Shopping Day Redux

Buona giornata (gidday in Italian),

Me again, hijacked for a third time.

Sadly today is our last day in Rome so we had to hit the shops hard and fast.  We found a fantastic leather shoe store, who knew Italian leather was so ridiculously soft?  Did a bit of damage there, Sean's collection is up to three pairs, mine two, plus a beautiful leather wallet for Sean.  Handbags were also on the list and my collection has grown a little bit bigger.

Walking back to the hotel we decided to take a horse drawn carriage ride around the Colosseum.  The driver explained a few of the ruins as best he could but the joy was watching him gesticulate to the various other horse drawn carriages.  His language and gestures were priceless.

The roads around our hotel have been blocked off to traffic since early morning.  The reception staff said that Bruce Springsteen is doing a concert at Circus Maximus.  We have a great vantage point to hear it.  The festivities started mid morning.

This trip has been a truly wonderful experience, now the challenge is trying to pack all our stuff into one suitcase because we have to catch the train tomorrow so keeping the luggage to a minimum is the goal, not for any other reasons than management.  The train does not have a luggage limit for standard sized items, but they also do not secure your luggage.  We have bought a bike lock to lock them all together on the train.  We are heading for Geneva and will be there for two days/nights before heading to Paris on Tuesday.  I'm hoping Paris will be as lovely as Rome.

Ciao for now.

Lorraine



PS.  Trying to cross the road in Rome on a pedestrian crossing is probably far more dangerous than driving.  Even though you are on a crossing, no one stops so you have to just confidently walk out (or wait for an Italian) and hope the traffic stops.  I have gasped out loud quite a few times trying to cross.  Sean just charges across.

Also, they have little fountains everywhere no bigger than fire hydrants. They constantly flow with cool water so people can take a drink or fill a water bottle.  With the heat we experienced early on in the week, they came in very handy. 

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