How could you not know that you were in Rome / Italy ! The accordion player playing romantic tunes from his open shuttered 3rd floor appartment window gave you a strong enough clue as did the chaotic abondoment (called parking in some countries) of small bodied cars but the real give away as we perused the lovely Travestere district were in fact a pair of Granny's extra "large's" fluttering around like a huge main sail in a stiff ocean breeze on a washing line outside an appartment window !
We'd sadly disembarked our cruise ship mid morning having arrived at Citivecchia port an hour outside Rome and set about enduring the trials and tribulations of travel on an Easter Sunday to Rome central.
2 buses and 1 train later we somehow made central Rome bidding farewell to our Australian travelling buddies Nicci and Jamie and made our way again by train to the Travestere district where a 2km walk and a claustrophobic 5 floor lift ride we finally arrived at our homely b&b our refuge for the next 3 nights !
After a short rest we set about re-energising ourselves by taking a walk to the nearby historic Garibaldi Monument with its fabulous panoramic views over old Rome !
On a sunny holiday afternoon the vantage areas iincluding nearby fountains and grassed areas, were pretty well packed with locals lazing around amidst piles of rubbish that would not have qualified the area as 3rd rate back home, !
Still the views well and truly made up for it with terra cotta roofs and the domed churches of nearby Rome providing a timeless landscape.
Walking the area we even secured a distant view of St.Peters before turning back having well orientated ourselves for future explorations!!
After 2weeks of being waited on hand and foot we had to find our own meal for the evening not too difficult an exercise with restaurants and cafes every 20 or so metres in the Travestere area. Although the food may not have been that great the atmosphere of dining alfresco amidst the old style buildings and squares of made us look forward to savouring our time to be spent in Rome !
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