When in Rome...

Maria and Jess at my birthday

Lucie and me at my party

Kath doing her best garden gnome impression in our old house.

Holier than thou in the Vatican

Trippy faux marble speakers in St Paul's Cathedral

Sending a postcard in Vatican

Katherine walking around in Rome

I have a policy of putting lots of photos on my blog (because I tend to prefer blogs with lots of pictures) but at the moment it's not really possible. I've taken heaps of photos, but haven't yet put them on my computer (let alone brought my computer along with me). Since I last wrote, I've spent time in Amsterdam, had my 26th birthday, hung out with my sister in London and travelled to Italy with her (all without a mention on my blog). We've just travelled South from Rome after four days there and still no word detailing these exploits on Ms-Education Central. In my mind, my loyal reading public (that's you Mum!) are probably on the edge of their seats with anticipation for my next entry. So here it is (well bits of it anyway).Kath at an ancient Roman take-away.

So the saying is "When in Rome, do as the Romans" - I just hope that that includes walking around a lot, seeing ancient Roman buildings and archaeological sites and cooling down with insane flavours of Gelati (last night I had a combination of coffee, pistachio and cinnamon). I also hope that it involves speaking "Italian" (translation Spanish-talian - surprisingly comprehensible to the Roman public) and chilling out a lot.

I really liked Rome, mostly because one of my favourite things to do is walk around cities and see what they're like. Plus, it gave me heaps of time to catch up with Kath and do sistery things (make silly in-jokes, sing annoying songs to her, gossip and drink proscecco).

We've headed down to the Amalfi Coast, and are hoping to get to Pompeii tomorrow or the day after. I wouldn't mind getting a bit of a tan, as I'm pretty pale after a European winter (and English summer), but after seeing so many leather skinned, wrinkly older women, I'm a bit worried about the future cost of my vanity.

I'll post some photos when I get back, but until then,

Ciao
xxx