D168 -- Did I just wet myself?

Ever wonder what you'd do if you woke up to find a strange man in your bedroom? Well, at some point during the wee hours of the morning I turned over on my side, opened my eyes, and saw what looked like a short man standing next to my bed. I immediately started belting out short, loud screams and scooting to the other side of the bed. Over my screams I heard Thomas yelling, “It's me! It's okay, it's just me!” For some ungodly reason, he had been sitting upright in bed staring at me when I opened my eyes. I'm not sure if he was sitting up because I'd done something to wake him, or whether I woke up because I felt his presence looming over me. Either way, it scared the hell out of me. I kid you not, I reached down to feel my pajamas because I thought surely I'd peed my pants!

Thomas was quick to find the humor in the situation – he started laughing right away. I didn't find it so funny. We both went back to sleep, and what was the first thing I heard when I woke up in the morning? Thomas laughing. Ah, I love that man of mine!


Back to the trip....

We have precious few days left on the RTW trip, so we've got extra motivation to relax as much as possible during the next two weeks. We took it very easy today, getting a late start and then just moseying about San Gimignano.

For dinner we cooked some spaghetti piccanti using a spice mix I'd bought in Bolzano. It turned out way too “piccanti” but man was it good. Feel the burn!

-Elva