Last day in Bella Roma. :(

One last day to drink in the ambiance of this fair city. We awoke later than usual because of our late night. After breakfast I again fought with this website trying to organize pictures. I also wanted to finalize our airline stuff. Easier said than done, of course! The US Air website said I had to check in at the airport, so I couldn't print out our passes. I then made arrangements with that in mind.

We initially planned to visit the National Museum of Rome, but we both agreed that we were museumed and churched out. We walked up to a cafe near Santa Maria Maggiore and had some more caffeine - expensive but excellent!

Then it was on to Piazza de Popoli to walk down the shopping street, Via Corso.

I actually bought a lovely top in a tiny shop - the salespeople were too accommodating!! Afterwards, we got a recommendation from one of the sales clerks and had a lovely lunch at Da Pietro. We had grilled calamari, spaghetti with seafood, great wine, and coffee and biscotti. Quite delicious.

Good food!!!

Cappuccino!

We also saw the guy from our hotel that Bob had talked to the night before. We walked back to the Spanish steps and took the metro back to the hotel. I checked my email and found a message from US Air -- indeed, I WAS able to print out boarding passes ahead of time - yay!!

Metro stuff!

Way, way down...

Contemplating the modern art in the metro station.

Piazza di Spagna

Another view of the piazza

We were back at the hotel by 4PM to rest and pack.  We left for our concert at 6:25 -- it was incredible!! A flute and piano and great acoustics = an enriching, wonderful evening.  We're getting ready to have a drink and snack at the bar before going to bed. 

Concert venue

Our trip home was uneventful except for the cold I managed to get from stale plane air...We were back at home by 5PM our time after a truly memorable experience in bella Roma.