Dropped by a shop to buy a couple of gifts and then back to the apartment to get our bags and head over to the train station.
Not the easiest of walks in Venice to get anywhere with loaded bags. Luckily we only had to negotiate our way back over the same three bridges we used to get to the apartment a few days ago. One small one near our apartment, then two bigger ones closer to the station. Bridges with steps just cannot be avoided in Venice. They are everywhere and we have certainly had our fair share of them during our short three day stay here.
Found our platform and loaded our bags up onto the train, found storage for them and sat down in our designated seats. We seemed to be surrounded by Australian families. Seems the company we booked with books everyone onto the same train.
The train was great with some very interesting sights. Plenty of snow, frost and fog for the first hour as we made our way across Italy to the opposite coast. We seemed to also spend quite a bit of time in long tunnels under some mountainous areas.
We arrived in Roma without any issues this time and were greeted at the head of the train by our car service driver which we had booked prior to leaving Sydney. This was a nice change from trying to find a cab or making our own way to our accommodation. The drivers in Roma are pretty insane so I was certainly happy I was not having to drive around the winding streets. It also gave us a chance to take in the views, the ancient buildings, everyday buildings, people and the great little cobble stones streets.
We were greeted at our apartment by the owner and shown around. We settled in briefly and then headed out to a nearby supermarket to grab some supplies for our 5 days here in Roma. It's always a great experience to go to a supermarket in a new city, especially when you don't speak the language. We managed to get most of what we wanted and took it back to our apartment with a quick wander down to Piazza Navonna on the way back. We unpacked the groceries and had a small snack seeing as we hadn't really eaten since breakfast; just a small snack on the train.
Around 6pm we headed back out to find a restaurant for dinner. No issues there as we have about 50 of them within a 5 minute walk of our apartment, including one right outside the front door to our apartment block. We settles on one just down the raod and enjoyed yet again some great Italian food and red wine and even a complimentary glass of Champagne.
We had a walk around after dinner and then headed back to our apartment for showers and bed.
