Rome, Italy and Transatlantic Cruise

We arrived in Rome, Italy, but our travel started on Tuesday, October 29th when we drove to our hotel outside of Newark NJ airport. We stayed there as we had an early flight out of Newark on Wednesday. Our wake up time was 4:15 am. We had to drive to the parking lot where we left the car for the time of our trip. A shuttle took us to the airport and it was check in and through security. Our first leg of our flight took us to Boston and then it was a 6 hour layover. Fortunately, we were able to make use of one of the airport lounges where we found comfy chairs and good food! Our flight to Rome left on time and was a 7 hour 45 minutes flight. It was a smooth flight. Going through customs was easy and our car service was on time. Our hotel, Hotel Smeraldo is a 35 kilometers from the airport and took about an 1 hour drive. Traffic typical of home going to work! Our room was not ready when we got to the hotel so they held our luggage and we walked to where our evening tour was meeting. We were meeting at the Castel Sant' Angelo Castle, a short 20 minute walk from the hotel.Read more