Shoot Forth THunDer!

!!!EuroPa! here we Come!!
a wanderLust of adventure, musings,
in an exPloratory fashio

Saturday, March 19, 2011

an intercity train

imagine a local intercity express train packed to the gills-literally! heading from roma to napoli!
My journey there included a bus from downtown to the metro then upstairs to the train depot. I scanned the train departure list....There was a train leaving within a few minutes so I jumped on. I had 2 minutes! Yes! I made it!
There were SO many people, the space between cars was PACKED!! I was like a sardine!
I decided to try and navigate thru cars to find some space...hah hah !
Every Seat in every car was occupied, standing room only, there was no ROOM to even move forward thru the mad crush of peeople! IT was AWEsOME!!
i decided to return to my original post. It was still full and filling as more and more people tried to rearrange themselves! hah hah!! I loved it!
At each succeeding stop, some people got off but barely enough to make a difference. The doors were open for entry AND AIR into the compartments but it got stuffy. Lucky for me, I mauevered to a corner, sat on my rolly-wheels bag and was content amidst all the people.
It stayed that way for over an hour! iT was Great!! I loved the crush of people!
I was greeted at Napoli by my friends and a great slice of pizza!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

ROMA!!

we are in Rome!! I abSolutely LOVE IT!!
we were met at the train station by my friends uncle! He led us thru the metro system with lots of subways covered in graffiti! It was SO Awesome!

We all held hands and closed our eyes to be met by the Grand View of the COlosseum lite up at night! It was glorious!! Absolutely Gorgeous!
since then, we have been tooling around, exploring ruins, The Partheneon, the trevi fountain, The Musei Vaticana, navigating thru a maze of alleys....absolutely Loving it!
We have definitely eaten more in Rome-every night we are stuffed to past-full capacity!
Pizza, Sandwiches....yum yum!
more to come!