We're at the airport waiting for our flight. It's been delayed because the plane isn't here yet. Who knows why. Hopefully we'll still make our connecting flight in zurich.
We were up this morning in time to see Mariola, Tom, Kate, Sarah, and Sammi off to the airport. It was nice to send them off with hugs and kisses.
Cleaning up around the apartment, last minute packing and a typical insane roman drive to the airport. We were picked up in a van and the driver had to grease the sides in order to fit the small, packed streets around our apartment. He basically had three states of motion: stopped, accelerating and breaking. Needless to say, the ride was a bit bouncy.
There was another couple in the van when we were picked up and we made a stop for one other person on the way. Listening to them take about their stay in Rome, we realized that our vacation was so much better. The couple only spent a day in Rome. About all you can do in that amount of time is to wave as the sites go by. And the other person had to travel 2 hours by bus every time she wanted to see one of the sites. Mary and I realized how lucky we were to be staying in an apartment in the middle of ancient rome, a couple of blocks from the forum and colosseum. What a great way to see this city.
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