Simon in Rome Feb 2011: Day 1 & 2

What more is there to say? approximately 37 hours from the time i left home in Queanbeyan, to arriving at the hotel in Rome.

from Sydney it was 9.5 hours to Singapore.

Who says Aeroplane food is bad. My Roast Chicken was delicious. But im saying nothing about the bouncy, hard Bread roll.

Welcome to Singapore

and then what was supposed to be 12.5 hours, turned into 16.5 hours on the plane to get to London…due to a changed flight path, to avoid Afghanistan and certain other countries that we were no longer allowed to fly over. and then because we were late to London, we got to circle Heathrow for almost 35 minutes, just to make sure that instead of just having a rushed connection, everybody completely missed their connecting flights. Which meant i got an extra 3 hour wait in Terminal 5…

Quality Photo Huh? the blue bit on the right is Piccadilly Circus, and the other blue bit is the London Eye...Trust Me.

I think they like to Self Promote how wonderful Britain is.

A slightly famous store.

Finally off to Rome. bit of a traffic jam at the runway, meant we got to wait another 25 minutes for planes ahead of us to take-off, and cause the ones behind us to back up as well.

Bit of a traffic jam on the tarmac. look a the variety of planes waiting (including an A380, which makes the tiddler behind seem like a bit of a …well…tiddler.

The French Alps, complete with Snow.

Rome finally, and what can i say about it. i think nothing would be best.
the hotel is ‘quaint’….

Hotel Entry from Street (wouldnt have guessed that would you)

Hotel Entry

My Balcony...and no its NOT big enough for me to stand on...

My bed...is enormous.

My Bathroom...is NOT enormous. No the door doesnt shut. it hits the sink.

Went for a quick walk and saw some old stuff… like Circo Maximo…apparently this is REALLY OLD, and is where they used to hold the Chariot Races back before i was born…