The Road to Rome

Today we flew from Barcelona to Rome, our final destination of the trip. We went to breakfast with Kevin, got croissants and dipping chocolate for them, and said our goodbyes. We headed back to their apartment to collect our things and prepare to head out. A quick metro ride and the train to the airport and we were ready to go. The new "Terminal 1" of the Barcelona airport is very spacious and nice. We brought lunch from the cafe where we ate breakfast.

Our flight was early and nearly empty, a rarity. At Leonardo Davinci Airport, we called the apartment owner to arrange a meeting time and then took one of the very expensive taxis into town. There must have been a little bit of a miscommunication about where to meet. We figured he would meet us outside, but he was inside and was waiting for us to buzz. There are no names on any of the six buzzers, so I couldn't guess which to hit. After 20-30 minutes Misty asked a nearby restauranteur if we had the right address. He confirmed and then called the number on his cell phone and spoke to him, which is when we found out he was upstairs the whole time. We returned the karma back to the restaurant guy by eating at his restaurant that very night.

The apartment is really really nice, and quite cheap (cheaper than any of the hotels we were considering). Just look at the pictures yourself. It has a fridge, stove, microwave, and even a washing machine. The only downside I've found with it is that first, for some reason, it has two tiny bathrooms, both with showers (one that you can barely turn around in, and another with a small tub that you can barely stand up in due to the low ceiling). I can't understand why they didn't make it just one large bathroom, that would have been really nice. The sofa out in the living room has a folding bed, so I guess you can have two couples here. The other drawback is that the water heater is microscopic and probably set to a pretty low temperature. We run out of water pretty fast.

After checking out and being impressed by the accomodations, we headed out to look at the Trevi fountain, just a stones throw from the front door. From there, we just wandered around a little bit, and bought some groceries for breakfast the next day (milk and cereal). Along the way, we bought some freshly roasted chestnuts from a corner gentleman. Then it was back to the room for a good night's sleep.