Roman Adventure Day 1

 Well, yesterday was our first day in Rome after our overnight plane trips from the states.  Lydia said their trip from Chicago was the plane ride from hell as it was rough the entire trip.  Contrary, our ride from Atlanta was almost as smooth as glass.
We arrived at the airport in Rome within an hour of each other and had a driver contracted to meet us and he was there right on time. The ride into downtown was a little scary, even on a Sunday as drivers are nuts in Rome.  He delivered us right to the apartment we had rented. Martina, a local young lady who looks after the apartment for the owner who lives in Chicago, met us at the door to let us in.  After an extensive tour of the home, we felt confident that we could operate everything--even the toaster and the coffee press. We are still struggling with wireless and even with the passcode, we can't seem to get online with the wireless.  However, Jerry remembered to bring an ethernet cable and we are using that.

The weather is every bit as hot as predicted (90s) and just plain miserable with high humidity. We knew that our first day, we wouldn't be good for much more than a hop-on-hop-off bus tour around the entire city which we took.  It was hot, but gave us an idea of the relative distances between the key places we intended to visit.
On the way back from the termini, we stopped at the supermarket for some food. We added wine, cokes, chips, cereal and crackers to what was already provided in the apartment. (bread, milk, eggs, juice)
We were all so tired and sleepy that cereal at home was all we could manage before crashing at an early hour. One of the many ruins we have yet to identify.  Totally amazing that these things  could last way over 2,000 years.