This was the first time I flew Ryanair and also in Rome (well, south of the Alps). Ryanair was quite an adventure, as I was use to the full-service airlines that go transcontinental and not the shuttle flights with no service (sit down and shut-up!)
Italy was also quite an adventure, I don't know what I was expecting, perhaps something like Germany or Florida. I was a little surprised seeing Communist party flags and the easy going nature of Italians. This started my admiration of Italy.
It's also interesting that at this point I was starting to get more into photography. I only had a Canon S100 (~3 megapixels?) It worked and managed to get some good pictures. Funny, my travel camera today is also a S100, but the 2014 model.
