Beyond Here

I have to intersperse my wildflower trip account with this post on Rome. A lot of our friends are travelling to Rome this year (atleast 3 in the immediate friend circle) - and everytime they ask me for planning tips, I am reminded that I completely forgot to blog about our Italy travel. Actually we were so caught up in moving etc. that blogging about Italy took a back seat. So here are some tips especially for Rome: 1. Buy yourself one of those Rick Steve's guide for Italy/Rome - it is very useful with very handy tips. A lot of the tips here are from that book that we used and found to be useful. 2. Pack light - If possible pack all your stuff into a big carry on, so your luggage does not get delayed or re-routed. It happened to one of our friends - they reached Venice without their luggage and spent much of their trip shopping for clothes - Infact they got their luggage back only after they had returned to US. Even when we tried to check-in our luggage at the train station at Zuri...

Had my first good access to internet today - in Venice right now. The Switzerland part of the trip just ended and it could not have been better. Till I get back to San Diego, here is something to feast your eyes on. Chapel Bridge in Luzern Lake Geneva at Montreux And here is a quick one of Venice too... Grand Canal at Venice