I got effectively no sleep last night. I did not get into bed until almost two and was up by four. At four thirty I gave up on resting at all and just took a shower to get a jump on the day and get out of everyone’s way so that we could get ready …
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January 22, 2017: Final Day in Rome
DuoLingo Italian Day 66 Sunday and our last day in Rome. Today is our day of rest because we need to pack up the apartment, get all of our devices charged and get the family off to bed early so that we can get up very early tomorrow morning, get a taxi (we hope) to …
January 21, 2017: Vatican City
Country Count: S&D 32 / L&L 30 DuoLingo Italian Day 65 Saturday in Rome. Today is our big day for going to see Vatican City which is no little thing to do. But we did a good job of getting to bed last night and we were up at eight thirty this morning! I think …
January 20, 2017: Seeing the Spanish Steps
DuoLingo Italian Day 64 We woke up to an odd banging sound in the apartment and we wondered if there had been an earthquake again. So I jumped on Twitter and, sure enough, there had just been a very small earthquake near Rome and minutes later there were matching small ones on Crete, Turkey, the …
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January 19, 2017: Day Two in Rome
Day 63 of DuoLingo Italian Streak! Jet lag is still kicking our butts and we were struggling hard to get up today. This is what happened to us in both Spain and Greece last year. We have decided that the experiment of doing a “vacation” upon arrival in Europe is a failed one and something …