Rome May 22 to May 25, 2006

We parted company with Sam and Charlotte at the Port... They would be going on to England for a few weeks. We were headed for Rome.

The first order of business was to set up our Escape from Rome...  Our Flight Home would be leaving 6:15 AM on Thursday May 25. 
We planned to spend our Last Night at the Airport Hilton so we could make the flight.

Upon arrival at Civitavecchia, the port serving Rome, we took advantage of the ground transfer from the port to Leonardo Di Vinci Airport.
There we went directly to the Hilton and deposited one of our heavy bags for safekeeping until our return.  Then we took the Complimentary Hilton shuttle service into Rome and caught a Taxi to the Ariston Hotel  where we would spend our first two nights in downtown Rome.  The Ariston is very convenient to the the Train Station. We would catch a late afternoon train to the Airport Hilton when we left.

By Noon we were checked in at the hotel and headed off to the Termini where we could get a Hop-on-Hop-off  Tour bus.



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The Collosseum was on the Hop On Hop Off Route
The tour is a good way to get a quick overview of the city

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This is the Restaraunt across from the Ariston Hotel .
We had a late lunch there before Our Evening Stroll

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Imigrant Aliens are in the News In Rome as well as the USA

Our walking tour took us along Via Delle Quatro Fontane. That's the street with Four Fountains, one on each corner.

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 At the top of the Spanish steps you  are above the roof tops of the six story buildings that dominate the city of  Rome.

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Midway down the steps you can become a part of the (In)action   Can you detect any motion is this Photo?

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Can you find Two Texans in this Picture?

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It was a pretty hot day so I filled my water bottle from the fountain. The Romans are proud of their clean and abundant water.  The fountains are used by all.



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I call this the Hail Mary Obelisk.

  It has Statues of  Four Prophets around the base.

  Each made reference in some way to Mary.

  It was on the way to our next Stop.

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The Tevi Fountain....  Right

 The largest and most famous in Rome... There was a large crowd at the fountain

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Toss in a coin and Make a wish... Bigger Wish... Bigger Coin

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We were there when the Lights came on

From the Tevi Fountan we walked back to the Hotel...  Total stroll 3 miles.    check    Check Two fountains in One day

On to Day Two