tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post1343446599739656950..comments2024-03-29T10:25:17.813-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: When in RomeJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13468400035267787742012-12-04T13:17:42.000-05:002012-12-04T13:17:42.000-05:00LaGuardia overnight--a nightmare Linda!
Finishing...LaGuardia overnight--a nightmare Linda!<br /><br />Finishing the last word in a book? Heaven--big congrats to you!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18687070855762877732012-12-04T12:19:17.407-05:002012-12-04T12:19:17.407-05:00I've never been stranded anywhere as fun as Ro...I've never been stranded anywhere as fun as Rome. I've been stranded in Iowa City, Dallas airport, and LaGuardia airport. <br /><br />LaGuardia was the worst. All afternoon and then overnight because our plane had lost an engine and had to be fixed before it could make it to LaGuardia to pick us up. Apparently, airlines no longer have extras available for cases like that. You just wait until it can be fixed. We'd have left, but they kept telling us it would just be a couple more hours and we didn't want to go back into NYC and miss our flight.<br /><br />On another note, I just wrote the last word on a book this morning and am feeling pretty on top of the world. xoxoxoLinda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10089093120476417262012-12-04T11:55:25.402-05:002012-12-04T11:55:25.402-05:00Newfoundland, wow! that sounds so scary...and I...Newfoundland, wow! that sounds so scary...and I'm sure you were worried sick about the kids. did the cabbage patch doll make it?<br /><br />Lisa, south of France--yes!<br /><br />Jan, you and hub should definitely go. I do love that city...we followed the Rick Steves Guidebook everywhere we went walking...Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8651670104170384702012-12-04T11:55:16.070-05:002012-12-04T11:55:16.070-05:00I got stuck in the Miami airport, in the internati...I got stuck in the Miami airport, in the international area, when we were on our way to Peru a couple years ago. Not fun, but better than our companions, who missed the connections and ended up spending that night in Atlanta, then the next night in Miami, causing them to miss the whole first day in Lima. <br /><br />Stick me anywhere, as long as I can get out of the airport and see something. One of my daughters had a long layover in Seoul, so she put her stuff in a locker, got a cab, and took off for several hours. I thought that was enormously brave for a 20-year old! <br /><br />That bit of tablet in the last photo is in nearly the exact shape of Ohio! Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10902670896854885122012-12-04T11:47:49.956-05:002012-12-04T11:47:49.956-05:00Ah Italy...one of the more stellar places to be st...Ah Italy...one of the more stellar places to be stranded! I've been stranded in Peru and also Brazil...Not what I'd call a vacation-quality experience!<br /><br />I would mind being stranded in the south of France. I could do with that about now, even if it's winter.Lisa Alberhttp://www.lisaalber.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76002503577145928922012-12-04T11:29:52.441-05:002012-12-04T11:29:52.441-05:00Once, years ago, my husband and I were flying back...Once, years ago, my husband and I were flying back to DC -- from Rome, as a matter of fact. We had left our four children with a patchwork of care, including a nursery school teacher and a neighbor -- and we were very eager to come home. It was around this time of year, and we had in our luggage one Cabbage Patch doll we had found in London.<br />Anyway, it was the middle of the night when an announcement came into the cabin from the pilot. <br />"Ladies and gentlemen, we have lost two of the right-wing engines. We will be landing in Gander, Newfoundland."<br />Um . . . <br />It was a strange and eerie night -- our planeload along with a Russian hockey team -- in the small remote airport. We were given sandwiches, and had to wait for a new plane to come from NY.<br />I wish we had been "stranded" in Rome.Denise Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790883493798517829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6311650663838686762012-12-04T11:19:10.680-05:002012-12-04T11:19:10.680-05:00Okay Roberta and Barb.
Stranded in Rome?
