Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Day 21-30

Saturday, May 1 through Monday, May 10. We spent our entire 10-day waiting period in Rome. It ended up being 13 days, since the judge did not count the holidays towards that period. We found out that the flight that we took from Donetsk to Rome was the first ever flight between those two cities. Pretty neat!
The day after we arrived was May 1st, a very large holiday here in Europe. Rome was packed full of people. We saw all of the sights, and walked absolutely everywhere (only took a taxi to/from the airport the entire time!). We must have walked 10 miles every day, and got to know the city very well in the process. The shopping here is incredible- all of the big designers and well-known brands... Gucci, and Prada, and Armani... oh my! This place is a shopaholic’s dream!

Our current favorite restaurant in Rome, called Girarrosto Fiorentino, is incredible. It is a small, hole-in-the-wall kind of place, but always packed with people with incredible service, food, and wine. If you happen to be in Rome, please visit this restaurant and sit with Benedicto or Evaristo.

There are so many things to see and do in Rome. We went to see the Coliseum, the Trevi Fountain, the Palatino, the Pantheon, Vatican City, St. Peter’s square and the Basilica, the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel… all amazing sights and feels. We took pictures of almost everything (the Sistine Chapel pictures were not allowed, unfortunately).
We left Rome the morning of May 10th, bound for Donetsk. The trip to the airport by cab was easy- about 45 minutes. The flight was equally as nice, about 3.5 hours and uneventful. We arrived in Donetsk about 5:15pm and cruised right through immigration, and no customs! This was a very different airport experience from Kiev. We did have to wait in the line, and they only asked us where we were staying before stamping our passports and sending us to baggage claim. No other questions about ANYTHING. And no Customs department!

Natalia was waiting for us with a cab, and we drove the two hours back to hotel Mir in Severodonetsk. They are so nice, they saved our old room for us and one of our bags. We even have two towels and real toilet paper in our room this time!

Colisseum:


Palatino:






Trevi Fountain:


Caesar:


Vatican Museum Doors:


Vatican Gardens:


Gelato!! (everywhere in Rome)


Michelangelo's "La Pieta", located in St Peter's Basilica:


Kelly's New Ride (fully loaded with guns and seating for 12):


Cuban Cigar:


Where the heck are we?!?:


Pantheon (under reconstruction):


LUNCH!:


The famous Carabineri:

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