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Friday — after a 2.5 rest, I followed the advice of my transfer escort and had some chicken soup at the hotel restaurant. It was so good! The soup has huge tender pieces of white meat chicken, one slice of … Continue reading
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The first half of today was spent in Vatican City, the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population. Paul, the kids, and I, had pre purchased 9am tickets for the Vatican Museum since Big D really … Continue reading
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Hot, hot, hot! The weather has averaged 96F every day in Rome. We’re taking advantage of all the “nasoni” around the city dispensing cold water, and of course had gelato again at one of the oldest gelaterias in Rome, Giolitti … Continue reading
A collection of pictures from a busy day 2 in Rome. D and the gladiators at the Coloseum Inside the Coloseum Outside Sts Cosmos and Damiano Basilica Pizza, mozzarella and more Enjoying trofie al pesto Campo dei Fiori … Continue reading
Dinner was awesome. Don’t know where to begin to describe it. At Obika in the Campo dei fiori , we dined at a FOAK (first of a kind) mozzarella bar. Started with the “gran degustazione” aka grand tasting of 5 … Continue reading
In high school, I learned to say “it smells like hot dogs in here” in Armenian since the music department sometimes smelled a little funky. Our American friends thought it was funny to learn how to say the phrase too, … Continue reading
So the sushi place recommended to me for dinner was closed which means another dining adventure. (Future travelers staying at royal park hotel in Nihonbashi should seek out this place: walk a block down the street away from the train … Continue reading
A random collection of photos to give more of a sense of life in Tokyo. Notice how the bike rack is covered. The melon muffin that I had for breakfast was really yummy…light and flaky on the inside, and the … Continue reading
Took the subway to Harajuku for the day – a section of Tokyo which is like Harvard Square in the 1970s and 10x the size. Basically the teenagers here are setting fashion trends and designers from around the world visit … Continue reading
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