Rome - Getting there and our hotel

We took the EurostarPlus train from Florence to Rome. Very Nice! The seats were great but, most of all, the travel time was cut down for ~1.5 hours from the normal 3 since we didn't make any stops. Train travel also enable us to look at the windows as we wound through wine country and also get a glimpse of the changing terrain.

The train station in Rome, Termini, is very big. Both of the city's two metro lines intersect at Termini, too. However it was easy to get in and out of the station. We walked to our hotel here, too, but it was only a 5 minute walk this time rather than the marathon through Florence. The family room at this hotel was one large room with 3 single beds and a double bed. It did the trick because after a long day of walking we were pretty much get back to the hotel after dinner and crash.

Our room wasn't ready when we got there since we were early so we got lunch at a local restaurant and then hit the street.

Food in Rome, just like Florence, was great. Great for kids because everywhere had pizza and pasta. But the pizza and pasta were all very good and we all good experiment a little with tastes, etc. The Italians tend to eat dinner later in the evening and, after a long day of walking, we quickly fell into that, too. Things aren't rushed.

At one of the restaurants the waiter would talk alot with the kids and asked Rachel if she wanted to dance. Later during dinner that night he came back up and asked if he could bring over a surprise. A few minutes later the lights go out and then a piece of pie is brought over with a candle in it for Colin. The waiters all came over and sang happy birthday to him (no where near his birthday).

At another restaurant the night before we left the waiter brought over Limoncello for Jennifer and Amaro for me (both "digestives," after dinner drinks).