One again, when life gives you lemons you made lemonade out of it…. We were supposed to be at Livorno /Florence today but port of call got canceled due to weather…. So we arrived at Civitavecchia /Rome one day early and get to stay overnight here…. Rome is 1.5 hours away from Port via train so we booked a hotel and get to over night in the beautiful historic center of Rome and make it a trip within a trip..
We had been to Florence before so not too much anguish here except we already pre-booked to see David at the l’academia museum online…. Anyways, here are the pics we took back in 1998 of our trip in Florence
Now back to Rome
But the walk from the train station to hotel right by Pantheon took 1.5 hours as well.. As we stopped and gawked at every historic building and monuments that we saw on the way and there were plenty..
As we arrived at the hotel we were shocked to find out that it’s right in front of the Pantheon… The junior suite they gave us has one window facing the Pantheon, the other facing piazza de la Rotonda… we were so happy about this hotel choice and took tons of pics and spend quite a long time just people watching from the two windows… Rome is packed with tourist and locals as well since the Easter holiday spilled over to Monday.
We then hit the pavement and heads towards piazza Navona…..
Later it’s Spanish Steps
And then Dinner at one of the restaurant by the side walk that looks really cozy and warm, irresistible in this cold rainy day… The restaurant gave us complimentary prosecco and lemoncello…and that’s enough to get a 5 star Google review from me….. Not to mention that their spaghettis are also delicious… We are in 7th heaven
Walked to Trevi Fountain after Dinner
That’s it for today… More to come tomorrow
