Goodbye to Roma

Friday, January 9, 2011

I had a post written describing the activities of the past three days but it was lost in the eternal ether as I transfered it to the posting page from Word. I ran out of internet minutes at that precise second and the whole thing was eliminated from both locations. Quel dommage! We have had a very pleasnt time here this week. We went twice to the Gusto Pizza restaurant, once for their buffet and once in the evening for the pizza itself. I marvelled at the appetites of my fellow consumers. Mark and I split a pizza while each of the parties around us had a whole pizza/person as well as appetizers. We had a fine visit to the museum constructed around the archeological remains of the marketplace built by the Emperor Trajan in the 2nd century AD.

I can't piece together my lost post right now. We are beginning to pack up our clothing and all of the accumulated paraphenalia that we have been lugging about with us. We will receive a wake-up at 3:30 tomorrow; 4AM -- the taxi; 6:30 -- the plane to Munich; 11:50 -- Air Canada to Toronto. It's hard to believe that this period is really over. I mourn leaving Rome and its wonders, but we shall return as McCarther famously said. This will be the last post on the Italy and Egypt blog. Thank you for your interest and for the messages received. Arrivaderci.