We awoke this morning with little energy. Last night, we went
out for pizza at Ristorante Netti with my cousin Renato and his moglie (wife)
Dorrette. It was a very enjoyable evening, and it made saying goodbye to
Campomarino even tougher. We moved a few things inside last night, but we saved
the bulk of the work for this morning.
After showering, I went outside with the ladder and covered
the ceiling fan and the air conditioner motor. Both of those combined didn’t
take a fraction of the time it used to take to put the car up on bricks, which
we no longer need to do. I got Mom stirring and I went and loaded the car.
The ride here was great. We left about an hour behind
schedule, but it helped us avoid Rome morning commute traffic. So we got here
in about 3 hours. The car we had was pretty good, a Peugot, and I was able to
do upwards of 150-160 KPH (90-100 MPH) and it felt fairly safe. It must be a
month or so in Italy that made me this aggressive. We passed many small
mountainside towns and even some fires, which Italy has a lot of these days.
Now we are patiently waiting for our hotel room to be ready
so we can head out into Rome for the afternoon.