A Brief Glimpse of Rome

Due to some unforseeable travel roadblocks, I had to cancel my Rome trip last minute and replace it with a trip to Ireland. Unfortunately, it would have cost me way too much money to change my flight home from originating in Rome. This meant that I arrived in Rome at 8 pm
and fly out at 8 am. I had to make my way to my hotel that I booked last minute with an embarrasingly little amount of Italian language skills I had to search for about an hour for an ATM for some cash for my cab.

Now I'm pretty confident while in new places, and I have felt nothing but safe in Europe during my travels, but the only time that I have felt uncomfortable was while trying to catch a cab at the airport in Rome. There were men offering to get me rides to my hotel, and it was so creepy! I've enough common sense to know that that is a bad idea. I made it to my hotel, checked in and was starving. I'm staying at a best western that is right on the coast. The sun was just finishing setting as I walked to dinner around 9:30. I even walked on the beach for a bit. I can't remember the last time I felt sand between my toes! I wish I had more time here so that I could enjoy the beach! I decided to eat at a little seafood restaurant that had a large family celebrating a birthday. I had some mellon and pruciutto, a creamy scampi spaghetti, and red wine. I figured that if this was going to be my only interaction with italy, I would make it count!! The Mellon was so sweet, the shrimp was the freshest I've ever had, and the wine was perfect. And then this grandma came out if the kitchen in an apron that Nan might own and I knew that this was a quality meal!

Now I'm off to bed before my marathon of travel tomorrow!

Ciao!