Our goal today was to get from our villa in Tavarnuzze to Rome. This required leaving our quiet country resort, a taxi ride into Florence and then a train ride to Rome. We had lots of time in the train station where we learned that we had paid economy fares but got upgraded to first class. Yeah us!! The train was fantastic and travelled at almost 250 km/hr. The trip was only 90 minutes and we were able to walk to our apartment in 10 minutes.

The apartment is spacious and has all the comforts of home, including our own Sphinx and a beautiful ceiling that was apparently painted a long time ago for one of the Popes. We also made good use of the washer and dryer.

Rome is a big place. Our apartment is in the middle of many good things. We walked down to the coliseum and the Forum tonight on our way to a lovely dinner. Now we are ready for an early night.