My view from the
airplane window...

...as we fly from London
to Rome,. 3:26 pm

mountains below

Dana finishes an
in-flight beverage

riding in Rosita's car from
the airport to our hotel

Right away, Dana loved
our room at the Hotel Turner.

This is room 116.

Yes, that is a bidet between
the toilet and the sink.

the shower

"Let's see what's out here..."

This desk became our computer station during our three days here.

The lights in the room took a minute or two to figure out.

Matt reunites with Rosita, who showed him around Rome in 2006.

There on the right is the free internet for guests.

The lobby is even more ornate than the guest rooms.

For dinner we were joined
by Rosita's boyfriend, Joi

Between the four of us we drank two litres of the house red wine.

Cin cin!

If Rosita had flinched like this every time Joi touched her, she wouldn't be pregnant now.

The restaurant was a couple blocks from our hotel.

Vino makes us smoochy.

huddling up on the
stroll back to the hotel

clambering northeast
on Via Nomentana

The Hotel Turner is at #29.

With a friendly flash of
gang signs, Joi and Rosita
head off into the night.