Sunday, September 12, 2010

If it's Saturday it must be Rome

A three hour road trip and we are back at the airport to drop the car off. 84 euros spent on a couple of thousand kms and the investment was worth it. Howcum spending money is referred to as 'waste' or 'investment'? - Toryspeak!

Anyway after succumbing to the wails and pleading of a shuttle bus driver - "Taxi drivers charge for all the bags so forty euro is not forty euro (the fare from the airport is regulated) - my price is all-in!" we boarded his van, with a couple of Australians and we were deposited right outside the green door, of the apartment building, we had looked at so often on Google streetsview. A quick look around the apartment, opened the bags and then to the first order of business - food (how did you guess?). Not one block away there are six or seven eateries, we picked the one with the cheapest prices, ordered a liter of Bianco and enjoyed another thin crust pizza. We were told by others, who had visited Italy that they did not enjoy the food, they must have gone to another Italy, the food is fine here. 

Another streetscape on the right what the pic doesn't capture is the funny feeling of claustrophobia when one is walking in the alleys, seven storey buildings ten feet apart can do that. This is the good kind of phobia as we don't get to see these sights in Cobourg. 

Tomorrow, after eating the welcoming complimentary breakfast, the landlord greeted us with we will have a family conference to decide what to see first - the Pantheon, the Coliseum, the Forum - to heck with that we might just sit on the pavement and drink wine!

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