Let me tell you the joy of flying for 12 hours nonstop.
First of all, judging by the seats in an Alitalia jet plane, most Italians are shorter and thinner than I am. And, they like to sleep leaning slightly forward.
I had the aisle seat, because... well, we old guys pee more often.
Ross was in the middle seat, and some stranger sat by the window.
We both chose what kind of food we would like when we reserved the seats in July. I wanted low calorie, Ross picked vegetarian.
It was a smart move, because we got our meals before most other passengers did. Of course, the beverages were brought to us the same time as every other passenger got theirs; water, tea, coffee, soda, wine. No wine for us. Not our thing.
The food wasn’t too bad.
Okay, now to take a nap. Lean the seat back all the way: about 4 inches. Unfortunately the headrest leans forward; so my head hang down rather than resting on the headrest, Blehhh.
After twelve hours of flying, we landed in Rome nine hours earlier! It’s that time zone thing.
We took a taxi (50 Euros - $67) to the place where we were staying while in Rome: B&B San Pietro, just a couple of blocks from St. Peter’s southern colonnade! (See yellow asterisk in photo left). It was cheap, one room with bath, clean and bright.
It took us a while before we realized that the Room Card that gave us entry had to be inserted into the slot inside near the door in order for us to have electricity.
Besides the trip to Italy being on my Bucket List, it was also a photographic journey for Ross. He is an excellent artist, sculptor, and photographer. In fact, he was asked by a special effects guy in L.A. to shoot photographs to be used for green-screen work. Business expenses: Check.
Ross immediately started shooting parts of St. Peter’s Basilica, going for the sculptures and various architectural details. And yes, he did a photo of moi. To give you an idea of what he can do with his magic camera, he took one shot of me at about 8 p.m., after sunset. It looks pretty dark. Then he adjusted the photo with his magic camera, and voila! Daylight!
We took a taxi (50 Euros - $67) to the place where we were staying while in Rome: B&B San Pietro, just a couple of blocks from St. Peter’s southern colonnade! (See yellow asterisk in photo left). It was cheap, one room with bath, clean and bright.
Ross immediately started shooting parts of St. Peter’s Basilica, going for the sculptures and various architectural details. And yes, he did a photo of moi. To give you an idea of what he can do with his magic camera, he took one shot of me at about 8 p.m., after sunset. It looks pretty dark. Then he adjusted the photo with his magic camera, and voila! Daylight!
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