Here are some pics from my time in Rome…enjoy!

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Well, I finally made it to the Costa Smeralda!!! Getting here was crazy. After my stay in Rome (about which I will post later) I had to walk back to the Roma Termini (train station) alllllllll the way to the back of the station to catch the train to Civitaveccia. Mind you, this is with a backpack that must feel like a load of bricks right now and blistered feet. After getting to Civitaveccia I had to walk from the train station to the port. It’s about a 20 minute walk but I managed. I asked an old Italian guy that didn’t speak English at all. I had to make hand gestures like a boat and he pointed me to the right direction. After getting to the port I asked a guy where I get the boat to the Moby Lines boats and he told me which lane number in Italian….I figured it out eventually. Once I finally got to the boat I just followed all the passengers that looked like they were walk on, like me. Once I got on the boat and got my ticket, I realized that I was probably the only American on the boat and definitely the only one that spoke any fluent English. But it was all good, I hit the bar, was able to order a drink and went to my cabin and slept. Waking up in the morning, I went out to the sun deck experienced the most beautiful view of the Mediterranean as we got to the port of Olbia. As we pulled into the port I wasn’t sure about where I was supposed to exit as all of the instructions were in Italian, once again. So I followed some people that looked like they were walk ons and eventually exited the boat. After exiting the boat I needed to get a shuttle to the airport where my car rental was waiting but no one was able to tell me where to go to get the shuttle because they didn’t speak English and none of the signs were in English either. I saw a taxi cab, asked him how much to take me to the airport. He quoted me 20 Euro ($27.88 USD). I knew I was getting screwed over because I know it’s no longer than a 15 minute drive tops to the airport but at that point I didn’t really have a choice so I hopped in anyways. The rental car place was pretty cool. Very quickly I had my keys, my car, and was ready to go. Driving the car I just followed the signs to Porto Cervo which were pretty prominent everywhere. Luckily I also had my GPS adapter for my laptop which gave me a rough (and I stress the word rough) picture of where I was. I successfully go to my hotel and here I am. The weather here SUCKS. It’s very windy and cool. Nevertheless I hit the beach anyway. Well, that’s just a taste of what I’ve been going through here. LOL. I will post more tomorrow after I’ve rested up.