RevenueQuest

I have finally returned home from my two week trip to Italy. It was a great trip, but it is good to be home.

I left LAX on Friday the 13th around 10:30 am I think it was and got to Rome at 4 pm on Saturday. That was two flights: one from Los Angeles to Frankfurt, Germany (11 hours) and the other from Frankfurt to Rome (about 1.5 hours).

The next day the sight seeing began. We started with St. Paul’s church (aka St. Paul’s outside the walls) which was beautiful. We then went to the Catacombs where they buried Christians while they were being persecuted by the Romans.

After a short tour of the Catacombs, we went to the Roman Forum. This was probably the highlight of the trip. We saw the Emperor’s palace, the Colosseum, Circus Maximus, and the rest.

Colosseum from the Emperor’s Palace

Emperor’s Palace

Roman Forum

Next up was the Vatican City, the smallest sovereign-state in the world. As it expected, everything in the Vatican was beautiful. St. Peter’s was larger than life and the Sistine Chapel was incredible. It is amazing how wealthy the Catholic church is. There is gold all over the place and tons and tons of marble on all the walls.

Unfortunately cameras were not allowed inside the Sistine Chapel so I don’t have any pictures of Michaelangelo’s work of art.

The Vatican City

St. Peter’s Basilica

Inside St. Peter’s

That was the end of the first day of sight seeing in Rome. Next up is the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and Pisa.

Hey everyone. I am writing this e-mail from a hotel lobby in Florence. It costs 5€ for 30 minutes which is a lot better than 0.35€ per minute at the last hotel in Rome.

Italy is great so far. I have been taking lots of pictures and eating great food. I will have lots to tell you all about when I return home.

Ciao!

I’m off to Italy today. If I get time, I’ll do some posts while I am there to let you know about all the fun stuff I am doing. Have a good couple of weeks.

Ciao!

Last night was UCLA’s final Undie Run of the 2007-2008 school year. Thousands of students congregate on UCLA’s campus to run about half a mile in nothing but underwear. Some people decide to step it up and wear a little less. You always see a few guys just wearing a tube sock or girls wearing see-through shirts. The Undie Run has become probably one of the biggest collegiate traditions in the nation. In fact, many other schools are trying to start their own. But none live up to the original UCLA Undie Run. It really is a blast and I suggest everyone does it at least once.

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