Comments for Mongo Quest http://mongoquest.com Intense Enthusiasm for Adventure Sat, 04 Jun 2011 08:59:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Stranger in a Strange Land by Roxanne http://mongoquest.com/2011/04/23/stranger-in-a-strange-land/comment-page-1/#comment-2314 Roxanne Sat, 04 Jun 2011 08:59:10 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=958#comment-2314 Thanks, Caroline! We've only got a few weekends left, but we're planning on heading to Orvieto next weekend. Looks like such a neat place. Hoping to go to Hadrian's Villa this weekend. There's so much to do in Rome, we haven't looked outside of the city much! Thanks, Caroline! We’ve only got a few weekends left, but we’re planning on heading to Orvieto next weekend. Looks like such a neat place. Hoping to go to Hadrian’s Villa this weekend. There’s so much to do in Rome, we haven’t looked outside of the city much!

]]> Comment on Stranger in a Strange Land by Caroline http://mongoquest.com/2011/04/23/stranger-in-a-strange-land/comment-page-1/#comment-2313 Caroline Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:21:58 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=958#comment-2313 Roxanne: Most certainly if you get a chance to take the trip to Orvieto as recommended by Mark D. Please go. The church is SO different from everything you see in Rome. I found the architecture fascinating. I won't ruin the surprise, but it is a MUST! I have to find the name of the mountain town that you walk across a massive bridge over a valley for you to visit also. I was able to manage fine despite my vertigo. Just found your blog tonight, so working my way through. Love it! Love to Jose and hugs all around! Roxanne: Most certainly if you get a chance to take the trip to Orvieto as recommended by Mark D. Please go. The church is SO different from everything you see in Rome. I found the architecture fascinating. I won’t ruin the surprise, but it is a MUST! I have to find the name of the mountain town that you walk across a massive bridge over a valley for you to visit also. I was able to manage fine despite my vertigo. Just found your blog tonight, so working my way through. Love it!

Love to Jose and hugs all around!

]]> Comment on And I’m Off by Roxanne http://mongoquest.com/2011/03/10/and-im-off/comment-page-1/#comment-2312 Roxanne Mon, 23 May 2011 23:29:25 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=927#comment-2312 Hey Karen... I've been keeping an eye out for tribal stuff, but haven't run into anything yet. There is a picture of some native americans up in the super historical, fancy pants coffee place called Caffe Greco (it's been around for something like 250 years and a literary hangout). Evidently, Buffalo Bill came through town with his Wild West show and some of his fellow performers joined him there for coffee. Check out this awesome pic: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4907378739_cdf17f1339.jpg Hey Karen… I’ve been keeping an eye out for tribal stuff, but haven’t run into anything yet. There is a picture of some native americans up in the super historical, fancy pants coffee place called Caffe Greco (it’s been around for something like 250 years and a literary hangout). Evidently, Buffalo Bill came through town with his Wild West show and some of his fellow performers joined him there for coffee. Check out this awesome pic: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4907378739_cdf17f1339.jpg

]]> Comment on Stranger in a Strange Land by Roxanne http://mongoquest.com/2011/04/23/stranger-in-a-strange-land/comment-page-1/#comment-2311 Roxanne Mon, 23 May 2011 23:24:56 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=958#comment-2311 Thanks, Mark. I've been way to busy "doing stuff" and not had any time to reflect. Expect new posts soon. And thanks for the tip... that's definitely on our list for the short time we have left here... Thanks, Mark. I’ve been way to busy “doing stuff” and not had any time to reflect. Expect new posts soon. And thanks for the tip… that’s definitely on our list for the short time we have left here…

]]> Comment on Stranger in a Strange Land by Roxanne http://mongoquest.com/2011/04/23/stranger-in-a-strange-land/comment-page-1/#comment-2310 Roxanne Mon, 23 May 2011 23:23:56 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=958#comment-2310 You are so right Mandie! And I know what you mean about the croissants too. I don't like 'em either, but from what I can tell, they are only really croissants in Paris. Anything I've ever had anywhere else is nothing like the real thing. And the real thing is delicious! It's kind of like scones in UK or coffee in Italy. You're so luck that you got to study in Paris. I love having "nothing to do" in Rome... to the point where just looking out the window at the other people looking out of their windows becomes a daily routine. You are so right Mandie! And I know what you mean about the croissants too. I don’t like ‘em either, but from what I can tell, they are only really croissants in Paris. Anything I’ve ever had anywhere else is nothing like the real thing. And the real thing is delicious! It’s kind of like scones in UK or coffee in Italy.

