We lit out for Italy on October 3, driving down to Kennedy
Airport in NYC so that we could take a direct flight there. Flying all night with no sleep is not the
most fun thing in the world to do, I will admit, but everything was on time and
there were only a few bumps in the sky road.
Our transport was there as promised to pick us up at the
Rome Airport and to take us to the hotel that we booked a couple months
ago. But…surprise! The hotel was overbooked and we had no
room. They arranged to have us taken to
another hotel in the same area for a night until our room became available the
next night.
Long story short, it all worked out. Our stand-in hotel was run by two women who
didn’t seem to speak any English but both were enthusiastic enough and we finally
got settled. The only way we know how to
deal with jet lag is to sleep a couple hours.
So that’s what we did. Then we
got up and started roaming around Rome.
Here are a few things we saw the first day…
We are at the top of the Spanish Steps looking
down. It seems that this area is always
crowded with people. If it’s like this
in October, I can’t imagine the crowds in June.
Still the people were congenial and the light was fantastic.
A proud Italian pigeon.
After we had a delightful dinner, we strolled through the
shopping district. I was rather taken by
these purses but decided that it wouldn’t be prudent to purchase something that
didn’t go with a thing that I had packed.
But I did really like the knitted mug and tea cosies. Note to Carrie: There’s an idea for your next knitting
project.
Ciao from the Spanish Steps!
