Friday, June 6, 2008

Rome - Day 1, Part 1

So far I have only forgoten to bring two things: a hat (replaced with a ny yankees hat at jfk airport) and the little tripod my sister got me for christmas. Here is hoping that is all I forgot.

Our flight ended up being about 3 hours late due to some problem with the AC. That put us in Rome at 10 instead of 7:30 am. We ended up getting to our apartment 45 min late instead of really early but it was not a problem. We did feel rushed so we took a cab the approx 1 mile from the train station to our apt instead of walking as planned. We got cheated by the driver and he charged us €18 ($29) instead of the €7.25 on the meter. We only had €50 bills so we could not just give him a 10 and leave. He gsve us some line about the bags that he never touched and were not even heavy. Why don't ATMs here give smaller bills? Is it because we got out so much at once (€600)? Happend in Paris a few years ago too.

Ok, part 2 to come later. Typing this much on a blackberry is tedious.

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