The beginning of the end

It's hard to believe that today is my last official day in Europe! This morning Judy and I both slept in since we didn’t have any major sightseeing plans.  Once we got ourselves moving, we packed up our suitcases to move from our little apartment to a hotel for our last night in Europe.  We navigated the metro (a feat to be recognized with all our luggage, trust me) and quickly checked into our hotel.  We then set out in search of a pizzeria for lunch- Pizzeria O’Masto.  Judy found them online, and they had rave reviews for their pizza.  After an interesting journey that involved hopping a metal fence and walking along the interstate, we found our destination.  Thus far in Italy, Judy and I have been rather unimpressed by pizza, so this was our last chance to be wowed.  O’Masto did the job!  I had a simple, yet tasty gluten free margherita pizza and Judy had a thick crust one with sausage.  I finished almost all of mine, but Judy only got through about half- so much food!  

With full bellies we waited for a bus to take us to the nearest metro stop (not “near” at all by the way).  We took the metro towards the Trevi fountain to get more gelato (when in Rome?) and do a little shopping.  We were also on the hunt for some WiFi since internet has been so scarce in Rome.  Judy found some great braided sandals shopping, and I ate gelato twice today!  All in all a successful afternoon in my book.  We slowly made our way back to the hotel, grabbed internet access codes, and paid an arm and a leg for a hotel taxi to take us to the airport at 5am.