Europe 2004 - Day 18 - Rome to Croatia

• Train: Rome to eastern coastal town of Ancona
• Ferry: Ancona to Split

Europe 2004 - Day 17 - Rome

• Headed out along the Via Appia Antica to see the Catacombs

• Appian sidewalk

• Roadside poppies

• Walked back into the City to check out the Baths of Caracalla

• Couldn't resist putting our bare feet on the ancient mosaic

• Back to hostel to rest + read while Björn went to airport to see Carolina off + meet Jenny

• After a false start @ another restaurant, a great time was had @ our new favorite place - molto vino!

Europe 2004 - Day 16 - Rome

• So the trick to avoiding the enormous line @ the Vatican Museum is to go on a Wednesday morning, when everyone instead crowds St. Peter's Plaza to see/hear the Pope (in white)

• The Hall of Maps

• mosaic floor

• old + new

• view from a rare window

Europe 2004 - Day 15 - Rome

• Have vouchers from our hostel for free coffee + pastry each morning @ shop on Via Marsala - the barista is a goddess - best cappuccino Shannon's ever tasted, and probably ever will - even Dave, who hates coffee, could see why Shan loved it
• Fortified, we walked the city for the rest of the day - Dave just finished reading Angels & Demons, so he's busy checking out locations from the book
• the Colosseum

• the Forum

• the park and ruins of the Palatine Hill

• the Pantheon
• Trevi fountain

Europe 2004 - Day 14 - Germany to Rome

• Stopped by Rosner bakery to catch up w/ folks Shannon visited in 2002 - Karin is married and has a baby boy - her husband works w/ her father in the bakery, her mother still heads the front shop area

• Train to Munich

• Flight to Rome
• Shannon's backpack not on luggage carousel :(
• Checked into 4-bed hostel room across from Termini station (Via Marsala)
• Found AWESOME restaurant behind hostel on Via Dei Mille - great food, great house wine, amazing tiramisu