Today was similar to yesterday. We got up, did the Italian breakfast thing at the caffe immediately next to the caffe from yesterday (near the Trevi fountain), and set off for the nearby Pantheon. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
My journal entry this morning:
“Sitting outside at a caffe next to Trevi fountain (the caffe directly beside the one from yesterday morning). The food/drink is not as good, but to sit outside is a European delight. I love my wife. She is my best friend… Glory to thee, our God, glory to thee.”
We saw the Colosseum today, and had a great time listening to our Italian guide who lives in Japan named David (?). He was a character, and looked right in our eyes the entire tour, spouting off Roman history facts (much of which contrasted directly with what is found in the Russell Crowe movie ‘Gladiator’) as he looked at us with a hawk-stare. We met a few Aussies from our group, had some delicious fettuccini for lunch directly across the street from the Colosseum – a wicked, in a good way, meal – and found that we were in a ready mood to return to the States regardless of all of the delicacies we have enjoyed these past ten days.
Tonight, we reserve our Uber ride to the airport for the morning, list off all of the souvenirs we bought on the trip, and write a thank you note to our Airbnb host (who just had a child).
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Journaling this morning at the adjoining caffe. We sat outside with our cappuccino and caffe lattes (and our croissants) and felt like real Europeans.
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Next to the Kaiser himself. Behind me are Roman ruins and to my right, off in the distance, is the “Colosseo.”
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The Colosseum. Neither Kristen nor I have been to such an old place.
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We fly back tomorrow. We have loved Roma. We are ready to be back in the home country. For all its faults (no country escapes faults), we appreciate our homeland and all of the opportunities it provides us.
Blessings and peace.
Signing off, Europe.
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