From Friday to Sunday we've been in Rome, Paris (does the airport
count?), Philly, New York, and hopefully soon, Boston! We can't wait
to get home, but could really use a vacation before returning to work
tomorrow ;)
Hope you have enjoyed the blog and we'll talk to you soon!
Basta.
Erin finished just under 3:30. A stellar time, especially considering
our last few days.
We stowed our luggage at a hotel near the bus drop off, picked up
Erin's marathon race packet (and ate a bunch of free energy snacks),
and went our separate ways for the first time in two weeks. Weird!
While Erin went to visit friends and go to sleep early (to prepare for
the race), I went to Brooklyn to visit Jenny.
If you haven't been to Clinton Hill for Halloween, let me suggest you
try it sometime. They shut down the streets, set up bands, circus
sideshows, and haunted houses, and adults and children all come out in
costume to celebrate.
For my part, Jenny came up with an out of shape marathon runner. I
went around drinking beer and stretching all night telling people I
had a big day the next day. Meanwhile, the true all-star, Erin, really
did get up at 3:15 am to catch her ferry to Staten Island for the
start of the race!
We were rewarded by a home-cooked meal and wine in Philly with
friends. See Kathy's foot in the pic below.
Today we finished our riding in the port of Salerno and went to the
train station to return to Rome. The slow trains that would accept our
bicycles would involve 3 connections and take 6 hours. The fast train,
which has no room for bikes, was direct and would take 2 hours (and
would be cool to ride).
We heard we could take the bikes apart and put them in bags, so...
A very nice porter let us on the train, and away we go, a Roma!
