October 29 Civitavecchia Port Rome

Last day of the cruise. Again they were well organized - tags for luggage, which we didn’t need, groups called 1 at time, a shuttle bus ready to take us to the train station.
We opted for the fast train and were delighted we did as it got us there by 10am. A young Italian man then helped me get an Uber and we were at the hotel by 10:30. Super efficient. Although rain had been forecast, it was a beautiful day.

We chose a great location - MK Hotel 1 block from the Sisto Bridge. Needless to say, we walked up and down the Tiber River hitting many of the landmarks - Vatican, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Trastevere district. At the Vatican there was a large group of Germans dressed in costumes. The young guy who spoke English well explained that they had come to play their musical instruments here at the Vatican, but were told by the police they could not. What a shame. It would have been lovely to hear them.

After hundreds of steps we eventually wandered through a small market near our hotel and decided to come back that night for dinner.

Dinner was good - but nothing special. Location was great, and our young waitress, Sevada was delightful - mother American indigenous, dad Italian, she’d gone to school in the states, but came to Rome for university and stayed on. She told us all about her friends & boyfriend from Guinea etc etc. She’s also a tour guide - love the name of the company “Not Boring Tours”Baca lagi