Monday, September 27, 2010
Camels!
So, I apologize for not writing sooner. But anyways, the news of the week is that I will be going on a camel caravan in the Sahara for about 5 days. I'm super excited, and I shall have pictures and all sorts of fun things about my adventures. And I promise to update this a bit more often.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
When In Rome And It's Your Anniversary...
So, while we were traveling, we had a wonderfull 10 hour layover in Rome. And, it just so happened that it was my parent's anniversary. Of course, we had one or two adventures there.
For starters, the Airport in Rome is a zoo. It took us about 2 hours just to find a place to put our luggage while we had this layover so we could explore. And, they only have 3 elevators to take you up and down in one section, which was the section we started out in. After wandering around looking for a place to put our luggage, we finally found a place at the exact same spot we started out in...But we found a mini-bus/taxi that probably cost us an arm and a leg, and we were off.
So, our main attraction was the Roman Colluseum. We weren't dressed for the Vatican, and most of the old ruins are in the vicinity of the Colluseum. So, off to the Colloseum we go. We walked around there a bit. We saw the forum and a really beautiful church. After a while, we were tired and ready to eat. We were running on 3 hours of sleep, so we believed it was a break well earned. And also, we're in Italy. We have to have some Itallian food. So we walk onto a promising street with quite a few restaurants/cafes. Anyways, the restaurants would have a waiter standing outside, shouting and fighting the other waiters of other restaurants for your business. My father let my mother pick the restaurant, and she picks one that has reasonably cheap food.
This praticular restaurant is named "Coming Out", which should have been my mother's first clue. And the menu had rainbow colors on it, Clue number two. I figured it out by clue number three, when the waiter turns around and has a bedazzled black shirt that says "Coming Out" in sparkly letters. Finally, my dad casually points out that this is an extremely gay friendly restaurant. It wasn't exactly just for homosexuals, or else they wouldn't have practically fought the other restaurants for us. So, now Mom has been the end of many jokes here in Tunisia.
I apologize for not posting earlier, and I assure you, I will tell many more stories about my travels!
For starters, the Airport in Rome is a zoo. It took us about 2 hours just to find a place to put our luggage while we had this layover so we could explore. And, they only have 3 elevators to take you up and down in one section, which was the section we started out in. After wandering around looking for a place to put our luggage, we finally found a place at the exact same spot we started out in...But we found a mini-bus/taxi that probably cost us an arm and a leg, and we were off.
So, our main attraction was the Roman Colluseum. We weren't dressed for the Vatican, and most of the old ruins are in the vicinity of the Colluseum. So, off to the Colloseum we go. We walked around there a bit. We saw the forum and a really beautiful church. After a while, we were tired and ready to eat. We were running on 3 hours of sleep, so we believed it was a break well earned. And also, we're in Italy. We have to have some Itallian food. So we walk onto a promising street with quite a few restaurants/cafes. Anyways, the restaurants would have a waiter standing outside, shouting and fighting the other waiters of other restaurants for your business. My father let my mother pick the restaurant, and she picks one that has reasonably cheap food.
This praticular restaurant is named "Coming Out", which should have been my mother's first clue. And the menu had rainbow colors on it, Clue number two. I figured it out by clue number three, when the waiter turns around and has a bedazzled black shirt that says "Coming Out" in sparkly letters. Finally, my dad casually points out that this is an extremely gay friendly restaurant. It wasn't exactly just for homosexuals, or else they wouldn't have practically fought the other restaurants for us. So, now Mom has been the end of many jokes here in Tunisia.
I apologize for not posting earlier, and I assure you, I will tell many more stories about my travels!
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