Day 5 Rome – Day 16 of our trip when we lose the plot

Our first mistake of the day

I suppose when you travel you have to have a day when nothing goes right. We arrive at the Vatican and are overwhelmed by the queue. Just way too long – picture a queue from Hobart waterfront to North Hobart and you get the idea. A bit despondent we wander off for lunch. The restaurant we choose looks a bit classier than a pizzeria but we need a bit of cheering up. The waiter insists we have a refreshing cocktail. Hmm, I am thinking no breakfast this morning - could be a bad idea - but Alan has already agreed.



The cocktail is delicious, the meal reasonably so, the bill exorbitant compared to our usual meals.


We leave aiming for the metro station to take us to another part of Rome but after about forty minutes of walking around we are lost, hot, a bit cranky and needing a loo...


Aha I see a large M sign way off in the distance and we have hope at last – a metro station finally. It is a terrible irony when we finally make it to our destination to find we have arrived at a large McDonald's. The golden arches of Maccas instead of a metro stop. Don't tell anyone this Alan says but of course here I am telling you now.


The only achievements of our day are to find an Internet cafe, a bakery for some bread, and to finally see the interior of 'our' church opposite where a mass is going on.