Rome Day 3: The Beautiful Hotel Impero Saves the Day

our favorite Rome hotel

The morning of our last day in Rome was supposed to be very straight forward. We had tickets to take the speed train right back to the U.S. Navy base in Napoli. We were staying outside of Rome, so we hired a cab to take us to the train station. We had a good breakfast at our Hampton Inn that morning, and a reasonable cab fare. All was going to according to plan. Then our taxi driver started to ask […]

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Bad news from the summer that just keeps on giving

You wouldn’t believe the news I got today. Or if you are military,maybe you would. It’s easy to feel happy and hopeful when life is going pretty well. Sure, life is hectic always with little boys to take care of, but at least you can find some sort of ‘normal’ in that. We are all healthy. Things have been okay. Isn’t it funny how easy it is to shake your head at the whiners when your life looks pretty good? […]

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