Saturday 20th April 2024

 Saturday 20^th April

SHE SAID:

We moved accommodation this morning, dumping our luggage at the Back Roads Tour hotel. We couldn’t check straight in but storing the luggage there was great.

Today’s adventure took us to the Piazza del Popolo & the Villa Borghese Park. Both areas were close together & new for us. The piazza had a very loud busker playing in it, so we didn’t linger there long.

The park was nice & surprisingly quiet; we walked & sat, then walked some more & sat again. It was a more chilled out tourist event here! We managed a VERY daggy, totally un-Italian lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe, just because we happened to be passing it at the right time! It’s been years since we were in one, too!

We walked back to the hotel & were able to check in a little early. I was happy to have a quiet afternoon, trying to catch up on the photos. Today’s walking efforts were slightly less than yesterday but still 7.6km.

We met up with our Back Roads Coach Tour people at 6pm today. There are 16 of us on the tour. Lori, our guide, was giving us a briefing of the trip & then we were going to a nearby restaurant for dinner, but Geoff suddenly came down with Vertigo, so bailed on dinner & went to bed.

Piazza del Popolo

Villa Borghese Park

Flora & Fauna in the Park

Hard Rock Cafe - Roma
Beasties 

Old city wall & villas on the walk

Guardian Hotel rooftop bar
&
views to the snow covered hills

HE SAID:

When the vertigo hits it is really awful. I started feeling poorly just sitting and listening to the tour leader talk. As soon as she finished we bolted for our room, getting there just in time before I was sick. After that was a write-off. I have no idea what triggered it, but I was very concerned that we may have to miss our long-planned tour of Italy!