Weighed myself, I sure did bloat over the weekend back up to 156 from all of my eating and drinking.
sigh
bizi

Wed flight from LA to rome arrive for 3 nights (lose a day)
thursday at 10am So we have 4 hours to get from the airport(an hour by limo), to our bed and breakfast place and maybe eat something and find the walks of italy tour at 2pm of the collisium and forum 3 hour walking tour.
Friday afternoon at 1;30 st peters basilica, 2 hour tour of the largest church in the world. There is a 5pm mass that we would like to witness and hear the great music! That night at 7;30 we have an evening tour of the vatican, including the cistine chapel of michealangilos works of art.
saturday Rick steves walking tour around rome to the spanish steps.
Sunday train to florence for 2 nights, arrive at 1 eat and check in to b&b at 2pm. pitti palace and and academia, 17 foot statue of david.
Monday -Santa croce like west minster abbey in london, Duomo cathedral and dome to climb up!
tuesday train from florence to venice for 2 nights, after finding our b&b, take the grand canal boat ride. Maybe a gondola ride???
Wednesday take the boat ride again this time stopping off at St. Marks cathedral and square. tour the doges/ducale palace.
Thursday Get to the airport for a flight from venice 1pm to paris by 3 pm.
check into hotel in the marais area hotel caron. eiffel tower and notre dame climb the tower to see the gargoles atop.
Friday 12;30pm tour in the montparnasse area#14 The catacombs, hundreds of thousands of bones piled high below ground and always 57 degrees so I will need to wear a sweater.
Saturday Day trip to versailles largest palace in europe
Sunday, the louve art museum 9am to 6pm
monday 2 pm flight leave paris (gain a day) arrive at 9pm LA.

since neither of us speaks the language and have never ridden the train, or navigated the metro....it will be a big adventure.
I am trying to not get stressed out by all of this.

bizi

Took a walk around the neighborhood with my friend after a big dinner. We had ribeye steaks and asparagus/squash and mushrooms stirfry and fresh fruit: red bartlet pears, strawberries and blue berries and raspberries, with a splash of mango syrup.
(I spent $60 for steaks and fruit at whole foods).
Delicious!
I am ready for bed now. Feeling very full.
It is almost 10pm so I could start getting ready.
hmmmmm
good night all.
bizi
slept hard last night 8 hours
woke up groggy.
scale back up to 156 this am...
what did I expect from eating a pound of beef last night?
bizi

Just got back from our italy/paris trip.
Had a wonderful time.
This is from an italian trettoria. Great food and wine.
bizi

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Hi Bizi,

Wow! It seems like you had just left on your trip!

What a great picture!
Thanks so much for sharing!

You look both great and very happy!

Warm hugs!
DejaVu

Today is the last day of the month.
Traveling, eating, drinking at free will has contributed to my weight gain.
I have gained over 20 pounds since november.
Time to get serious and reel it in. I have the dreaded beer belly and rolls of fat over my scrub pants which are way too tight!
sigh
I bought these new scrubs at my lower weight.
and took all of my old ones to the good will.
I have quite alot of beer in the fridge so will finish that and think about dieting after the 4th of july festivities.
I worked last weekend and will work this weekend, and the next two satudays after that to finally get caught up from being gone 2 weeks.
Thank goodness I love my job!
Have a great day!
bizi
little note:
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hi biz
i'm so envious of your trip. sounds wonderful.
& who's that cute guy you're sitting next to????? awwww

if anyone can do it you can. i have faith in you.
NOW, get with the program!

Thanks Nancy.
I had a filling lunch today. a cup of potato soup, meatloaf and mashed potatoes and gravy, Steamed broccoli and took home some bread pudding that came with the meal. It is all very good. the meat loaf was supposedly stuffed with spinach well I only saw a bit of spinach but it was still very good. We eat at this diner most sundays for brunch.
We have gotten to know people over the years and feels like home.
bizi

Big lunch:
Organic grass fed beef hot dogs with
french hot dog buns(split at the top-odd)
I used veganase mayo and brown mustard on mine.
Chipotle baked beans, did not see the chipotle word until after jeff said they were too hot to eat. They were hot!
mayo potato salad and some creole tomato which was very good.
Watermelon
Felt very much like the fourth of july food!

We are traveling out of town to Erath for their 80th year for the festivities.
This is the in thing for this small town, hoping the weather cooperates, only small chance of rain....and a bit of a wind to help the 90"s + weather be more bearable!
I think we will leave in a bit. It takes about 40 minutes to get there.
Not sure what time the fireworks start.
Should be entertaining.
bizi