No sym...Okay Roberta and Barb.<br /><br />Stranded in Rome? <br /><br />No sympathy. The one time I was stranded, it was in DETROIT!! <br /><br />But the convent sounds lovely. I have not been to Rome since I was twenty, and traveling with a room-mate who didn't understand you don't talk to the men who try to follow you out of the train station. I would love to go back as a grown up, and with my husband.<br /><br />Happy your home was okay, Roberta! You deserved a break, you suffered pretty badly in an earlier storm, didn't you?<br /><br />Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76721466087855516052012-12-04T11:05:34.252-05:002012-12-04T11:05:34.252-05:00Edith, your kind of stranding sounds just right!Edith, your kind of stranding sounds just right!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78057691681354817842012-12-04T11:05:16.608-05:002012-12-04T11:05:16.608-05:00Hank, too bad about the boots--even John bought sh...Hank, too bad about the boots--even John bought shoes:). He couldn't bear to be wearing his white tennis shoes all around the city!<br /><br />Stranded with the flu--sounds awful Debs! The convent was really lovely. Twice we ate dinner there because it was raining and cold and we didn't want to walk...food was outstanding. The accommodations are not plush, but comfortable and quiet. We recommend!Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50708455772673006212012-12-04T10:11:35.405-05:002012-12-04T10:11:35.405-05:00SO FABULOUS! And so happy your home is reasonably ...SO FABULOUS! And so happy your home is reasonably okay..<br /><br />And yes, Jack, the history is so profound, it's almost unnerving.<br /><br />If I have ever been stranded, I have blocked the memory. The memory I have not blocked, however, was last time we were in ROme, I saw the most gorgeous brown leather brogue-ish but slinky boots in a shop window. Prada. NO , I told myself. DO NOT.<br /><br />So I didn't.<br /><br />And I still regret it.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56331086632649097692012-12-04T09:37:04.420-05:002012-12-04T09:37:04.420-05:00Lovely mini-tour of Roma and the nuns sound lovely...Lovely mini-tour of Roma and the nuns sound lovely. I've been many places in the world but not yet any part of Italy except Venice. Plan to rememdy that in 2014!<br /><br />I was stranded with my sons in LA because of a blizzard two years ago. Luckily, I am originally from the area and my friend Sarah was more than happy to put us up for two nights. My younger son got to go into Hollywood with his brother and a childhood friend on his 22nd birthday, and I got to sit by Sarah's pool (in January) and write all afternoon. Could have been much worse!Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43258442503623388342012-12-04T09:30:13.942-05:002012-12-04T09:30:13.942-05:00Oh, Lucy, I haven't been to Rome since I was i...Oh, Lucy, I haven't been to Rome since I was in my twenties. You've reminded me how wonderful it was, and how much I'd love to go back.<br /><br />Lovely photos! Is there anything better than Italian pizza off the street? I remember a heavenly one with artichokes...<br /><br />And I'd love to know more about staying at a convent.<br /><br />As for stranded, I've been stranded twice, first by 9/11, in London, and then again by the volcanic ash. That time I was on book tour in Germany (with the flu) and it was only my German publicist's quick thinking that got us an extra night in Hanover, then got me on a train to London the next day. Both times I had no idea when (and after 9/11, if) I would be able to go home. But I was glad I was in London.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15234648580055914742012-12-04T09:14:46.178-05:002012-12-04T09:14:46.178-05:00And Barb, after 9/11 was much, much worse because ...And Barb, after 9/11 was much, much worse because you had no idea when life would be normal enough to return to the US!<br /><br />Jack, sounds like a wonderful memory!<br /><br />Hallie, we were trapped when our plane was diverted to Columbus Ohio by snow one year. with the kids. I am not proud of how I managed to land the last available hotel room, but it seemed absolutely necessary at the time.... Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-10956570479947544152012-12-04T08:55:17.456-05:002012-12-04T08:55:17.456-05:00Biil Carito and I were stuck in Rome after 9/11--s...Biil Carito and I were stuck in Rome after 9/11--so I know just how you felt.Barb Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84936344684774780252012-12-04T08:39:19.918-05:002012-12-04T08:39:19.918-05:00I LOVE ITALY! The food, the art, the people. It...I LOVE ITALY! The food, the art, the people. It's sublime. Thanks for the mini trip, Lucy! <br /><br />We were once stranded in Miami. Our kids were at home digging out from a blizzard. It beat the Chicago airport where I've been stranded for missed flights more times than I care to count.<br /><br />But the thing is, at the end of a vacation, the place you want to be most is HOME. Even if there's no water or electricity.<br /><br />Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-30860528611118963642012-12-04T05:42:32.471-05:002012-12-04T05:42:32.471-05:00Lovely photos. And Rome is an amazing place to be ...Lovely photos. And Rome is an amazing place to be ... How can I even say the word? ... stuck. I spent most of a whole day around the coliseum, remembering my Latin teacher with the bunned hair, reading us Caesar's diary. KAY-zar, she made us say. Standing there among centuries old ruins, I could still imagine the gladiators down below the false surface, waiting their turn. Thanks for reminding me, Ms. Lucy.Jack Getzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516237388744739669noreply@blogger.com