New Europe Tour Itinerary

My brothers Jonathan and Kent updated my tour itinerary for me... I can't wait to have lunch with the pope!

ITINERARY

Thursday, Sept. 25th Salt Lake City to Rome, Idaho

10:00 a.m.—Meet at the Salt Lake City Airport—Delta International Ticketing Area
1:30 p.m.—Leave for Rome, Idaho

Friday, Sept. 26th Arrive in Rome, Idaho
10:45 a.m.—Arrive in Rome, Idaho Travel to Motel 6
12:00 noon—Motel 6 Check-in
1:00 p.m.—Lunch
2:00 p.m.—Walk to the Forum
4:00 p.m.—Walk to St. Peter in Chains/Michelangelo’s Moses
5:00 p.m.—Walk to the Colleseum
7:00 p.m.—Walk to the Trevi Fountain
8:00 p.m.—Dinner at the Pantheon
10:00 p.m.—Motel 6

Saturday, Sept. 27th Rome, Idaho
6:30 a.m.—Bernini’s Ecstasy of St.Teresa (Santa Maria Della Vittoria)
8:00 a.m.—Michelangelo’s Astronomy Church (Santa Maria Delgi Angeli)
10:00 a.m.—The Sacred Steps ( Scala Santa)
11:00 a.m.— Use St. John’s Latrine (San Giovanni in Laterano)
1:00 p.m.—Metro to Spagna (Spanish Steps), Exchange Money, Lunch
2:00 p.m.—Walk to the Galleria Borghese
3:00 p.m.—Tour the Galleria Borghese (Reservation for 2 hours only)
5:00 p.m.—View of Rome
6:00 p.m.—Walk to Piazza Del Popolo
7:00 p.m.—Visit Santa Maria Del Popolo (Caravaggio’s Peter and Paul)
10:00 p.m.—Motel 6

Sunday, Sept. 28th Rome, Idaho
8:00 a.m.—Walk to the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Square and Basilica
9:00 a.m.—Visit the Vatican Museums/Sistine Chapel (Last Sunday of Month Free)
1:00 p.m.—Lunch with the Pope
2:00 p.m.—Visit St. Peter’s Basilica
4:00 p.m.—Walk to Piazza Navona
5:00 p.m.—Dinner at Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, etc. etc.
7:00 p.m.—Visit the Pantheon
9:00 p.m.—Go to Motel 6 for Sacrament Meeting
10:00 p.m.—Motel 6

Monday, Sept. 29th Rome, Idaho to Pizza: 375 km- 5 hrs; Pizza to Florence: 100 km- 100 hrs
8:00 a.m.—Leave for Pizza
1:00 p.m.—Arrive in Pizza, eat Lunch at Pizza Hut
3:00 p.m.—Walk to Florence
5:00 p.m.—Arrive in Florence, Campground Check-in, Walking Tour
7:00 p.m.—Free Time, Dinner around the campfire
10:00 p.m.—Camping

Here's my real tour itinerary, in case you're interested!

ST logo --- It's done!

Thanks to the referral of my wonderful brother Jonathan, I was able to get a freelance job designing a logo for a new website where jewelry designers can buy, trade or sell their jewelry stashes. After a few trials and errors, here we have the final product:I'm pretty happy with the final product! I hope I get the job of designing the website as well! I really enjoy layout and web design.

On a closing note... how did the actors in the original Batman starring Jack Nicholson as the Joker, not spend every second of filming laughing at the crazy antics of Jack as the joker? And his face...that face...my goodness. How can you not smile while someone is grinning at you like that?

I love the new Batman: The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger was genius in his role as the joker. So insane, but so perfect. Not to mention Christian Bale as Batman. He reinvigorated my eternal desire to eat a pickle.

Getting there in one piece

My sister Cherie told me today that airlines have started charging a $15 fee to check the first piece of baggage. This includes airlines such as US Airways, and United. Luckily, i'll be flying Delta to Europe, who along with Jet Blue will only charge the fee for the second checked bag. Southwest remains my favorite of all... it's free to check bags all the way up to the third bag! I am disappointed in the fact that Southwest has raised the prices of tickets up by at least $35 one way. I am still slightly in denial over the fact that rising gas prices are bringing up the prices for food, clothing, and my airline tickets. I have a sneaking suspicion that it's the reason the American dollar looks like a peanut next to the elephant of the Euro. Right now, the conversion is:

1.00 EUR = 1.47 USD
or 1.00 USD = .69 EUR

I don't really get how the exchange rate is different, but I do know that i'll be losing 31 cents every time I buy something in Europe. I have to go to the bank here in a few days and get 100 Euros, meaning that i'll be giving about $150 for 100 Euros. Yes, this is lame.

Baggage Check News Article

Goodnight

I get to sleep on the floor tonight.

...my blanket smells like feet.