Wednesday, August 8, 2012

We’re back in Rome



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.