We awoke on the last day in Florence and had an easy breakfast before packing and getting ready to catch Eurail for the (thankfully) last time. We walked to the station which was about a block and a half away, and booked in for the 11.30AM train, about 40 minuts before it was due to depart. However when we got to the platform, the board that displays the times for trains to leave said it was delayed by 25 minutes. So we sat around and waiting until it was time to board. Eunice took these couple of photos while we were waiting.
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When we found our carriage, and settled into our seats we were sat near a couple of other people in first class - this was the most full we had ever seen the train and we were both sat in aisle seats opposite each other. As such we couldn't take any photos of the country side, but the train trip was only about 1 hours and 45 minutes; the woman sat next to me was on the phone for almost that whole time, and I was thankful each time we went through a tunnel as her phone would cut out and I'd get a couple of minutes peace from her constant talking.
Arriving in Rome we located the Taxi stand and went to our hotel; the Hotel Regno, checked in and went to our room. It's probably the smallest room we've had on our journey, barely fitting a bed and TV in it, and we're tripping over our luggage every second step.
Once we'd rested we went out to see some of Rome, close to the hotel, and ended up having dinner at a local resturant. I had a Lasagne with Truffles and Mushrooms and Eunice had a Lasagne with seafood. It turned out to be an expensive meal, adding a plate of salad and a bottle of beer cost us almost $au100!!
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We next ventured out to a cinema Eunice had read about on the map we received in the hotel. It was a 45 minute show/documentary about Rome and the history, but had seats that were hydrolically lifted up and down. The show wasn't too bad, containing some of the stories of ancient Rome, but I found the whole chair lifting thing to be a bit over the top.
After the show we wandered down the streets of Rome, taking some photos as we walked, before we stopped to buy some water and a gelato ice-cream then went back to the hotel.
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Tomorrow we have two tours planed, so expect some photos of the ruins of ancient Rome.
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