Il 30 ottobre
Roma
After a couple of train rides, we arrived at the Roma Termini, happy to be in this historic and vibrant capital city. Being four adventurous women, we decided to take the Metro to the station closest to where we would be staying and then get a taxi from there. I was in Roma last year for a few days, but never took the Metro and was quite unprepared for the “hordes” of people! Luckily, I had only a carry-on suitcase; Margie, on the other hand, did not and was not a “very happy camper.” In any event, we arrived at our Metro stop, only to find ourselves on a busy street, in the dark, with not a taxi in sight! Our “albergo” was an inn located on two floors of a convent not far from the Vatican. (This place had been recommended to my Australian friends and turned out to be lovely once we got there and found the near-by bus stop the next morning.) The “Casa di Accoglienza TABOR” is on a side street and very easy to get to if you know where you're going, but since we didn't and the many people we asked didn't either, we experienced some moments of frustration. One young girl who I spoke with even called her father on her cell phone (He didn't know either.), but, as she was “certain” of the direction in which we needed to go, we followed her, only to find out later that we were going the wrong way! Things do have a way of working out, however, as we were, at least, near a ristorante. We ate, albeit the Pasta Carbonara was very heavy and no one really liked it, and called a taxi when we had finished. Arriving at the “Casa”, we were shown to our rooms and all went to sleep. The lesson to be learned...If you're not really sure where you're going, just take a taxi from the Roma Termini...
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