A few days late...

Tuesday 22nd December
Its only 7.30am and I’m sitting in McDonalds at the Termini Train station waiting for Judy to arrive. I’m sitting in the comfy chairs happily on the computer and Russ is waiting out the front, in the wing with the populace! We’ve never met Judy before and she won’t recognize us either but we’re hoping our “spot an Aussie” skills are up for it.
We had an unexpected extra night in Rome. Judy’s flight details had been wrong (Malaysian airlines) and she was still in Melbourne when we were expecting to collect her yesterday so Brad and Trish asked if we’d mind staying one more night in our 5 start room in Rome. It was such a gift for us. We’d both at different times said that we wished we had one more day and there it was, placed in our laps.
We had another walking around day, stumbling on unexpected treasures. We ate again at the Nonna and poppy ristorante and we’ve some pics for you…simple honest wholesome food but the best gift was that we were all treated the same…I think I’ve already said that?
I think a must do for everyone is to visit a museum with Russell. That’s were the irreverent humour comes into its own. In the silence that these place have, I get the Homer Simpson style stage whisper “Check out the statue…you can see her nipples…they’re like skipping rope handles!!!!!he he he he he ) Talk about spot the Aussie, they certainly spotted us!
We found an English movie channel on the TV and had a lovely rainy afternoon watching movies and reading, then visited our Indian friend at the Laundromat. We are stocked up with clean undies now! We strolled home and on the way found a beautiful Venetian glass store. We just popped in for a quick look and have found the memento of our trip (and you’ll have to visit us at home to see what made us both so delighted!)
The owner was an absolute character and we met his aunty too who was 82 years old and an absolute joy. She took a shine to me, I looked like her daughter who had died 4 ½ years ago and bless her heart I took a shine to her too…I wish I could have stowed her away in my luggage. She was telling me of a craft she does where she saves the papers from her teabags, dries them out and uses them to make backgrounds for her collection of glass animals. (For a minute there I thought it was going to be teabag folding!)
So now we’re off to Introdacqua and a couple of days before we celebrate Christmas. We have Judy in tow ( who is a hoot!) and we’re ready now for our Italian Christmas.
Ciao Ciao
Linda X
PS. Some pics of our dear little ristorante we found in Rome. Good and simple food and so delicious! Russ now seriously loves Tomatoes…True…from hating them! And some street lights on a tram…..