Legally Blonde's Proceedings

 You've seen the great airfare rates and are contemplating a trip to Europe, but is it possible?  Is it worth the effort?  Yes and Yes, but with some caveats.  Here's my advice: 1) If you aren't vaxxed, forget it 2) Know before you book and know before you go Know the restrictions and regulations of where you want to travel.  These can change monthly, weekly, and even daily.  We booked our trip in March 2021 for December 2021.  The restrictions changed countless times, and as Omicron struck in December, they changed almost daily. I would suggest before even booking, know the restrictions.  For example, I have been looking at going to Greece for spring break.  After looking at their testing requirements, even for vaxxed travelers, I have determined that it is virtually impossible to comply with their requirements and scrapped the idea of a Greek getaway. I recommend the following places to check restrictions: - Sherpa is great.  You enter...

Monday, December 20th was our last day before going home.  We had breakfast at the hotel and then walked right out the door to our first destination, the Pantheon and it's Piazza.  There is no cross on the Pantheon so it is on the obelisk in it's piazza. I was not expecting to be so blown away by the Pantheon.  I think because I didn't know much about it, but if you look at the facts, it's hard not to be: (1) It was an Roman Temple originally and has been a Catholic church since 609 AD (2) The temple burned and was rebuilt by Hadrian around 120 AD (3) It was the largest domed building for 1300 years until the Duomo in Florence was constructed (4) It is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world (5) Each granite column out front weighs 60 tons and was quarried in Egypt and hauled up the Nile and across the Mediterranean to Rome The roof of the Portico  It is the burial place for the first two Kings of Italy and also Raphael After the Pantheon, we set ou...