{"id":465,"date":"2008-02-11T09:12:04","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T09:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/11\/where-in-the-world-am-i\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T17:14:59","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T17:14:59","slug":"where-in-the-world-am-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/11\/where-in-the-world-am-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Where in the World Am I?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/2256744061\/\" title=\"Our view of the Colosseo - Colosseum by MsAdventuresinItaly, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2042\/2256744061_e1fb699966.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Our view of the Colosseo - Colosseum\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do I really need to tell you where I spent the weekend? <\/p>\n<p>My friends found round-trip plane tickets for 20 euros, but if you&#8217;re not leaving from Milano Linate (and are leaving from Bergamo or Malpensa), you spend more time on shuttles\/taxis getting to\/from the airport and checking-in than just taking good ol&#8217;Trenitalia. <\/p>\n<p>Rome is my second home so I spent most of the weekend hanging out with friends, showing friends new to Rome that it will never change, and enjoying the <strong>absolutely beautiful weather<\/strong> in the Eternal City. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pay it Forward Candidate: <a href=\"http:\/\/aapplemint.blogspot.com\">Kate of Aaplemint<\/a><\/strong>, send me your address and get ready to Pay It Forward when your little package arrives!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Those of you who wanted to participate, why not start your own &#8220;Pay It Forward&#8221; package exchange? <\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do I really need to tell you where I spent the weekend? My friends found round-trip plane tickets for 20 euros, but if you&#8217;re not leaving from Milano Linate (and are leaving from Bergamo or Malpensa), you spend more time on shuttles\/taxis getting to\/from the airport and checking-in than just taking good ol&#8217;Trenitalia. Rome is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/11\/where-in-the-world-am-i\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-discovering-italy","category-italy","category-rome","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-7v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":621,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/28\/springtime-in-romes-campagna\/","url_meta":{"origin":465,"position":0},"title":"Springtime in Rome&#8217;s Campagna","author":"Sara, Ms. Adventures in Italy","date":"May 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks everyone for comments on my Latest News...it's going to be exciting! 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Last weekend, some great friends, Erica and Hande decided to organize a \"Franciacorta night\" among friends. And some of my favorite Rome expat bloggers were there, too. 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