Exhausted and ready for tomorrow

What a day. I don't fully know what day of the week it really is. After a shuttle to our hotel, we moved into our rooms for a little while and then headed out to Barbablu, the restaurant of choice from Spring Break 2011. Baylor still had their business card from last year and we remembered exactly how to get there. Gnocchi, pasta, veal, steak, pizza, and of course tiramisu! We shall return there again.

We hauled our leftover pizza back to the rooms, attempted to find a karaoke joint (they are closed on Sunday, "because everyone is sad the weekend is over" says our host), and ended up taking a bus down to Campo di Fiori. Gelato, a long walk through the night including the Tiber, a race up the south steps of the monument to Vittorio Emmanuel (won by the old guy!), the Ancient Forum and Colosseum by night, and a long walk home (with another gelato stop for Baylor on the way). We are winding down and ready to get some sleep before the bike tour tomorrow!

Baylor's gelato list:
1. Banana, Nutella, and Tiramisu
2. Banana, Mango, Lemon

Please, no more airports, ever again!

Well, everyone is here and alive. But Baylor's and my bags are lost in the world somewhere. I suspect they got to Amsterdam, but didn't make the final step since we weren't on the flight. Sigh. We missed the soccer game, but we are all at least happy to be here. Currently, we are waiting (again!) for our car driver to take us into town.

Ah! Two more passengers and off we go! Barbablu and bed are on the agenda.

Waiting game

Baylor and I arrived in Rome with no problems recently. Heathrow is a mess of lines and security and walking and changing terminals, but we got to our gate midway through boarding. Arrival in Rome was easy, and customs was 3 seconds and a stamp. We got excited to see an arrival from Amsterdam 40 minutes early, but it wasn't our crew. We had to change terminals and are now waiting outside their baggage claim. I have already arranged a van to take us to the hotel and then on to the Stadio. I fear the soccer game starts in 10 minutes, but hopefully will get to see some!

All 5 on board!

After some more (short) delays with plane #2, Baylor and I are mounted up. Next stop for us- London. A new country for Baylor! We are getting there, slowly but surely.

Three on board

KVogt, Sarah Asleigh, and Wesley are on board their flight to Amsterdam. No physical tickets for the third leg, but we have assurances they have confirmed seats that USAir isn't able to print.

Baylor and I await our flight to Heathrow, leaving in 25 minutes.

What's an adventure without some hiccups?

One flight down, two to go

We have arrived in Philadelphia. Not 2 minutes after we touched down and I got a phone call from USAir working on our flight plans. The Amsterdam flight is overbooked, so Baylor and I are headed to London-Heathrow, while SarahA, Wesley, and KVogt are going to Amsterdam. Fortunately, the London route gets in almost the same time and we should be ok to make soccer on time!

Hurray for adventures.

I love airports!

And it's a good thing, because it looks like we will be spending plenty of time in them! Our flight to Philadelphia is significantly delayed, enough so that we will miss our flight to Rome. We have spent an hour at the Nashville counter as they try to find us a path to Rome. It looks like we will go through Amsterdam, but we don't have guaranteed seats, or even boarding passes for the third leg!

Hopefully we will arrive in Rome in time for the soccer game.