We jumped into John Fiore's Mercedes Van at 8 am. John was a tall, big man for an Italian with a matching loud, clear projecting voice speaking excellent English. He was born in the US and studied a time at Trinity in San Antonio. He was 52y/o with a bad back and this touring was his business.
He immediately filled us with much of Rome history, Mussolini's architectural impact, and stopped for us to take in many important historical sights in Rome. The Pantheon,The Forum, Circus Maximus, The Spanish Steps, a park, on one of the seven hills of Rome, with great view including The Vatican. The markets and lunch, Berlini's Elephant(good luck symbol was fun. The location of Caesar's murder, Trevi Fountain for a coin toss, Constantine's Arch, etc.
Too soon it was 2pm and time for the 1 hour drive to Port Citivietechia to catch our Carnival Dream Cruise departing at 7pm. John stopped at a grocery store for us to purchase extra bottles of wine to take on board. No Problem....Fun was going to be the theme for us.
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