Home of the Honored

First Look After leaving Rome on Sunday, a short 40 kilometers or 25 miles, we found ourselves in the ancient town of Artena, Italy. A “suburb” of Rome, Artena is really two cities. You have the lower half of the town, still old in years, but more modern. Then you have the upper part of…

The Eternal City

At the train station in Milan, we had to get seat reservations to travel to Rome. I had already purchased a seven-day Europass to travel wherever we wanted… a choice of 33 countries. We have a month to travel to use those days up… you could go through three countries in one day if you…

Italy Bound

It’s not even been a week yet and I’m already confused. Did I stay in Milan or come straight to Rome? We left Landstuhl, Germany about 90 minutes later than I had planned because when we got on the train, I second-guessed myself and I walked us in one door and right back off. Turns…