We’ve arrived in Rome (outskirts only so far). We had a lovely stop in a smallish town called Ferrara - we all agreed that it gave us what we had hoped for in Venice - much cleaner and in a better state of repair.
As we drove in we saw dozens of classic sports cars - Ferraris, Triumphs, etc. The boys were all grieved to find that they had gone by the time we came back to photograph them. There were some markets in the town too, with good bargains to be had, so there was a bit of a division of the sexes.
Our Italian coach driver has gone on a couple of days mandatory rest so we have a substitute, also Italian. The new one is a little more hair raising, so people have been honking at us a bit on the road today!
Party night tonight! We went to an Italian Restaurant in Rome - another one where entertainment is part of the package. We had five courses to our meal, including an excellent macaroni, and a lasagne (both before the main course!) The entertainment was in the form of a very flirtatious waiter, who delivered meals with a kiss on the cheek to some of the ladies, and a rose and two kisses to all of us at the end, plus a fabulous flute player, and a singing guitarist. It was a lot of fun.
After that, we had a bus tour of Rome by night. We saw many of the monuments, beautifully lit, and visited the Trevi Fountain The crowds were phenomenal, even at that time of night.
Even more spectacular was the traffic - they pay no heed to the rules. The most bizarre event was when we were in one of the tunnels in a traffic jam. The two lanes were chokka with buses and cars, so several cars from further back decided they would commandeer the lane belonging to the oncoming traffic - who just had to wait! Italian drivers have no fear and no patience! The pedestrians are the same really and we were told to be pushy and not let any one pass us. Very hard to keep our group together in such crowds.
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