Roma #1

Roof Terrace View #1

So I left Hamburg on Sunday morning after a full-on busy but successful day at the fair on Saturday. Flew to Munich and got delayed there for an hour. Arrived at Rome and waited for the baggage, and waited and waited and waited and eventually it arrived. Then waited for the shuttle and waited and waited and eventually it arrived. Driving into Rome was the quickest part of the process and I arrived at the hotel just under three hours after landing.

Hotel is great. One of the smallest showers known to mankind (don’t drop the soap cos you’ll get wedged trying to pick it up) but literally a 3 minute walk around the corner to the Victor Emmanuel monument and great views from the roof terrace.

Roof Terrace View #2

Roof Terrace View #3

Got sorted. Went for a walk over the Capitoline and around. Three days of celebrations have been going on over the weekend to mark 150 years of Rome as the capital of Italy. Decided to have dinner at a little restaurant across the road from the hotel. Discovered the rudest waiter in Italy. I tried to order an antipasti and was told that whole section of the menu was not available. So in a nice clear voice (and pointing at the item in the menu) I ordered Bucatini and Ju ordered spinach cannelloni. What arrived was neither. When we complained we were told it was my fault because he couldn’t understand me. When we tried to order something else suddenly the while pasta section was unavailable. Needless to say we paid for the wine we had ordered and drunk and left! Then went around the corner and found a much more welcoming establishment

Frodo finds the Forum