hole in the wall that fit maybe 15-20 people called Creperie St. Germaine. Little did we know Heaven waited through the little door that leads you inside. We sat down and as we sat down the waitress passed our table with a crepe filled with all sorts of goodies and gave it to the man behind us. Laura looked at me and said, "I'm having that!" And she did. It was called the Belle Helene and it had vanilla ice cream, apple sauce, pear, whip cream, and chocolate sauce! It was amazing! I had something a little more tame. It was called the Toscane and consisted of Canadian bacon, mozzarella, tomato, and olive oil. It was really good too, and that was just the tip of the iceberg on the menu. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After we departed the creperie we headed for the Louvre! It wasn't a long walk before we reached the glass pyramid and jumped in line. Since we had tickets there was no wait and we swiftly gathered a plan to see everything we thought would be great. First up, the Mona Lisa! Last time I was at the Louvre we were shoved into a room with the legendary painting and told to keep walking, no stopping, and NO PICTURES! Apparently they don't do that anymore. We walked right up to it and took our time examining it and taking a few photos too. After that we made the rounds visiting the Venus De Milo, the Greek Art, the Egyptian Art, the Statue Room, and a few other odds and ends. I believe we were there for a little over 2 hours. As much as I love the famous stuff there and see some of the other great pieces Laura and I agreed that the Louvre was not the most exciting thing in the world.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooYVYHr1cyMXr2ABVe53K2q9cKTTkLBiS79Wshb7kV8QyHm7rTwFXT03fFO5arrm-bOipCz8DW6FQKgK-6tx7pi6qMATLskolJ1rpNo6bxF1tNoZjnz24fmBomCP-Oxz2YB7SKvFefynS/s1600/DSC_0197.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjooYVYHr1cyMXr2ABVe53K2q9cKTTkLBiS79Wshb7kV8QyHm7rTwFXT03fFO5arrm-bOipCz8DW6FQKgK-6tx7pi6qMATLskolJ1rpNo6bxF1tNoZjnz24fmBomCP-Oxz2YB7SKvFefynS/s320/DSC_0197.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556973886003451410" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">At this point it was after 3:30pm and we needed some grub. We went back to St. Michel where we passed a lot of great looking restaurants in our search for St. Germaine creperie and we settled on what we thought was a cute little place with a good deal on a three course meal. It sucked and I won't even mention the name or what we ate. So that's the end of that. </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">After beating ourselves in the head for picking a bad restaurant we decided to head back to the hotel and change for the bike tour. Laura got all bundled up because it was in the low-60s all day and is supposedly going to be colder tomorrow. We then set out back to the Eiffel Tower to jump in on the Night Tour with Fat Tire Bikes. Let me make a side note here: I like doing touristy stuff, but I love doing traveler's stuff! The difference is tourists see everything, but travelers EXPERIENCE everything! The adventure we were about to embark on this evening was an experience! We met up with the tour guides at the south pillar of the Eiffel Tower. We then walked with our tour guide back to the Fat Tire clubhouse and prepared for our bike ride. Once we were gathered with our group our tour guide Ned went around and asked people where they were from. Not only was there a group from Raleigh, but Ned himself was born and raised in Durham! He knew exactly where our house was! Small world, I know.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Anyways the when the tour began Laura struggled not to cry as we rode along busy streets next to cars and motorcycles. After we made a few stops we made a stop at Berthillion Glacier on Ille St. Louis, behind Notre Dame. Best Ice Cream Ever! Laura and I both had Chocolat Noir, or Dark Chocolate, in a cone and scarfed it down as we chatted with people on our tour. We made our way through the streets of Paris, riding around the Pyramid at the Louvre, across the Pont Neuf bridge and down along the River Seine. A huge reason we chose to do this tour was because it ended with a boat cruise down the river. We got to the boat around 10pm, sun was still on it's way down, so it was a perfect time. We went up and down the river for about an hour until we were right in front of the Eiffel Tower. Right at 11:00 the lights that enwrap the tower went off in a bright sparkle. Laura and I stood there together with our arms around each other. To quote one of my favorite books, "I felt infinite." It was extremely romantic and a great end to a great day. Oh, and by the way we did make a quick stop at McDonald's on the way home because it was the only thing open at 12:30am. We needed some comfort food.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEime4my-tz-Zl9GLKfSJsqUKG7nOMXXoQmjzXEkmK2RtaGTaaqGm5lyF3rMl3t3Pz6O01d0mCus0y8vG4Go04NnpCea06hSrvsisB1FUhm69dHcsWMCnAaQ-aLBGOraP69xTm5en8Ysd9Sv/s1600/DSC_0290.