Roma

After our usual big breakfast we packed up and went over to the train station and caught our train to Rome on the fast train.  300+ kph.  We were passing cars like they were standing still.  Such a comfortable way to travel.  They bring you food and drinks on the way and we had wi-fi all the way.  got to Rome after 2 hours 55 minutes and booked into our Hotel.  Steve hadn't arrived yet so we had a drink in the foyer and went for a walk down the road and saw the Coloseum.  We took little alley ways on the way back and discovered lots of little nooks and crannies with ancient buildings.  Steve was there when we got back so we caught up with all our adventures since we saw each other last.  He has been having a wonderful time riding across the Alps and along the Stelvio Pass, around the Lake Como area and other trails.  He dropped the bike off in Milan and flew to Rome.  We had a great dinner at an outdoor restaurant and all during dinner we were serrenaded by violinists, guitarists, singers, piano accordianist.  Steve had some fun with a guy trying to sell him hats and fans.  We came back to the hotel and had a drink and then went off to discover the 'Rooftop Gardens' at our hotel.  We couldn't find it but we ended up on the roof by going through the service corridors and when we got back to our room we discovered that the roof garden was at a different hotel!  We had fun anyway and got our own rooftop view of Rome!  Tomorrow morning, Steve is going to do the hop on hop off bus and then we will meet at 2pm to go on The Catacombs Walking tour.  Pete and I are going shopping to see if we can do better then we did in Milan.