They call it the Eternal City ...

[blamebrampton]

Again, I am reminded that it is a terrible waste to use Rome as a transit stop. But it IS always there, and I can come back to see it properly again ... However, before I run out the door for food and a leg stretch, guess how long it took me to get here from Sydney?[Poll #1637488]

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[(Anonymous)]

Being an optimist (yeah, right) I'd say 27 hours. But even 38 hours isn't as bad as the non-stop BUS trip I did as a poor/idiotic young 'un from Cairns to Melbourne. FIFTY HOURS - one change at Brisvegas - was enough to scar me for life!

Enjoy Roma,

Charlotte

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?????

I did Lismore to Sydney by bus once and thought I had lost my mind, but apparently there actually IS a replica Ulhuru along the route. Hideous stuff! And yes, it was 38 ;-)

[mayela-delarue.livejournal.com]

I have done Ballina to Sydney by Bus which is about 15 hours, Albury to Kyogle by 2 trains (Kyogle station is only the length of one carriage, the train had to stop and let one passenger off, then roll forward 2-3 cars to let me off - yes my Mum worried when the train took off without leaving a KT on the platform) which, I don't even know how long the trip was but I arrived at about midnight after spending the entire day in transit. Our school snow trip from Kyogle to Jindabyne was long enough on the bus but had an extra 6 hours added on the way home when the mini bus I was on had to stop at Woden for a student to have his arm stitched back together after a ski met arm incident. But the clincher was the 56 hour trip from Waco Texas, via bus to LAX and then the flight home to Sydney, complete with an 8 hour wait at Sydney airport for my Dad and sister to pick me up - oh and I hadn't slept the night before my 5am departure from Waco. So very memorable. I was hesitant to pick 38, in the hopes I had grossly overestimated. Oh well, you're there and in one piece, that's the main thing :)

Oh and yes, the replica Uluru is a Leyland Brothers World monstrosity that I've driven past many times but have never stopped at. Much like the giant Oyster at Taree which is now a car dealership. Though I have been inside the Big Prawn and looked out through it's eye.

[(Anonymous)]

In my defence I was only 19 at the time and airfares back then were not nearly as affordable as they are now.

[(Anonymous)]

PS: And @mayela, that's one shocking trip. Shudder.

Charlotte