.. a little new york, long flight and two dazed tourists ..

so day two. we had been able to sleep for about 4 1/2 hours and slip in a shower, which i was so grateful for. we made it back to the airport at about 6:45 and walked to the gate. this time things looked better, which was good cause the flight to rome left new york at 7:30 we needed to make it there. we were able to make it on the flight, phew. we got seated in bulkhead, which if we don't get first class that is my second choice. we got seated to this really nice guy. he talked to me the whole way to new york. he is a neurologist (I think more the pathology way) but he sits in surgeries while patients are being operated on and his job is to make sure that the surgeon doesn't damage any nerves or brain / brain stem function. it was rad to hear all about his job and surgeries and the crazy things he had seen. I asked him about his craziest surgery and he said it was a guy who got a tumor on his brain stem where it attached to the brain, it had finger like tentacles that had wrapped around the stem and attached in. he said it took 2 days to do, day one was just cutting and removing the bone and exposing it all. and then wrapping him up and day two was removal. They got 60% and upped his life expectancy by a decade or two. crazy. talk about a nice flight.

we got to new york around 3:30p and we had 4 hours to chill until the next flight left. so we found our next gate, and then decided food was in order. so we found a chili's too in our concourse and sat down for a bite. cody of course had to face the window to watch the planes. it got so bad that he actually got up and left me at the table so he could go look at them. boys. after lunch we went for a walk and explored the whole airport, cody drooled over planes.


{on our walk}
we ended up in the food court next to the runway so he could watch what else, planes. after 3 and a half hours of this we walked to our gate. and as usual waited.

{a pigeon in the food court.. strange little birdy}

we got called up pretty early on in the boarding to find out that we had a seat! YAY!


{ticket}

i hurried to put on sweatpants, i mean come on 8 hours on a plane, i want comfort! we boarded the plane and discovered that we had got business class. i have never sat there before, i was excited and overwhelmed all at once.


{please don't mind i look gross, it was a very long day}

i got comfy and wanted to go to sleep, but i stayed awake to eat and watch wanderlust, hilarious movie by the way, and then i crashed in my lay flat seat.


{eating dinner, i had short ribs}




{dessert, mine on top ice cream sundae, and cody's cream puffs}


{and i'm out, my fav is the creeper dude in the background, classic!}


we arrived in rome around 10 am there and de planed. we sat in a line for about 30 minutes to get through immigration and soon we were in. we found our way to the train station and got tickets. and then worst train ride ever. it was a half hour ride in a train that didn't have air conditioning. oh and did i mention that it was 95 degrees with 90% humidity. heat + no air conditioning + sweatpants = hot sweaty sicky girl. from the train station we transferred to a subway. only after 20 minutes and attempting to talk to a sweet italian woman to find out that the subway was under construction and we had to get on a bus. adventures. we got to our hotel, showered and were back on the streets in attempt to stay awake as long as possible. we walked to the piazza navona, pantheon, city center, and trevi fountain.


{me at trevi fountain, it was packed!}


{ this is a freeze frame from a video, I had to hurry cause there was only a 2 second space before someone walked in front of me again.. ugh}

beautiful. i was in awe! we ate at the hard rock, a tradition we have when we travel, and called it a night. we were both showered and in bed by 8:30. jet lag.. ugh. it was a crazy way to get there but it was a blast.