Sunday May 12, we left home at 7:45 a.m. to drive to Minneapolis. Our flight left at 4:00 p.m. and stopped at Atlanta. Then at 7:30 p.m. we left for Rome. It was hard to sleep on the plane, even though we had a nice meal with wine and watched movies. We arrived at Rome FCO airport around 11:30 a.m. local time on Monday May 13 (4:30 a.m. CST). We met our Canadian friends Marilyn and Larry at the airport and met Bruno from Just Chilling Suites who drove us to the lodging, pointing out various sites on the way.
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Room with private bathroom (picture from hotel site)
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We took a very old elevator (2 person max) to our third floor spacious rooms. We checked in, changed our clothes, and then walked around the neighborhood (near the Colosseum). We had a beer outside the Santa Maria de Maggiore cathedral which was close by and did go inside to see it.
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| Druid's Den Irish bar |
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| Streetside cafe outside cathedral |
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| Cathedral exterior |
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| High altar |
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| Underground altar |
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| Street outside hotel |
We found pizza at Molina's, stopped at a few bars before turning in at 9:00 p.m. Fell asleep easily! It was a long day.
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