With that mindset, Ca-Ryn had, on 6/2, impulsively booked us on a flight to Rome 12/2 and a return from Paris 26/2 without casting much of a thought about the climate, accommodation, visits to places of interests and means of point-to-point transportation!
Planning the fortnight's itinerary, anxiety set in when she encountered the odd hours of arrival and departure from one country to another. Incidentally, we have included Portugal and Spain in our exploration as well....
Had I not cautioned her repeatedly about the time difference, we may have, metaphorically speaking, ended up sleeping on the street in Florence!!
Massive warnings about pickpockets from concerned friends and relatives vide FB PM, SMS and Whatsapp, kindled a sense of fear in me!
Most were astounded when learnt that we are traveling on our own! My nephew-in-law, Eric, even suggested we looked our worst to distract attention with several echoing his sentiment! Gracious! Can it really be that bad?
Discussing it out with Ca-Ryn, I soon realized, I am not paranoid being a victim of the pickpockets....more so if we were confronted and asked to relieve of all possessions.....
Since such confrontations were least likely as confirmed by some other friends, my worries just vanished into thin air......
By the way, except from some sucky actions of the cab drivers, our eventful day one passed by pretty excitingly....with all the sightseeing and shopping!!
Check out on this page again when I upload our photos on our return home....
Had awakened at 4am local time, which is 11am Malaysian time! With love from Rome.......
Planning the fortnight's itinerary, anxiety set in when she encountered the odd hours of arrival and departure from one country to another. Incidentally, we have included Portugal and Spain in our exploration as well....
Had I not cautioned her repeatedly about the time difference, we may have, metaphorically speaking, ended up sleeping on the street in Florence!!
Massive warnings about pickpockets from concerned friends and relatives vide FB PM, SMS and Whatsapp, kindled a sense of fear in me!
Most were astounded when learnt that we are traveling on our own! My nephew-in-law, Eric, even suggested we looked our worst to distract attention with several echoing his sentiment! Gracious! Can it really be that bad?
Discussing it out with Ca-Ryn, I soon realized, I am not paranoid being a victim of the pickpockets....more so if we were confronted and asked to relieve of all possessions.....
Since such confrontations were least likely as confirmed by some other friends, my worries just vanished into thin air......
By the way, except from some sucky actions of the cab drivers, our eventful day one passed by pretty excitingly....with all the sightseeing and shopping!!
Check out on this page again when I upload our photos on our return home....
Had awakened at 4am local time, which is 11am Malaysian time! With love from Rome.......
