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BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM May 20, 1998
Sunrise (local): 5:47 a.m. Sunset (local): 8:27 p.m.	Weather 78°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 0 mi / 0 km Cumulative Total 5000 mi / 8052 km	Lat: 41° 54' 09" N Lon: 12° 27' 26" E Elev: 322 ft / 98 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Roma (Rome)
Where We're Staying: the apartment of our hosts in Roma, Gianni and Paola
Places We Visited: Vatican Museum (including the Sistine Chapel), University of Roma, IT.net-Roma, Trastevere, Roma by night
Featured Site: Vatican Museum
Person of the Day: staff at IT.net, Roma
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: capelletti; Breakfast: corn flakes and yogurt; Lunch: cookies; Dinner: pasta, beans with sausage, pork, salad, cauliflower; Olive count: 2144
Word of the Day: "Figo" means "cool" (as in really neat-o) in Roman dialect.
Tech Fact of the Day: Vatican City is a separate state within Italy: Flat Count (Cumulative): 31; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 32

Next Stop: We are in Roma for one more day.

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