was with me instead because although Jean Pierre was attractive, I knew what all those cigarettes could do to a gorgeous mouth! The tiny elevator barely held Glenn and the backpack and Jean Pierre and I went up next, in very intimate proximity. The ?suave? but late, Jean Pierre finally showed up on his Vespa and showed us up to our room. Wish I would have learned more Italian than just common phrases. She really wanted to talk to us and all I understood is that she wanted us to come in out of the cold weather. She was 4' something, had dark hair and retro glasses ?ala? Sophia Loren. She motioned that she would call the owner for us and we were able to slip off the backpack, use her WC and sit and wait. There was no one answering although we had informed the owner of our flight schedule so the little lady across the street that was running the Luna Caprese pizzeria called us over, in Italian, to wait in her shop. We were looking for the name on the building but after much searching up and down the street we noticed that the name was listed next to the buzzer by the door to what looked like a private residence. The first night was spent at the Fellini B&B on Via Rasella. They looked great but had some "scale" issues. We had bought the Streetwise Map kit for Italy before our trip. We had found our Metro stop on our map but ended up turning the wrong way outside on the street level and walked a long way out of our way to find our hotel.This would be our first of many times getting lost. I was reminded of New York City?s subway and although it was crowded and dirty, the Metro was easy and fast. It was a fast and easy trip into central Rome where we caught the Metro at 1E each. We found the train connection at the airport and bought our tickets to the Rome Termini at 12.50E each. and we had two unexpected stopovers in both Chicago and Frankfort, Germany. Our United flight left at 5:00 p.m.from Mpls. might have to shorten it some for this posting as I can ramble. The pheasants have finally returned to roost and the journal is in progress. Thanks for the encouragement and to all who gave me tips on this site before our trip.
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