We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Our day started out gray
and rainy (again). We just sat by the big window (that has a radiator
underneath) and just watched it pour. We were hoping for it to let
up, because we knew that even with umbrellas we'd be soaked within a
few minutes. We had considered making an apperance at St. Peters,
but instead watched the hoards of people (on every other tv channel)
getting soaked from the comfort of our own flat.
Finally after lunch we saw a little blue sky, and we were SO sick of
being indoors, so we headed out. We hadn't seen the Spanish Steps
yet, so we took a nice walk down there by way of piazza del popolo and
via del corso. There were so many people out, and we were all
thrilled to be in the fresh air. The Spanish Steps were beautiful,
and we just sat by the fountain near the bottom and watched people for
a while- just soaking in Rome for the last time. The kids wanted to
see the Trevi Fountain again, so we tried to find it, got a little
lost, (ended up at the Pantheon instead!) and by the time we got there
G was asleep and the sky was getting dark again. Don't tell G, but M
threw a coin into the fountain from over her back to ensure she'll
visit Rome again.
By then we were getting tired from all the walking, and were making
our way back to Azuni St to our apartment, when the skies opened up
and it rained like I have never seen before- complete with thunder and
lightening. C was on my back in the Ergo, so he, M, and I huddled in
a doorway with some random strangers. J had G in the stroller and
they basically huddled against the wall with the umbrella. G fared
okay since he had the stroller awning pulled down over him, but poor J
got completely drenched. The rain lasted less than 7 minutes, and
then the clouds parted and the bright sunshine poured down upon us.
We hadn't seen the sun for 2 days! I tell ya, everything is intense
in Rome!
Once back at the apartment, Joel made us a delicious steak dinner, and
we worked on getting packed up. Tomorrow morning we are getting
picked up at 9 (hopefully! the communication barrier is an issue) and
will be driven to the Avis office where we'll get our car. Then we
are headed to Tuscany! We are really excited about our accomodation
there as well. It will be nice to be able to relax a little and do
some laundry!!
Ciao!
4 comments:
Happy Easter! I'm praying that Tuscany is less stressful, less crowded, less WET, and much more enjoyable! We missed our holiday date at the Brew Pub this year--next year!!!
Wow. These posts are all amazing and fascinating to me. I love reading them. You should definitely print them out and scrap with them, if you do that, or have a little booklet published of them!
Happy Easter!
The picture of you and the kids is so beautiful! My goodness does your little girl look like you. I miss you Sarri and can't wait to hear more about your adventure. I'm telling you--next up for the Gibson's should be South America! :)
I was so bummed to learn Joel and Maddy missed seeing St. Peter's after being so close. At number four in the world, Duomo will still be a thrill for all to see so hopefuly you can spend some extra time there. At near 600 years old, it still ranks as the largest masonry dome in the world so is worth seeing. Do you remember how cold is was in there on Christmas Eve when we listened to carols by candle light? Does Maddy know about the Gates of Paradise? Your adventure is bringing back lots of good memories of our trip, pre-babies!
Stay Loose!
Dad
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