The First Day of Thrills....

I do so enjoy traveling for 24 hours. I couldn't think of a better thing to do. Ok I can't complain too much I am in Europe. We have already had quite an adventure already. The traveling itself was quite an adventure. We were helped by Homeless man Joe (that is what he called himself) in San Francisco when we were trying to figure out the Bart system. We probably could have done it ourselves but he was very insistant on helping. When it came time to use credit he turned his back so as not to see the pin number. What a nice homeless man. We were scared. I can't tell a lie.. But, we made it alright.
Traveling to London I sat next to an older gentelman who was very nice. He was really excited to head to the UK because that is where his wife is from. He couldn't believe that Alison and I were traveling alone without a group. Then he reminised of his past and how he had been in the Navy and had one of the Marines teach him how to fly a plane. So when it came time to get a transportation vehicle he bought a tiny plane instead of a car! He said it was one of the most amazing times in his life. He was sure that I will have incredible stories from this trip too.
On the plane ride to Rome I scored another cool person I sat next to a lovely Brittish woman in her mid 70s she was the cutest thing that you could possibly imagine. She was no more than 4'10" no joke. So adorable. And she was quite the conversationalist, ha ha.. She talked about everything, her kids, grandkids, many of the adventures that she had went on when she was younger.
Oh boy, the Italian Taxi drivers. I thought that I had remembered, well I was wrong. It was so much worse than it was the last time. He was literally driving in the middle of a two lane freeway! In the middle! For some reason I was never really that scared, maybe it was due to sleep deprevation. Who knows.