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEime4my-tz-Zl9GLKfSJsqUKG7nOMXXoQmjzXEkmK2RtaGTaaqGm5lyF3rMl3t3Pz6O01d0mCus0y8vG4Go04NnpCea06hSrvsisB1FUhm69dHcsWMCnAaQ-aLBGOraP69xTm5en8Ysd9Sv/s320/DSC_0290.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556975417940033602" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></a></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Kyle</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lessons Learned Today:</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. When choosing a restaurant in Europe, pick a side street away from the hectic-ness of the city and relax. If it's near a busy place and not recommended then its probably not worth it.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. Paris is in fact the most romantic place in the world!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3. Go to Creperie St. Germaine and Berthillion Ice Cream if you are ever in Paris! </span></span></p>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-17245643498809980912010-06-18T17:30:00.006-04:002011-01-01T18:55:45.449-05:00Day 3: Paris<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We woke up...or should I say, Kyle woke up this morning feeling rested and ready to take on Paris! I could've slept another couple of hours, but since breakfast at the hotel was only served until 10, I gave into my 9 o'clock wake-up call. I will say that it didn't take long for energy to kick in. We realized that whereas we had done lots of thoughtful packing, we weren't accounting for the fact that it might be colder in Paris. Luckily, we had our Northface jackets, and I had some capris, so we managed to prepare for the colder temps (for summer, that is...probably about the 60's). We ate breakfast in the basement of our hotel, and it consisted of lots of bread products...croissants, baguettes, etc, some fruit salad, yogurt, and thank goodness...Special K cereal. Kyle had a croissant, I had cereal, and we were good to go!</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We decided to walk everywhere we were going today, and I even offered for us to walk back too, but thank goodness Kyle said we could take the metro home because little did I know we would be walking miles upon miles! First stop...Notre Dame. It was absolutely beautiful, inside and out. After a short visit inside we decided to visit the back part outside, with its gorgeous arches. They even had a small, modern-esque carousel that you could sit and spin on, but the French group ahead of us took way too long on it for a couple such as ourselves who had lots to do and not a lot of time!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIViHUCCCwIu-gpYQbjYNjSgWMBaDXu2iAqCT88gN8vidbD2M8dQStO_TJtxIBqloqIVTUaxhyBTHHGKrVjWRHKjWsx8TJETA7z_Qq-oMCZpHLMnfP62mfC_yK6YmY7jesO78GmZOVqvF/s1600/DSC_0101.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIViHUCCCwIu-gpYQbjYNjSgWMBaDXu2iAqCT88gN8vidbD2M8dQStO_TJtxIBqloqIVTUaxhyBTHHGKrVjWRHKjWsx8TJETA7z_Qq-oMCZpHLMnfP62mfC_yK6YmY7jesO78GmZOVqvF/s320/DSC_0101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556966955108941554" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Next stop, the Pompidou, which is the modern art museum. Because of the long line, we decided not to go in, but we did take our time examining the modern marvel of a building that it is! Highlight for me--when we saw a bickering couple, and the wife proceeded to yank her hubby's ear and punch him aggressively in the arm....how romantic!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By this time, I had to ditch my Euro-chic flats for the comfort of my rainbows if that gives any indication as to how far we had already walked, and it was just lunch-time! We found a cute little cafe called Velocyclette where we munched on Ham baguettes. Kyle thought they had cheese on them, but we discovered it was just a bunch of butter! And how is it that they say French women stay thin?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Onwards to the Place de la Concorde. Except, wait...we stumbled on the Louvre instead! Being that we had tickets to come back the next day, we just enjoyed the glass pyramid and marched on through the Jardin de Tuilleres. Being Ann Barkley's daughter, I, of course, chose the worst place in Paris to have to use the restroom. We literally searched for 30 minutes for a restroom! After that rat race, we decided to settle down in the Jardin with some delicious ice-cream from Dammann's Glacier and our books to read.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkdvvuvyq7ojr2qTylrzyhWytbogGCrDL4YZjkp7QDdlp7qpp5HhzIxRNmVNhwGHf-7adv8dsmy6TEoIAfLsk3g5O2PLCEif9gVMemonpYI5AXeikZRQgq3cdXOSsaKHMejBf-AY8l5bJ/s1600/DSC_0129.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkdvvuvyq7ojr2qTylrzyhWytbogGCrDL4YZjkp7QDdlp7qpp5HhzIxRNmVNhwGHf-7adv8dsmy6TEoIAfLsk3g5O2PLCEif9gVMemonpYI5AXeikZRQgq3cdXOSsaKHMejBf-AY8l5bJ/s320/DSC_0129.