When we left Tuscany, we drove back to Rome; my mom and the rest of the clan headed to Florence. Jeff and Kristen to catch a train to Pisa to fly back to Paris and then home to Boston. Betsy and Chloe were off on a train(s) to Paris, to catch a flight to Seattle to be picked up by Andrew, and Granny said goodbye to them and then wanted to stay a few days in Rome and booked into the Airport Hilton.
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| Trains and buses...we're good at it now! |
It turns out the Airport Hilton is really close to Porto Turistico di Roma so we caught a 1 euro bus to the Airport. We met Sharon for a nice lunch (thanks!) at the Hilton and the kids had 5 euro Cokes.
We sat in the sun by the tennis court, then caught the bus back to the boat with Granny in tow. We had a great afternoon, sitting in the sun, eating hors d’oeuvres , drinking wine. I escorted her back to the bus, put her on it and then caught a bus back to the boat.
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| Cocktail Hour with Sharon |
This was the approach we used to visit the Vatican later that week. We had visited the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel as a family a couple of days before which was awesome. But went back again into Rome (you really do need at least 3 days) to meet up with Sharon and visit St Peter’s Basilica.
We had intended to go a couple days earlier but the beatification of John Paul II was a massive celebration – including a body viewing. We piled onto transit and headed downtown and visited St Peter’s and had a nice lunch.
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| Michelangelo's Pieta with Mother Mary mourning her Son |
We caught the tube to Roma Termini and put Sharon back on a train to the Airport where she finished packing and headed out the next day at 7am for home.
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| Saying goodbye. |
It was a nice way to end her visit with some time with just us and we really enjoyed it.
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