You’re so luck that you got to study in Paris. I love having “nothing to do” in Rome… to the point where just looking out the window at the other people looking out of their windows becomes a daily routine.

]]> Comment on Stranger in a Strange Land by Mandie http://mongoquest.com/2011/04/23/stranger-in-a-strange-land/comment-page-1/#comment-2224 Mandie Mon, 02 May 2011 07:59:55 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=958#comment-2224 I feel suddenly and overwhelmingly nostalgic for Paris reading this: Not for the beautiful scenery, but for the living in a place, just as you described. I loved getting routines set down: The morning walk to the patisserie for a pain au chocolate (strange because I normally do not like chocolate or croissants), the jostle in the metro on my way to school, the quiet afternoons I spent sitting in my dorm room cross-stitching since I had nothing better to do. Life among the foreign is at its most magical when it suddenly becomes familiar. I feel suddenly and overwhelmingly nostalgic for Paris reading this: Not for the beautiful scenery, but for the living in a place, just as you described. I loved getting routines set down: The morning walk to the patisserie for a pain au chocolate (strange because I normally do not like chocolate or croissants), the jostle in the metro on my way to school, the quiet afternoons I spent sitting in my dorm room cross-stitching since I had nothing better to do. Life among the foreign is at its most magical when it suddenly becomes familiar.

]]> Comment on Stranger in a Strange Land by Pamela http://mongoquest.com/2011/04/23/stranger-in-a-strange-land/comment-page-1/#comment-2220 Pamela Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:54:31 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=958#comment-2220 I LOVE your Chesire Cat photo! It's perfect for your theme of being lost in a strange land. And this line is classic: "I was also thinking that if I were heading the wrong way – or even if I were heading the right way – everyone on the bus would know that I just spent 15 minutes not having any idea where I was going." I LOVE your Chesire Cat photo! It’s perfect for your theme of being lost in a strange land. And this line is classic: “I was also thinking that if I were heading the wrong way – or even if I were heading the right way – everyone on the bus would know that I just spent 15 minutes not having any idea where I was going.”

]]> Comment on Stranger in a Strange Land by Mark D http://mongoquest.com/2011/04/23/stranger-in-a-strange-land/comment-page-1/#comment-2210 Mark D Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:33:14 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=958#comment-2210 Please write more! I'm living vicariously through your and Jose's adventure. Also had a similar veggie experience, although it involved two apples at the grocery store in Termini. Side note: you guys should do a day trip to Orvieto. Cheap round trip train, gorgeous medieval town on a plateau in the middle of a valley. And make sure you pay your €1 to go up in the bell tower- the views are amazing. Please write more! I’m living vicariously through your and Jose’s adventure. Also had a similar veggie experience, although it involved two apples at the grocery store in Termini. Side note: you guys should do a day trip to Orvieto. Cheap round trip train, gorgeous medieval town on a plateau in the middle of a valley. And make sure you pay your €1 to go up in the bell tower- the views are amazing.

]]> Comment on Stranger in a Strange Land by Sr. http://mongoquest.com/2011/04/23/stranger-in-a-strange-land/comment-page-1/#comment-2209 Sr. Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:12:44 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=958#comment-2209 Forgot about biage-slut. I can still hear grandma on occasion using these. Forgot about biage-slut. I can still hear grandma on occasion using these.

]]> Comment on Stranger in a Strange Land by Sr. http://mongoquest.com/2011/04/23/stranger-in-a-strange-land/comment-page-1/#comment-2208 Sr. Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:08:48 +0000 http://mongoquest.com/?p=958#comment-2208 Backalah - dried shriveled codfish Bah fungool - fuck you Bulindina - whore Keep up the blogging very interesting. You are quite the little blogster. Backalah – dried shriveled codfish
Bah fungool – fuck you
Bulindina – whore
Keep up the blogging very interesting. You are quite the little blogster.

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