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[geminigirl]

Out of curiosity, Cayne and I have been talking about how much it would cost to fly to Rome.

A bit of poking at airline webstes, travelling on April 5 and returning on April 11, has returned flights ranging from $1247-$3764, without taxes and fees.

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[messyjessy.livejournal.com]

Pocket change ....

[geminigirl]

No kidding. It's not like we were planning on going, but in between musing about PopeCam, I had wondered what it would cost to go to Rome. I'll have to check again some time when it's not immediately following a major event like the death of the Pope.

[geekchick]

It hadn't actually registered at first that you were talking about fares for tomorrow. If you had more lead time, Travelocity's got several packages under $1200 each (and several more that are more expensive, of course) that include flight from Newark and 6 nights hotel. (You got me daydreaming too, so I had to go look. Heh.)

[geminigirl]

It was more a "how much would it cost to go see the dead Pope if we were the type to do that" rather than "let's spontaneously go on vacation." I think Vegas later this year is enough vacation for now-we'll do Vegas, and maybe a couple of days in Northern Onatario in the summer if we can, and of course, Christmas in Canada.

[geekchick]

Ah, gotcha. I'm currently obsessing over vacations myself, it's probably affecting my reading skills. ;)

[entirelysonja.livejournal.com]

You'd probably be able to get to Rome for $600 or so from Newark in the off-season, if you plan ahead.

[geminigirl]

Yeah, but there are places in Europe I'd rather go first than Rome. Spain, Germany again, and some others.

[emperor]

I think you'd have difficulty finding anywhere to stay when you got there - news sources are saying that the Roman authorities are putting up temporary facilities in sports stadia.

[geminigirl]

Cayne's thought was to fly to Paris and take the train. We aren't actually planning on going to Rome. My passport is expired.