Rome arrival

We left Andrew and Bex’s flat just after 11am and headed for Heathrow via the Tube. We got on the Northern line that leaves from the Kennington Station just a short 10 minutes walk and headed for Leicester Square where we switched to the Piccadilly Line. We rushed on to the train at Piccadilly only to realize that it did not go to terminal 5. A little bit of a panic prevailed and we decided to get off the train at the next stop and ring Andrew. He assured us that we had done the right thing getting off and a short wait later the correct train arrived. The moral to this story is ‘there is no need to rush. Check the trains destination first, just because it’s there you do not need to rush on. If it’s not correct the right one will be along in under 10 minutes.’
We arrived to a very busy terminal 5 with time to spare and boarded our flight with a sigh of relief. As I am writing this we are flying over Geneva and contemplating negotiating the train (Leonardo Express 30 Euro for 2) from the Rome Airport to Termini Station close to our B&B…
The train worked out fine although we did miss the first one and had to wait 30 min for the next one to come along and we where on our way to the Termini Station. Once there it was a short walk to the B&B thank goodness as my back pack weighed 20kgs.
As I right these two paragraphs we are sitting outside having our first taste of true Italian cuisine at Guseppes. The receptionist told us that this was good and it certainly is. Steven had a pizza and Sheree had spaghetti bolognese. With full bellies we will go for a short stroll on this lovely mild 20
deg evening and then get some sleep before the Colosseum tour tomorrow.

PS it’s now the next morning and we did not sleep that well. It’s hot and a bit noisy and our air-conditioning was not working. A few dark rings under the eyes.