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When we finally lifted off it was an uneventful overnight flight getting us in to Frankfurt at around 10:40am local time. Convinced that we were going to miss our connecting flight we rushed down there to sit for an hour or so. Again an uneventful flight over the Alps, Venice, Bologna, and what must have been the Apennines but I didn't see them..
From the airport in Rome we took a cab and Nancy immediately got to do what she came to Italy to do, talk Italian to an Italian. She chattered quite successfully with the driver all the way in. We got to the apartment and lugged our immense pile of stuff up to the second floor (third American floor) unit. It's just slightly shabbier than the online photos which in a way is a relief. The photos looked so good that the price seemed wildly out of line and so possibly a scam. As it is it's homey and comfortable. While our intention was to go immediately to bed it being 5pm, we each decided we needed one or two things out of our big bags and so ended up completely unpacking which ultimately is a good thing. Then just before dark we got dressed again and went our for a cafe. We thought about dinner but it was just too much effort.
And so, back to the apartment where I'm typing and Nancy is deciding which of the twenty-three beading projects she brought that she is going to work on. There are AC and WiFi in said apartment. Our VoIP phones work well there to make calls home (but not to Italy) and to send and receive text and email messages. Oddly the PC is having problems with email but nothing else such as blog typing.
Half a block a way is the gathering spot for Rome's youthful tourists and again, we're just down the street from the Colosseum.
Candace, I updated this page and somehow your comment disappeared; sorry. Not intentional.
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