http://www.susankrick.com/wp Travels in Europe Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:31:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know everyone thought I was stalling, or taking too long to show pictures, but I really have a good reason. We had 6,172 photos from our trip. Yep, that's right, SIX THOUSAND+ pictures to go through. You didn't really want to see all of those, did ... http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/06/10/pictures-are-posted/ Stuff I do not want to forget about in twenty years: The swiss franc was about equal to the dollar so it was easy to calculate how much things were really costing me (hint: a lot). The euro was very high to the dollar, so I would add 60% to ... http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/05/24/little-things-to-remember-part-i/ Everybody is asking about pictures. Since Kevin and I took separate cameras and we both love to take pictures, we have several thousand pics from our trip (over 10 gigs worth!).  Some are great, some are duplicates, and some are boring, so we are going through all of them to ... http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/05/21/pictures-coming-soon/ After 21+ hours of travel, we made it home. We left our Rome hotel at 6:30am (11:30pm Austin time) to catch the subway/train/plane, and arrived home in Austin at 9:00pm (4:00am Rome time). Getting to the plane in Rome was stressful, but after takeoff we were able to ... http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/05/18/were-home/ Short post today. We just cannot get over being tired, so we slept in again today. We skipped doing the Angels & Demons tour that we had both looked forward to, but it just wasn't something we could do this morning. However, we did make it to Capitoline Hill Museum, which ... http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/05/16/rome-day-4/ We got an earlier start today than the past few days. We were dressed and packed up for the day by just after 8am, went down for breakfast, and was disappointed to learn that they were out of formaggio, so all we would have today is bread. This hotel is ... http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/05/15/rome-day-3/ We are eating healthy foods, but probably because of all the walking and hills and stairs, we are always soooo tired. Again, we slept in today.  Didn't get down to breakfast until a bit after 11am. We should have just had lunch, but our free breakfast was waiting ... http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/05/14/rome-day-2/ We arrived in Rome via train from Chiusi, a little town in Tuscany. The train ride was only 1.5 hours, arriving at 3pm, and was uneventful. This train only cost 40 euros for both of us in first class, a far cry from the 240 franks we paid to ... http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/05/13/rome-day-1/ I like to give credit where it is due, and it is definitely due at Avis. Our experience picking up our car in Florence, which was booked through AutoEurope, was very good. The agent was very polite, helpful, and efficient. Not only did he do a good job ... http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/05/13/great-service-at-avis-rental-car/ I am almost a week behind in updating the blog, sorry. I will try to catch up today. I'm on a train to Rome right now, so hopefully it will give me some time to write. I'll backdate the entries. http://www.susankrick.com/wp/2008/05/13/catching-up/