Rome Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th Friday Checked into our new Hotel late morning after an early morning run. - the Grand Hotel Palatino (due to Vicki's great planning only 200m from our previous accommodation) After meeting our new tour guide - Marco and finding out he is a rugby nut (coaches a kids team & following the RWC) went to Villa Borghese and through the Gallerie with the tickets we had bought on Tuesday (now booked out until next week!) Interest...

Monday 19th Arrived in Rome after a 1hr 15m flight on Crotian Air - good airline didn't crash. Spent 1hr 30mins queuing for passport control!!!! Shades of Heathrow in the late 80s. Cabbed to our hotel - 40 minutes of amazing sites past the Colosseum to our nearby hotel - Hotel Grifo - tiny back street right in the centre of Rome. Great Hotel, old but tidy with helpful staff, free breakfast & Wi Fi. Out for lunch - by this time 4.30pm - no food on the ...