Often traveling allows excitement and joy to fill the traveller. Many may have the assumption that because 'we' are on a vacation, or something out of the daily routine, that all will go perfectly and that there will be no negative occurrences. I had completely forgotten.
Last night or this morning in the airport was dreadful! I would have rather walked another day and gotten a full nights sleep than try to sleep on the hard ground! Walking is far better than that experience. People were still loud at 2:00am and there was no comfort and I was so exhausted, that alone hit me hard.
Despite, we got up at 5am which seemed super late, and we headed out into the bus terminal. We found a bus that would take us to downtown Rome, where our hotel was placed. Around 9:00 am we arrived at the hotel and we gave them our packs because they didn't check people in until 11:30am. From there we spent the lapse time finding breakfast and waking up, but mostly trying to find energy. When 10:30 hit, I had woken up 98% of the way because of the cool schedule your body maintains.
Near noon after we had checked in, we decided the Trevi Fountain would be a good start to our Rome introduction. When we got there, the fountain wasn't really what a fountain should look like. It was drained and under construction. I think it looked cool, behind the metal fence and under all the wood and beams.
From there we walked to a Church in the Plaza de Repubblica, but I don't know it's name. It was very pretty, but there was a dress code; they were serious. Uhm... Everything was a blur that day. I think I managed to get by with enough energy to keep walking.
Oh!! I remember what we did after! We all went back to the hotel and napped! It was wonderful! We napped from 3:00ish pm until 6:00 pm and went out to dinner. After our Italian dinner of pasta, and pizza, we found a gelato place. Actually it was more like it found us. The Italian restaurant and the gelato bar were side by side, directly across the street from our hotel. It was fate and delicious.
This also allowed us with the ability to walk back to the hotel and fall asleep, quickly.
Buonanotte! Ciao!
Mimi
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