No flight to Baltimore!!

Instead a flight to dulles that lands 2 1/2 hours later and I get 300 euros!! My flig was overbooked, and after being dropped off in the wrong terminal, running through the airport where they were evidently over whelmed by all the people traveling (because it's summer holiday time) I volunteered to wait a bit longer for not only a free lunch but 300 euro cash. Sweet deal. Anyway, the rest of Italy was great. Loved Florence, and Alex came to meet me in Rome. We had a great time, but Rome is a big city and we were both a bit tired of traveling (I even got a bit tired of looking at art. Which surprised me). We did the colleseum and roman forum, cool old stuff, and the Vatican, cool religious stuff. We were under impressed by most of the Rome sights: Trevino fountain, Spanish steps, pantheon. But still a good experience, and great to spend time eating talking and drinking with my brother!! The day after he left I went on a wine/ bike tour which was a bit heavier on e biking than the wine, but that's ok. I have gotten re- car sick though and after driving on the hills of wine region in a giant van I felt a bit sick. Then a day of relaxing and eating in Rome, before I started my 2 days of travel. Flew to Paris and went and saw e Eiffel tour all lit up, and saw the list sparkle, which I guess it does every hour. Woke up this morning not wanting to come home and was rewarded with 5 more hours in the Paris airport and 300 euros. It's been an amazing trip, and I can't wait to do it all again!!