Wednesday 2 November 2011
Grateful to sleep in after a few rather grueling sightseeing days, we were about to leave Happy Village Camping when a German camper, with a father and son, stopped right in front of our van to start digging in the back of their camper. Dian was a little perturbed that he was blocking our way and we were just sitting there ready to go, but after a little while he pulled out two bottles of prized Stuttgarter HofbraΓΌ beer from his hometown, where Charles had been stationed during the Vietnam War. Unbeknownst to Dian and Nicole, Charles had had a discussion with the man about the area, which is how he knew Charles would appreciate the beer. He handed it to us, saying, "Please, for you and your wife! Auf wiedersehen!" We thanked him and sped off to find an Ikea where we could buy comforters for the oncoming winter.
At Ikea we bought two extra warm comforters, covers for those comforters, and bigger towels than the ones we had been using. Dian and Charles had a cappuccino and muffin and Nicole had a vegan sandwich in the Ikea cafeteria, and we left for Piegaro...we thought.
Unfortunately, James "GPS" Bond had a nervous breakdown (possibly poisoned by some femme fatale/spy). This resulted in us CIRCLING Rome for over an HOUR. Finally he returned to normalcy, and we got home, listening to the CD of the blues duo Charles and Dian had seen live. Although the episode resolved itself, it made us a bit nervous for James' reliability, since he was purchased not two months before and should not have had problems like that.
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Rome and it will surely not be our last. After all, we did put three coins in the Trevi Fountain which pretty much guaranteed our return.
Grateful to sleep in after a few rather grueling sightseeing days, we were about to leave Happy Village Camping when a German camper, with a father and son, stopped right in front of our van to start digging in the back of their camper. Dian was a little perturbed that he was blocking our way and we were just sitting there ready to go, but after a little while he pulled out two bottles of prized Stuttgarter HofbraΓΌ beer from his hometown, where Charles had been stationed during the Vietnam War. Unbeknownst to Dian and Nicole, Charles had had a discussion with the man about the area, which is how he knew Charles would appreciate the beer. He handed it to us, saying, "Please, for you and your wife! Auf wiedersehen!" We thanked him and sped off to find an Ikea where we could buy comforters for the oncoming winter.
At Ikea we bought two extra warm comforters, covers for those comforters, and bigger towels than the ones we had been using. Dian and Charles had a cappuccino and muffin and Nicole had a vegan sandwich in the Ikea cafeteria, and we left for Piegaro...we thought.
Unfortunately, James "GPS" Bond had a nervous breakdown (possibly poisoned by some femme fatale/spy). This resulted in us CIRCLING Rome for over an HOUR. Finally he returned to normalcy, and we got home, listening to the CD of the blues duo Charles and Dian had seen live. Although the episode resolved itself, it made us a bit nervous for James' reliability, since he was purchased not two months before and should not have had problems like that.
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Rome and it will surely not be our last. After all, we did put three coins in the Trevi Fountain which pretty much guaranteed our return.
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