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We got here just fine yesterday with no problems. Don't know why I get so anxious when we move on. We took public transit to the airport but had arranged to get picked up in Rome. I do like having someone with my name on a card waiting for me. Geoff was just shaking his head at our drive in. Nobody signals and most drivers appear to be talking on the phone or texting. However our very calm driver got us here safely.

Our apartment last night was unbelievable - two bedrooms, two bathrooms, hardwood floors, marble bathrooms and just huge. However we were only there because our assigned suite was double booked. So we had to move today to another nice but much smaller place.

Our plan today was to go to the Coliseum and see stuff over there but we finally found our metro stop only to find that line was on strike today. Came back to the apartment to regroup and decided just to walk there. It turned out to take only about half an hour. The Coliseum is amazing of course. Those Romans were incredible. It was a lot more crowded than I remember from when Jude and I were here back in the day.

By the time we were done the metro strike was over so we took the subway back, stopped and got a pizza to take back for supper.

I booked a tour for the Vatican tomorrow. It just seems that there is so much there that it would be overwhelming. Here's hoping the subway is running.