We had a good time but we all agreed that often you cannot recapture the magic of that first visit. The hop on hop off bus was good, especially as it made us realise that The Vatican and The Spanish Steps were within easy walking distance of our hotel. So we walked to them both through the crowds – so many people. Hotel was very good but our last day was stressful. Shuttle arrived early as I had requested, I thought check in would close 2 hrs before the flight, but we soon ran into heavy traffic in a tunnel, it was hot and claustrophobic. Our driver didn’t speak English but a young man we collected did speak English ( he worked for Foreign Affairs and was flying to Brussels). He said check in closed 45 minutes prior to flight so we were more relaxed even though the trip took an hour and a half. We checked in at a machine then had to drop off our luggage – we were misdirected three times before we eventually went through X-ray etc with an hour before take off. Bussed to plane, then sat on Tarmac for 30 minutes but arrived on time and our luggage was first off. But no waiting driver – he did not turn up until 35 minutes later. Frankfurt is quite cool, 8-18 today so had to wear my rain jacket to add that extra layer. Some Rome snaps attached.
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