Rest in Tuscany

Dana and I are currently in Tuscany, celebrating with my future mother-in-law on her 60th birthday. We are in a villa just down the hill from Cortona. A few days of relaxing is exactly what we needed after the last week or so.

After we left Palm Cove, we had a long layover in Sydney, and we were not allowed to leave the airport. Sydney International does not have a lot to offer (not even a bar!), so the laptop came in handy. We paced ourselves over the seven hours, making an event of calling home, eating lunch and watching Pan's Labyrinth. As we geared up to find our gate, we could not find our flight on the board. It had been delayed four and a half hours. I managed to get two meal vouchers, which we used at the cafe to buy a bottle of wine. And so we toasted Sydney and said farewell, and eleven and a half hours after we landed in Sydney, we departed.

At 4AM we were in our hotel in Singapore and asleep. The flight lasted 9 hours, but we didn't get much sleep. The next day, we had 24 hours in the city, leaving the following morning at 3AM. Singapore was a load of fun. We spent the day touring by ourselves and met up with Dana's friend for dinner and drinks. The airport welcomed us back, but the flight was delayed an hour. At 4AM we were finally taking off.

Seven and half hours to Dubai from Singapore, a short stop over, then five and a half hours to Rome. This was a bit painful, thanks to chatty kids, chatty adults, and a horrocious airline: Emirates. The food stunk, the movies stunk and the service was terrible. I have regained my love for Qantas. We were so excited for our trip, however, that none of this bothered us once we reached Rome. Somehow we managed to find our B&B and do some touring before crashing at 10PM. Our room in Rome was literally a stone's throw away from the walls of the Vatican, but I didn't have a stone to check.

I have taken over 1000 photos so far, but I am unable to upload them from this site. When I can get them up, you'll be able to enjoy shots of sea turtles, walking fish, statues, sleepy bicycle taxi drivers and even a bizarre Singaporean soda can! Stay tuned... amusing stories will accompany them.

*I did enjoy the Italian version of Blogger.
'Dopo aver fatto clic su "Completato" puoi modificare il tuo post e pubblicare il tuo blog.'

The word "blog" is universal!