ROME
This is my last hoorah before getting on that 11 hour plane trip home. I arrived in Rome on Friday, a couple of days early because I just could not take being constantly cold at Massimo's home with no where to go to get warm. Massimo and Janne understood. I do not know how the four of them live being so cold at least 2 months a year. At the very least you'd think they'd just start burning the wood furnace for the heat and hot water sooner than 4 p.m. each day. They have lots of wood!
But I get to spend my last days in Italy in one of my most favorite cities anywhere. Even though I was here 7 years ago, I have forgotten so much that this trip on foot through the city feels very new.
I actually got lost and ended up at the Pantheon yesterday.
My first trip here in 2005 was by bus so to all the major sites we were brought. No maps to decipher needed. Now with the city being a huge maze of streets, I have to find my way around. Most street names are not marked. Even though I have a street map with all the street names, if you don't know what the name of the street is you are on--you're lost---a lot. That was the case yesterday. With very wet feet from the rain I trudged along determined to find some points of interest on my wish list while here. I ended up at the amazing Colosseum which I could visit every day. I love that old stuff. And by the way, the Pantheon is the oldest, firmly intact building in Rome. No other building is as complete and in full form as that one. Everywhere you go here, every turn in the road presents another 'piece' of amazing, ancient architecture. I saw pieces of stone pillars laying on the grass on the side of the sidewalk! This kind of stuff is what you get to see when lost and not on a directed tour. So there are good things about being lost.
Many people speak English here which helps in the 'being lost' category. And I know I'm always a 5-7 Euro cab ride back to the hotel.
MORE LATER.....
Hi Violet- I do not add nuts to the French Toast Casserole. I guess you could but I do not. The photo probably has them because it was a stock photo from the web.
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