Travel Day

Dave and Jody took us to the airport Sunday afternoon. There was a big crowd at check-in so I asked Ted if his Delta status would work for the Elite line ... and it did! His boarding pass for both flights was stamped Elite so we used it at security, when boarding and in the special line at Passport inspection. We had no waiting. Our flights were on time and we were the first to arrive at the hotel in Rome though the big group left 10 hours before us. But they arrived about an hour after us and all was OK.

That night we had dinner with Richard, a Seminarian at the National American College. Our pastor spent time here with him on sabbatical and put us in touch so we could get together.

After a tour of the lovely facility, including a breathtaking view of Rome from the rooftop, we joined the 250 seminarians and staff for Vespers. After that we walked to a local restaurant for dinner. Our route included crossing a bridge over the Tiber River!

The five of us enjoyed a terrific meal, topped off by a nightcap of Limoncello compliments of the restaurant. Fact: lemons grown in Italy must be used to make Limoncello though a lemon you might buy in the market here probably came from Spain.

We took a taxi back to our hotel and went right to bed. The six hour time change was catching up to us.