Monday May 28 - Arrivederci Roma!

Great day! Up early. Coffee at History Bar and headed back to Rome. Uneventful and swift drive until we get to Rome. Ugh what a debacle just finding our way in and returning the car - we about lost it there,  but we manage and get to our room in the exact same building that our flat was in. The first floor is a hotel so we booked it since we knew the location.

Pantheon Relais Hotel

Its great, if a bit sybaris like. big round bed with zebra headboard and a rather grand statue of venus greated us. It is very thoughtfully done though and dead silent.

Tom tried to resolve a parking ticket we got in Lecce - unsuccessfully.



Just a few random shots around Rome - my flowering vines NEVER looks this good!

There are alot of tacky street vendors now but this little gentleman was not among them.

We went into the most beautiful church though and if you look closely at the celing you will see that some of the ceiling is 3d! .

After returning to the hotel for a short and exquisite soak in our 'chromatherapy' tub we head back out for the evening passeggiata and of course a stop at Open Baladin for a final beer with Alessandro.  He couldn't be sweeter.  He is in love at present with Beatrice who works at a competing craft beer pub, and tells us his passions are films, music and writing.  He works very hard at perfecting his english and asks us the difference between the words 'enemy' and  'foe.'  Alas, we exchanged emails and said our goodbyes.

Dinner at Locanda Antique where was talk with a Texan who has lived in Rome for 11 years and not bothered to learn the language - how can you not!    We are done for the night, except that we lost our room key and the front desk closes at 7:00. Thank god we had a contact at the souvenir shop next door who was able to replace it.  It was much more involved than this and quite hilarious, but let's just leave that for another time.  Arrivederci Roma!