‘Twas a big day out yesterday but we managed to stay awake until 9.30pm. The sleep angels were not with me so it was a restless night and awake at 0400. I sneaked to the bathroom and had quiet coms with J back home so as not to wake WH. By 5 he too was awake so it was time to start the day.
We are off to Lisbon today so it’s check out and airport day. We do not leave until 11 so there is lots of early morning time and no washing in sight. We head to the Pantheon where we have tickets booked for 9am. Double the 5 Euro ticket price for special skip the line ones to make sure we are back in time.
We walk that way and it is so lovely in the early morning light.
We reach the lonely Pantheon being harassed by a noisey street sweeping machine, washing away the remnants of yesterday. We keep walking and unlike yesterday stumble upon memorable moments around every corner.
We walk some more towards the river as it’s a part of the city we haven’t yet seen and it too does not disappoint.
I cannot help but think of my wasted washing morning yesterday as the city is so enjoyable at this time in the morning. Although for much of the lanes and alleys we wander through, where the street sweeper has not or does not do a pass, it very much feels like Wellington the dawn after the conclusion of the old sevens weekend.
We head back to another wonderful breakfast and then zip back down to the Pantheon with our double the price skip the line tickets, there is of course no skip the line so we queue 80m metres which actually looks worse than it is. Once inside its dome roof dominates the space and for the last time in Rome I am in awe at its marvels. Rome wasn’t built in a day and you certainly can’t see it all in 3 and a bit, but it was fun.
PS
H10 Hotel Palazzo Galla was brilliant. Staff lovely, location 10 /10. Rooftop bar looking across the domes, 10/10 breakfast.
If you can’t stay there then google it and stay somewhere close as its location was perfect.
Gold cart tour was great.