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From: Jophiel [ Add to Address Book | Add to Ignore List | Report This PM as Spam/Abuse ]
To: Nobby
Sent: Oct 11, 2007 @ 10:12 AM GMT
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Subject: Re: Italy
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Hey Nobby
Yes it was! She was a little sore afterwards, but everything worked like you said!
I know I gave you an overview when we hooked up in that pole-dancing bar in Napoli during Flea's afternoon power-nap, but as promised, here's the full itinerary.
Day 1: Landfall
After the ship docked in Syracuse, we managed to get out of the container and sneak past the stevedores, but it was a close call! Just as we climbed over the crates and opened the door we heard the chains clanking as the crane hooked the container-grabs. A minute later and we'd have been raised 50 feet in the air and transferred to a Korean transporter (Apparently we'd stowed away in a container of engine parts bound for Seoul.) Lol!
The docks at Syracuse aren't the prettiest part of Sicily, I can tell you. After looking into a few dangerous looking bars we decided we needed to get into the countryside and see the real Sicily.
Flea had neve hot-wired a european car before, but it seems the skills are transferrable, and within 20 minutes we were heading to the foothills of mount etna in a '97 Fiat ***** :-)
We decided to wait until the next morning to hit Palermo and get our "Passports" from Giovanni, so we slept in the car and Flea cooked up some road-kill on the engine block as the sun set. You want Romantic?! Hehehe
Day 2: Into Palermo
By 9am we'd dumped the Fiat in the Piazza Demea and Flea 'acquired' 2 Vespa scooters so we'd fit in. Giovanni was waiting behind the Fish Market as agreed and 10 minutes and a blow-job later, we were bona-fide Italians! Yay. Welcome Signor e Singora Iofelo di Foro-qua-Cuatro! Passports, drivers licenses and immunization certificates all looked convincing enough, and after a few practice sigantures for the Credit Cards, we were good to go.
I did sweat a bit when the Airport clerk checked our passport photos and credit card signatures, but by 5pm we were flying to Rome Ciampino Airport!
On arriving in Rome we had planned a meal in the Piazza Navona, but as we were both exhausted, we checked into a nice Hotel, shared a bottle of Barolo and a granola bar in the bar and retired for the night
Day 3: That's Amore!
We were up early and after a light breakfast, headed for the Palatine. Flea was a tad grumpy about the ***-pinching (some of the men complained or scowled at her, but she persevered and pinched away regardless).
We found a traditional Italian McDonald's and shared a Gran-Mac con Fritti, and headed for the Parthenon. Flea was disappointed that the visit would involve an 800 mile trip to Athens, and that Greece is not (as she thought) a suburb of Rome, but I distracted her with a knee-trembler in a doorway by the Trevi Fountain.
By 6pm we were quite tired so had a quiet meal of Lasagne-al-Forno with fries and a cherry coke at "La Casa Internazionale di Pancakes" and had an early night.
I'll carry on the tale tomorrow. Later Nobs
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