Yesterday morning my manager came in to ask me what I had planned for the month of April. I told him I was planning on coming into work. He then asked if I wanted to go to Portugal for the month to support customer testing. Well, my trip is booked and I leave this Saturday!…
Rome – Day v
Wow, my last day in Roma and what a trip! Although today started off with the hot water in the shower running out and turning extremely cold! That wasn’t much fun, but finally finished had breakfast and decided to finally visit the Vatican Museums. There was a bit of a wait in line, where I…
Damn Yankees or Good Luck Bush!
There is one thing you can always count on my friend Angela to say when someone from the north part of States does something she doesn’t like, especially if they live in Texas. “DAMN YANKEES!” Well, traveling in Europe, I was afraid that it was going to be pretty much the same, except instead of…
There can’t be any Mexicans or Vietnamese in Rome…
First, this isn’t meant to be a racist thing…it’s more of an observation based on stereotypes. After living in Texas for the past few years it seems that all Mexicans tend to ride in the back of trucks. That’s how they get between places and there’s nothing wrong with that. So why can’t they live…
Rome – Day iv
As has been custom, the day began with cappuccino and a croissant. After a quick breakfast, it was back to the Vatican for Mass. The Mass was held in St. Pietro’s Basillica and was an entirely Latin Mass. This was my first Latin Mass and although it was interesting, I feel that I get more…
Rome – day iii
At the beginning of every trip I tend to be a bit homesick. It is quite a change from being able to talk with family and friends everyday to not being able to talk with them at all. This trip was no different the first couple of days. This trip was no different, but I…
Rome – Day ii
It seems that my day actually started a few times. It seems that I was snoring (which I never do) and was keeping the guy in the bunk below me awake. He would wake me up, I would roll over and go back to sleep. I guess it was bad enough that he decided to…
Rome has palm trees?!?!
Now I know that people are going to ask me if Rome is everything I expected (and if they don’t, here’s some info on it anyway). First I was expecting all kinds of gypsy kids trying to steal stuff from me, ugly women with lots of hair, and plenty of historic sites. So far only…
I want my MTV!
As soon as I got off the train in the Roma Termini, I immediately started looking for Starbucks. Everyone knows that you can’t get a good cup of coffee unless it’s from Starbucks. I soon found that this was not the case. Mainly because I was unable to find a Starbucks here in Roma. I…
Rome, Italy – Day i
Well…my day actually began almost 24 hours ago when I got to the DFW airport. Upon arriving, I was confronted with an extremely long line to check in. I was quite worried that I may not make it, but after 30 minutes, I finally got through and was on to the security check point. After…