[This page is currently in progress. Updated 26Jul07]

Travel Journal, Roma. Aug/Sept 2004

While work obligations bring us to Milano, we have had opportunities to visit Italia on leisure and for this Travel Journal we visit Roma and Firenze with stops along the Montepuliciano region – no wine of course – but show some of the landscape. However, this album is limited considering I have no current digital photos (hard copies only) from our 2004 album.

Here’s the opening page to our Italy album – there’s a shot of us in Firenze – at the Fountain of Neptune in front of the Uffizzi Gallery on the Piazza della Signoria. Sep2004.

Hotel Eden off the Villa Borghese around the corner from Spanish Steps, Roma. Sep2004

Hand written notes from the General Manager, Hotel Eden, welcoming us to Roma and their property.

Steven waiting for the porters to pick up our luggage from our room.

Views atop Hotel Eden’s La Terrazza after breakfast. Sep04

In front of the fireplace of Hotel Eden’s lounge.

En Italiano, billboards and bus ads taken from our taxi promoting “Thirty Going on Thirteen,” and “Starsky & Hutch.”

Waiting in the long, long queue to gain entry into the Musei Vaticani and Cappella Sistina.

Ah! We made it – not too bad of a wait, considering the queues had already snaked along the exterior walls of the museum – here we are glad to make entry, showing our admission tickets.

Main courtyard, before the tour begins. Last chance for fresh air.

Travel Journal, Firenzia. Aug/Sept 2004

Trevi Fountain

Spanish Steps/Fontana della Barcaccia

Capella Sistina

Colosseo

Basilica di San Pietro, The Vatican

Villa Borghese Gardens

Unfortunately, our last (leisure) trip together to our favorite EU country was in 2004. Because I don’t accompany the hubby on his bi-yearly Milano meetings, I haven’t had the chance to return. We shall return, soon however.

Updated 6June07