LOCATION: Lucky Doumas Hotel in Rome, Italy
WEATHER: Sunny. Highs in 70s
We got an early start, and said goodbye to the homeowner. It has been like staying in a paradise here. I would highly recommend this to anyone thinking about coming to Italy. It is like Tuscany, but still undiscovered.
We drove about an hour, and returned the rental car in Pescara. Since I made us get there so early, we had time for a coffee, then hopped on the bus. There was no bus station, so I was a little nervous when it did not come in time. The busses are known to just not show up sometimes. But, our 3-hour trip across the mountains was fine. We went across a lot of long, high bridges and through some very long tunnels.
Once in the Rome bus terminal, we were a little hesitant about how to get to our hotel. I spotted a metro station, and we figured out how to get there. Amazingly simple.
We dumped our bags and set off for some of the sights. First was the Colliseum, just about a 10-minute walk from our hotel.
This is off-season but still absolutely packed with people. George did not want to fight the crowds to enter, and since I've toured it before, we decided not to go in.
We walked around the area with more Roman ruins. George got me to take this photo of him with the police who are everywhere. I had to sneak a picture as they were telling the Asian tourists not to take photos of them.
We walked and walked, and stumbled upon a church that seemed to be popular among the tourists. It turns out that it has some of Michelangelo's works inside.
The ceiling has a beautiful painting on it. George told me to take a photo of it and say that it is the Sistene Chapel, as he doesn't want to fight the crowds there tomorrow, either.
After all tht sight-seeing, we stopped at a cute wine bar for a rest.
DINNER: We found a neighbor small restaurant. It was popular as it is cheap for Rome. George had the fixed menu dinner for $9 - a huge platter of lasagne, chicken, and spinach. I had a pizza.
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