I Kay and I flew Alitalia to Rome and arrived before Bec at the airport. We got over to her terminal well before her plane landed and we found the transport shuttle girl before I saw Bec coming out of arrivals. She didn't have a good flight on either plane. The first flight from Sydney to Dubai struck bad turbulence unfortunately and after a three hour lay over the second flight was about 7 hours to Rome. Poor Bec was very tired but after us all booking into the hotel we got settled in and went out exploring the local area.
Our hotel was in a narrow cobble stoned alley way with gelato, cafes and souvenir shops, a bustling by way to the Trevi Fountain which is under renovation and the fountain isn't working. A bit disappointing since we were looking forward to seeing it in all its glory. Large crowds of tourists were still milling around to view this magnificent structure and take the usual photos.
At every turn we were amazed at the large churches and statues in the Piazzas. There are lots of tourists in Italy, as summer approaches they will keep coming. We all found it hard to make our way through the crowds.
Day two, we found a fountain Bec had seen on the Internet then after breakfast near the Spanish steps, we looked around the Pantheon area again and took a taxi out to the Catacombs where we spent an interesting couple of hours learning about the early Christian burials. We had to go down fifty stairs into the deep underground and of course fifty steps back up again.
The Catacombs are on the fringe of the city, lovely to see some country side
The following morning after our breakfast we decided to take a horse and cart ride into the hilly area and up to a beautiful panoramic view over the city with St Peter's Basilica in the background.
In the day we packed up and moved to the hotel where we joined our Globus tour bus.
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