Comments on: Rome http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/ Judy and Greg walking through Portugal on the Camino Portugués Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:47:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: Margaret Gentry Smith http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-34 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:43:04 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-34 I may get Derick to print this picture of the poppy as it’s the best wild one I have ever seen. We do get garden ones as good. Keep looking Judy for more. xx

]]> By: kelly http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-33 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:20:17 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-33 There was trouble with the trains in Singapore on Monday, Tuesday AND Wednesday. This has lead to uproar and it’s thefirst and second item on every news broadcast. When everything runs so efficiently most of the time, people forget how to cope when it doesn’t run well. Clearly, most Aussies areexcellent at coping with dodgy public transport!

]]> By: Judy http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-31 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:31:01 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-31 Air France is probably still using the same plane that you flew on. Rome is indeed crowded, Kel. We keep wondering what it’s like in mid -summer, or what Vatican City was like at Easter.
As a Singapore resident enjoying an efficient public transport system, you may be interested (or appalled) to learn that 3 out of the 4 ticketing checkpoint barriers at the main railway station were not working yesterday morning.

]]> By: kelly http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-30 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:25:57 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-30 It sounds like Air France hasn’t changed since I flew with them in 1997!

Wow, Rome is crowded!

]]> By: Judy http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-29 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:58:02 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-29 It is an incredible city, Ron. Especially for us, coming from a country that is just over 200 years old. To think that we walked where Julius Caesar walked seems impossible. And yes, I know that he and his peers probably actually walked several metres below the level where we now walk, but you get what I’m saying.
]]> By: Judy http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-28 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:51:48 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-28 Thanks Margaret. Greg takes the photos most of the time – he’s much better with technology than I am. The poppy was growing wild just outside the Colosseum. I had seen a few patches of them about and wanted some photos. I’ll use some of them on Anzac Day if we don’t find any more to photograph.

]]> By: ron http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-26 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:09:17 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-26 Judy just had a though Gregs going to meet up with Cleopatra YES

]]> By: ron http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-25 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:42:43 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-25 great city of ancient times loved the place the locals do not like working look at POMPEII cant trouble to put any signs up for tourist

]]> By: Margaret Gentry Smith http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-24 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:15:51 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-24 Love the pictures Judy and your comments (particularly the poppy) this is a really lovely one, was it growing wild? Most people know I am a poppy collector.
Margaret

]]> By: Judy http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/rome/#comment-23 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:49:48 +0000 http://www.gregspurgin.com/walking-the-camino-in-portugal/?p=62#comment-23 Something to do with unrealistic retirement expectations I think, Fay. You’re right though, there are plenty of tourists here already. At the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps, both places were so packed it was hard to imagine what it will be like in summer!

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