Trafalgar Day 7 - Venice to Rome

We woke up to an ordinary breakfast, leaving the hotel at 8:30am on our way to Rome - we had a big day of driving. In the morning we did 3 hours having a stop at an Autogrill pizza / restaurant and Burger King - then driving again for 3.5 hours. We watched Gladiator (set in Rome) to give us an idea of what we would have been up for ... if we went a thousand years earlier! Meredith got bored / tired so went and slept on the back seat of the coach.
We arrived in Roma (Italian for Rome) straight to our hotel, the 'Ergife Palace' to freshen up - this place was no palace! We left at 5:15pm from the hotel to go to town where we saw the main square. From there we walked to our included dinner of Veal which wasn't terribly nice. After dinner we met our tour guide for Rome by Night who took us to the Spanish Steps & obelisk, a pond with a boat in the middle (with fresh running water - drinkable). Stopped for a long time at the Trevi Fountain, where we each threw in a coin (supposed to bring you back to Rome). More walking, saw some statues, leading the way to the Pantheon. Afterwards Tania took us to a Gelati shop (she knew the owners) and we all had a cup / cone with 3 scoops. It was all home made, and absolutely delicious!
We walked back to Piazza Nivona where we met Tania at 10:15pm then walked to the bus - at the hotel and in bed by 10:30pm!