Traveling with the Grobmyers : Rome

 We had one more day at sea before we docked in Civitavecchia.  This is about an hour outside of Rome.  We booked a transfer to take us to our hotel in Rome.  Once we got outside the port area we were in farm country.  We saw hay being bailed.  We did not see any cows or other livestock though.  Once again traffic was nuts.  Cars and motorbikes weaving in and out of traffic at crazy fast speeds. Not sure I could drive over there. 

But before we see Rome here are a few things from the last sea day.  The first thing was a Disney character dance party.

We saw land for a while that afternoon.  We sailed back through the Messina Sicily area again.

This boat sailed around us for a while.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention the folks that took care of us on this cruise.  Rohan kept our room clean and took good care of us every day.  He left us sweet towel animals every night. Nova and Robin made meal time fun and they didn't blink an eye when Joe spilled his drinks that first night.  Nova made me an origami fish and crane.  And Talita our headwaiter always gave us good tips for the ports we visited.  She spent lots of time with us each night. We really appreciated these people.

 

We docked early in the morning.  No issues leaving the ship at all.

A few things we saw on the drive in.

This church is up the hill from our hotel.  There's a big screen on the corner of each side of the church.  We learned that this church had a part in Pope Francis's funeral.  In fact he is buried there.

We checked in but our room wasn't ready so we walked up the street for some lunch only nothing was open just yet. But when they finally opened this is where we stopped.

Joe ordered meatballs and this is what he got.  Not the kind of meatballs we are use to.  He said they were good.

I got this pasta. It was pretty good too.

The best thing was the rosemary focaccia bread was the best thing.

Our tiny room

My new best friend for the next few days.

We had a Rome by Golf Cart tour this evening.  It was a great way to see the sights and at night.

On our walk to meet the group we saw some interesting things.

We met our tour group.  A couple from Nebraska, a mother and daughter from Long Island and of course our guide, Humphrey. He told us a little about himself.  He is from a little town on the ocean in the heel of Italy's boot. 

I thought this was interesting.  This is their gas stations.  You just pull up to the curb and fill 'er up. We found gas prices on this trip to range from 1.99-2.49 a liter.

The first McDonald's in Rome.

The square where we had dinner. 

We had gelato at the Trevi Fountain.

We really enjoyed touring the city at night.  The golf cart tour was a lot of fun.