Well here we are at last. After twelve months of planning and organizing we have made it to Rome in one piece.
We flew out of Melbourne at 3:45 on Thursday with Jan and David after Andrew Holland drove us all to the airport. Glen and I said goodbye to Jan and David at Singapore along with Fiona and Kylie who coincidentally were on that same flight too!
Rome welcomed us at 7:45 am after a 24 hour trip from Melbourne, we got to our hotel by 9:30, too early to check in so we went walking. The Trevi Fountain is just by our hotel which is a small boutique hotel, it's lovely and in a very good position on a narrow cobblestoned street. We threw our coin into the fountain, so we will return to Rome. That's a given anyway as we return here after our tour of Italy. The Spanish Steps are also nearby so we went there too. I reckoned it was about lunchtime as we went by a nice pizzeria, so we sat out in the Piazza with our pizzas and chianti...very decadent, but hey- when in Rome..........
After lunch we checked in to the Hotel and had a rest, sorted our bags and went walking again. Yes Glen is walking with no after affects, great news!. As we had our fill with pizzas and eating on the plane it was decided that fruit would be the order of the day for tea.
Tomorrow we will do the hop-on, hop-off bus around the city so will see what the day brings.
Good to hear you are still with us. You appear to have hit the ground running. Can't waste a minute.
ReplyDeleteThe Europeans. Appear to like the outdoor eating etc. I guess after their winters the are happy to be out and about.