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556967731051052162" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Finally, we reached the Place de la Concorde, and in the distance lay the Arc D'Triumphe and in between, the Champs-Elysees. I got excited about all of the shopping on this avenue, and Kyle was a great sport! And what store did I chose to spend my money in...the Gap! But everything looks better in Paris! At this point, I had everything I needed to fit in as a Parisan...cute flats and a scarf! Kyle opted out of purchasing, but did mention he wants to buy a cardigan, which is a big step for him! We reached the Arc D'Triumphe only to discover that we couldn't actually see what Kyle described as the best part...the center... because there was some kind of ceremony taking place. We didn't know what, but all we knew was that it required an enormous French flag that stretched from the top almost to the ground, but the Arc was still beautiful!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By then it was approaching 5:30 and we knew we had the Eiffel Tower at 8, so we thought we'd head back to the hotel to freshen up and grab a bite to eat...scratch that! After taking a wrong train here and there, we ended up going straight to the Eiffel where we grabbed a quick crepe and who did we see...Jean-Claude Van Damme, whose dessert of choice was ice-cream! We were still in line so I sent Kyle out to take pictures...even though I'm still not sure who he is! Van Damme's lady friend thought Kyle was the paparazzi and quickly glared and alerted Van Damme! We quickly left! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVaOVd60AA81FaRi-AjM355DsCBuNtuvRSE2ml4K8zKwZ2Ea9EzGH5xgRjTYG-3vRSAx35GTOCYQVNJZzqPmqxo9YjBBu9wGV84S9Ivv2OGLNu44dTABq7ajJFFSV0xJoKoHgwelvzX0b/s1600/DSC_0158.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVaOVd60AA81FaRi-AjM355DsCBuNtuvRSE2ml4K8zKwZ2Ea9EzGH5xgRjTYG-3vRSAx35GTOCYQVNJZzqPmqxo9YjBBu9wGV84S9Ivv2OGLNu44dTABq7ajJFFSV0xJoKoHgwelvzX0b/s320/DSC_0158.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556968771592869154" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thanks to Kyle purchasing our tickets ahead of time, we didn't have to wait in line and were able to waltz right up! We were both feeling a little nervous on the elevator ride up but were super excited! The elevator takes you first to the middle level, where you have to get out and get on another elevator that's for the true brave of heart....the one that goes all the way to the tip tip top! At this point, I was freaking out, but Kyle helped calm me, and we both agreed that it was a once in a lifetime experience that we wanted to share. However, we also agreed that Kyle's dad, Ronster the Monster, would as Kyle said, "Crap his pants" (I'm sorry Grandmother and Grandaddy!). It turned out that we had nothing to fear! The top layer was fenced in so no crazies could accidentally push us over! If you have never been to the tip top, you should definitely go because words cannot describe nor can pictures capture how beautiful it is to look out over the entire city of Paris, which is, huge! We took lots of pictures from each side of the tower as Kyle pointed out all of the major sites and landmarks! It was the perfect way to end the day as the sun set in the sky surrounding us and the tower! We made our way back down, ready for dinner and bed!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgn1qgNifN5YGrllCaU3wg2GrjvTZ24I72Bijs0o5dyFIEEhbHEkr6JidCIhu1Q9s3penovyU3krVblk7l-B4yk_KatjX2ZBxj3CQsiph5M8rgBFGHzMFZV7dh_SnHZs5kfPeVbA7HzSTA/s1600/DSC_0173.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgn1qgNifN5YGrllCaU3wg2GrjvTZ24I72Bijs0o5dyFIEEhbHEkr6JidCIhu1Q9s3penovyU3krVblk7l-B4yk_KatjX2ZBxj3CQsiph5M8rgBFGHzMFZV7dh_SnHZs5kfPeVbA7HzSTA/s320/DSC_0173.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556970929074372050" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Before getting back to the metro station, we stopped at the Castel Cafe for a ham and cheese toasty (me) and a ham, cheese, & potato omelette (Kyle). Delicious! By the end of dinner it was 10pm and time to end the day! We were tired from walking ALL day long, and our bellies were full! We heart Paris!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Au Revoir until next time! And a special Bon Anniversaire shout-out to Beebs!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Je T'aime</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-Laura</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lessons learned today:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1.) McDonalds is a great and clean place to use the restroom in Paris</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2.) Flats are cute but not for traveling with Kyle, he walks a lot!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-90032567983261941522010-06-18T17:00:00.004-04:002011-01-01T18:55:18.023-05:00Day 1 and 2: NYC to Paris<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Day 1 was really an extended day so I am going to call it 2 Days. It started with our 9:50pm flight from JFK to Dublin. The flight consisted of twin babies that cried for 5 out of the 7 hours we were forced to be with them, stomach issues (for me of course), and Shutter Island. I struggled to fall asleep with the babies and stomach stuff, but Laura managed a good 4 hours of solid sleep which she would add onto on our second flight from Dublin to Paris. