Blogging onwards

Ok. I'm getting the hang of this. I've just joined a blogger help group.It's one of the Google groups.
Well on Dec 24th 2006 I was looking at buying a ticket on-line, really just browsing. A couple who stayed at the B&B here had recommended Singapore Airlines. I was having a look at their site. The price seemed right about AUD$1600 without taxes. In total the cost was about AUD$2030. Unsure whether I could complete the transaction on-line I pressed on until yes I had actually PURCHASED MY RETURN TICKET TO ROME leaving Melbourne on Thursday 8th March and returning Saturday 31st March. I hadn't even applied for Annual Leave!
Oh yes. Another thing that motivated the purchase was that I had made an inquiry by e-mail to see if there was a vacancy at St. Anthony's Guest House, a convent in Assisi and yes there was and I could catch a bus straight from the airport in Rome (FCO) to Assisi. I wouldn't have to worry about taking the train from the airport to the main train station in Rome ...... I have since discovered that this is not the case and that I will indeed be better off catching the train. With the help of a posting on the Fodor's forum I have detailed instructions of how to navigate through Rome airport to the airport train station, where to buy my ticket and details of Rome Termini train station.
The Trentitalia site enables you to simply type your intended departure and arrival towns into a search box and within seconds you have a list of train times and routes. Getting to Assisi was now proving a little problematic. The bus actually terminated in Perugia and then I would need to catch a bus or train to Assisi. Like most hilltowns the train station is some kilometres away from the town and it is necessary to catch a bus or taxi up to the old town. Posts to the aforementioned Slow Travel and Fodors's forums and an e-mail to the sisters at St Anthony's suggested that the train would be a better option. I arrive in Rome Airport (FCO) at 0715h presuming the flight is on time. I should be able to catch the half hourly train to Rome Termini (central station). There are a few options on getting to assisi from FCO:
(first buy my ticket from FCO to Assisi at the Tabac at the airport station)

1. 1012 or1112h FCO to Tiburtina and then 1221h direct to Assisi arriving at 1427h.
2. I could go via Terni direct from FCO -departing FCO at 0757h, arriving Terni 1043h then changing to Assisi line departing Terni at 1404h.
3. depart airport station 0835h arrive Rome Termini station 0906. Then I will need to quickly find the Eurostar train which leaves at 0936h. I will disembark from this train at Foligno at 1112hr find the platform for Assisi and depart at 1221h (all being well!). The problem with Eurostar is that you have to reserve seats and it is considerably more expensive.