Asha Treacy

It's been a while since I've been here, been busy busy and too tired..Hopefully I'll get better going forward :) 2009 is flying by, already in May, but along the way there are a few special birthdays of family and friends....I have 18, 16 and 40's coming up. So the first on my list is my daughter's 18th..oh my days, can't believe where the time has gone :-/ As a birthday present and an opportunity to get outta here, we booked a city break and jetted off to Rome for a few days..woohoo! I do love travelling..

This was meant to be a few days relaxing around the city, seeing the Vatican, Colessuem, etc but nooo not us, we decide to cram it all in and totally knackered ourselves out..Again! We just can't help ourselves..

Rome is a beautiful city, all you who told me so was not kidding..yeah and a bit expensive and shit lots of walking too, my poor little footsies! lol. We enjoyed some sunshine on the Spanish steps and spent Iyesha's birthday in the Colosseo and Palatino Foro Romano, it was amazing! We touched on Pisa before we went, so we got talking to some very helpful tour guides who advised us to jump on the train to both Pompei and Pisa. Three hour journey this way and two and half hour that way. This meant lots of sleepy time on the train and taking silly pictures of us conked out!!
We had a speedy walk through Pompeii and the ruins from the volcano that buried this town for 1700 hundred years: rediscovered again 1748. I thought the postcards looked interesting..but only realised how they emphasis 'male bits' in this town when I got home. We missed all this that due to lack of time...that would have been funny! lol
Then on to Pisa to see the tower AKA Tonve Pendente Di Pisa. A wonder of the world?.. apparently so or is it the Colosseo? still another wonder ticked off my list. I was ever so excited, like a kid with candy. About the walking thing, I thought I was going to die walking up those slanting steps, but once at the top, the views were lovely.
Our last day was Vatican City. The Pope didn't come out to say hello though! We had a wonder in St Peter's Basilica and the Tombs. We sat down for the 12 noon mass, because we are soo religious..hmm..the choir was good though. We took some pics and were outta there. After a wander through St Angelo's Castle in the pouring rain (proper rain frizz hair!) we settled in a fab Irish pub called the Scholars Inn, for some grub, wine, guinness, baileys and football.  

People were friendly and of course the food was yum yum too, I tend not to eat alot of red meat so treated myself. I found the Italians medium/rare a bit more rare, so sent it back a few times, bet they thought I was a right snobby brit!! lol  Oh and I lived on Chianti..just a little bit ;-)
We had fun...especially the birthday girl..

Next destination in July is Sofia, Bulgaria. We went for a very beachy, scenic place as was very inland last year in Eqypt. Not sure what there is to do out there yet, so may have to chill, although for me that means jet-skiing everyday...whoop whoop!!

Do you have any plans for travelling... what draws you to the destinations you choose? Sun (obviously), history, one of the wonders, beachy, scenery? My favourite is history and seeing different cultures...what's yours? Do share... :-))