Day behind, another travel day, but still here

Sorry I don’t have the info up yet on yesterday’s fast tour through Rome. Call it the Archeological/Gelato/Cappuccino tour if you will. The place we stayed was magnificent and inexpensive (yes, the two really can go together, even in Rome!). The Tango Hotel, about $90/night, split level, large, real working desk, just a bit difficult to find.

Rome itself, well, everything is under (re)construction I think! Darned near impossible to get photos without cranes and scaffolding.

Today it was another early morning to catch a flight to Paris. First time on Easy Jet. Interesting experience; I knew they were going to get me for some fee, and they did. Becky’s rollaboard, perfectly legal for any domestic carrier, doesn’t quite fit into their sizing box. It was an interesting situation; as soon as you get into the Easy Jet area of the terminal, someone from Easy Jet spots you and breaks the bad news. But… she didn’t win entirely! She was certain both of our bags would need to be checked (at 44 euros each) but mine fit. Take that, Easy Jet! The flight was fine; efficient would describe their operation well. I wouldn’t avoid them in the future, but it does pay to study up on how they work and make sure you understand that it makes more sense paying to get an assigned seat up front (17 euros) than it does to pay for an extra carry-on (you only get one small carry-on for free), because the assigned seat gets you the extra carry-on for free.

Time to figure out what to do for the rest of the day. Becky’s doing the sleep thing, but we’re not here to sleep! It’s 3:42pm, time to get out and seize the day. Yeah, sounds good, if only I hadn’t been up since 5:30am…  –Mike–






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