Europe Day 15

We were out of our room by 9:30am after having a nice breakfast on the rooftop terrace.

We had several goals to day and we met them all!

First, we walked to the Trevi Fountain.  On our first of probably 6 trips to Rome we went to the fountain and threw coins in and laughed that we would probably never come back.  Well, every time we are here, we throw coins in and this year was not an exception.

As it was Sunday, it was very bust but we managed to get to the rail to take pictures and get coins into the fountain.

Then it was to the Spanish Steps because we knew there were good pizza places along the way.   We had their traditional pizza by the ounce and it was very good.

As we were walking all of a sudden we came apon the Leonardo Da Vinci Museum and we went it.

It was amazing.  Most people know him from his painting, including the Mona Lisa, but my the other things that he accomplished pale by comparision.  He is considered the greatest genius of all time and if you have time, read about him and what he did - we did not know all that he invented.

They just outside the north gate to the old city there was a flea market that we wanted to go to.  We did and it was disappointing,

Then it was time to walk back to the hotel, about 1 ½ miles with a lot of interesting places to see along the way.

Of course, during the day, we visited a lot of churches and each one was beautiful.

After we were back at the hotel, we went to the rooftop to have a class of wine and some snacks before heading out to dinner.

Earlier in the morning we had gotten caught in a huge rainstorm and we took shelter under the awning of a restaurant that made their own pasta for the 3 restaurants that they owned.  Barb talked the head cook while we were there and promised to come back for dinner.

When we got to the restaurant, we got the last table that they had and from almost that moment they had a line.  At one point we counted 40 people in line.  People who sat next to us said they only had to wait 40 minutes and that sometimes the wait was 2 hours.

The pasta was wonderful and after that we came back to the room and now it is time to say good night.

Night from Rome – tomorrow we are in Rome still.

                                               Breakfast on the rooftop terrace

                                                            Ready to  go our for the day

                                                                    At the Trevi Fountain

                                                        One of many churches

                                                    A drink and snacks before dinner

                                                             Dinner

           

                                                

                                                    Some Lemoncello for a bedtime drink!!

                                                         Breakfast on the rooftop terrace

                                                    At the Trevi Fountain

                                                    Making pasta and then at dinner that evening

                                                  

                                                                Dinner

                                           Making pasta for the restaurant we ate at for dinner

Europe – Day 14

It was a beautiful day in Genoa when we woke up.

They asked us to be out of our room at 7pm so we were up at 6 and out at 7 and to the inside restaurant. 

This was the first time we had eaten breakfast inside.

We had a 12:30pm train to Rome so we didn’t want to get off too early as the train station was only about 15 minutes away.

At 10:15am we asked our butler to take us off the ship and WOW was it easy for us. He took both of our carry-ons and walked us to the baggage area where he put the 4 pieces on one cart and took us outside where he arranged for a taxi to take us to the train station.

The trip was so quick that when we got to our train platform, we had 1 ½ hours to wait.  At least we were there.

The train was right on time so with the help of a big guy, we got ourselves and our luggage in our car.

We are in the first-class car and it has 45 seats and there are only 9 people in the entire car.  The 6-hour train trip only costs us $113.00 so it was a great but, in our view.

We were only 2 hours away from Rome when the train came to a complete stop.  After a little bit we heard the bad news in that there was a body on the track and the police were are the scene!!

After 2 hours we finally starting.  So now the train got to Rome at about 8pm and we took a taxi to our hotel.

This is the same wonderful hotel (The Pantheon Iconic Rome Hotel)  that we stayed at last October when Ed was sick so we are looking forward to it this time with both of us feeling tired but great.

We checked in, went to our room, and dropped off luggage and immediately went to a great pizza restaurant.

We are here for 2 full days and on the 3^rd day we will leave the city late to go to an airport Marriott as we have a 6:25am flight.

We have some places in Rome we are really looking forward to seeing and we will share them with you.

Our hotel room is very elegant with windows that look out over the front street and we have the windows open to get a great nights sleep.

It will be a relaxing couple of day.

Night from Rome

                                                        Time to leave the ship

                                                            Our butler leading us out

                                                        Heading to Rome

                                                                    Going to dinner

                                                            Pizza in Rome

                                                        This street is very narrow!!

                                                                The view from the rooftop terrace

                                                    Another view from the rooftop

Leaving the ship

Our room in Rome

We have also added some videos from the past several days to previous days on the blog