This is the day I insisted that we take a train to the city of Albano. It took us two hours to get there. It was a small non-tourist town. There wasn't really all that much to see here. We were hoping to get some Albano wine to share with my Dad. He and my Mom had bought some here 30 years ago when they traveled to Italy. Well, they don't make that wine anymore. But we did see Albano and had a delicious lunch in a small trattoria there.
And can you believe we actually saw a McDonald's in nearly the center of Rome when we returned.
Back in Rome in the afternoon we walked to Santa Susanna where I picked up tickets to see the Pope the next day. This evening we enjoyed wine and cheese in our hotel room. We had eaten such a huge lunch that this was all we could manage. After our light dinner we took a bus to Trestevere. Sometimes called "Rome's Left Bank", it is one of the trendiest places in Rome. So fun and exciting to see at night. There was a lot of youth and celebrating going on there.
One surprising thing about Rome was all the graffiti that scrawls all over Rome. Trestevere has the most colorful. Another memorable day!
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