Travel Fatigue

From Rome to our base in Afghanistan 47 hours of travel, limited sleep, what you can catch on one of the many modes of travel.
Rental Car to Airport
visit designer shops in airport terminal, leave many tourist dollars at airport
Lufthansa to Frankfort
30 minute walk to next Lufthansa flight
Arrive Kuwait just before midnight
wait for bus at 2:50 am
crash on bunk in tent with coat for a blanket at 4:00 am
show up for roll call at 8:00 am
head to flight line at 5:00 pm
board C17
look like a zoombie
arrive Afghanistan at 3:00 am
wait for luggage pallet until 4:30 am
curl up in USO chair until 7:00 am
head to rotary wing terminal 8:30 am
board helicopter
marvel at the landscape from above
arrive back at our camp

Pompeii

You can spend hours in here. Very interesting and worth a visit, outside the ruins themselves is very much a tourist trap.

Florence

Florence was my favorite city. We took the bullet train from Rome to Florence, nice trip, smooth, fast, expensive. Florence is a very small city packed with luxury retail and amazing statues everywhere. Probably highlight of the trip for me.

Gold Market

This bridge, originally home of butchers, but the smell offended the lady of the house and the butchers were moved out and the jewelry merchants moved in.

Duomo

4th Largest church in the world? My pictures don't do it justic

Motorcycle Show

Our last day in Rome, coincided with the opening of the Rome motorcycle show. Leave it to us to find a motorcycle half way around the world.

My favorite sights in Rome

Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain, the fountain is beautiful, impossible to capture on film or describe

Coliseum

Sure, if your in Rome you must visit the Coliseum

Forum

Often credited as the original seat of democracy