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Second flight consisted of leather seats, being placed in the exit row (a.k.a. All the leg room you could need), and NO BABIES! Needless to say, much better! We touched down in Paris at 1:40pm local time, and we took the train into the city. As we emerged from the Metro stop into the city the sky above opened up and let down a little "Bonjour" rain, but we quickly found our hotel with the help of a few nice Frenchmen. We checked-in around 3:15pm, settled into our cozy little room at the Hotel Andre Latin, and decided to hit the town (at a slow, tired pace). </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We ventured into the Latin Quarter which was a short distance to the Southeast of us. Not long after we reached it, Laura and I realized that we hadn't eaten in about 8 hours. So, we found this little cafe called Verse Toujours and invited ourselves in for a little dinner. After making quick eyes over the menu Laura settled on Gratin de Gnocchi which was like Au Gratin potatoes but with Gnocchi! I ordered the Croquette au Poulet avec Legumes, which was a curry-based chicken stew over rice and vegetables. Not to mention a nice little baguette sliced up and thrown to the bread-eating wolves we are. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">After dinner we strolled down the Avenue de Gobelins to the Place D'Italie, while stopping at every shoe store in between. Once there we found a stylish patissarie called Hure and gobbled down a pain au chocolat, which is a croissant with chocolate in the middle. Once dessert had been completed and the crumbs were wiped away from our lips, we decided to head back to the hotel and call it a night. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">However, as a result of Laura's persistent desire to shop we stumbled upon Rue Mouffetard. A little treasure filled with bistros, fromageries (cheese shops), wine stores, and fruit stands among the many other pleasantries. It winds its way up a little hill a couple kilometers long tucking itself into buildings before it juts back out again. It was Paris. It was something that I truly love about this city. After telling each other we definitely had to come back and visit Rue Mouffetard we ended up right where we needed to be and quickly found our hotel. Day 1 and 2 were a success, now for a little shut-eye! </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">-Kyle</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lessons Learned Today:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">1. Babies shouldn't be allowed on airplanes, they are sleep terrorists!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">2. Even on a couple hours sleep Laura is one heck of a shopper!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">3. My French is still pretty good. At least I learned one thing at college. </span></p>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-40849236656503193542010-06-13T22:33:00.004-04:002011-01-01T18:54:54.781-05:00Itinerary<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 16th - Flight to Paris</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 17th - Arrive in Paris</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 18th - Paris</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 19th - Paris</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 20th - Paris</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 21st - Paris/Lyon</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 22nd - Lyon/Nice</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 23rd - Nice</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 24th - Nice/Venice</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 25th - Venice</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 26th - Venice/Rome</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 27th - Rome</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 28th - Rome</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 29th - Rome/Florence</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">June 30th - Florence</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">July 1st - Florence/Rome/Flight Home</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">If you have any suggestions for these places please post a comment!</span></div>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590437625422439073.post-76213204470218935522010-05-24T21:00:00.004-04:002011-01-01T18:54:35.181-05:00Our New Travel Blog<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Laura and I are going to be heading to France and Italy for our Honeymoon in June! We will be giving daily updates and posts throughout the whole trip so you know what we are doing and what we are seeing. I am testing this out, because I would like to do this for all our travels, but I want to see how much I keep up with it first. Anyways, I hope you like it!</span>Kylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04716988248262806303noreply@blogger.com0