We left O'Hare at 4:30 p.m. on the 29th. The flight took just about 7 hours to get to Amsterdam. Unfortunately, that meant that just when it was getting to be bedtime for us, it was time to land. Amsterdam local time was 6:45 a.m., so nobody got much sleep on the first flight.
We all rested while waiting for our flight to Rome. I did some gymnastics and caught a few zzzs in the airport terminal. The flight was uneventful, and Ben and Ethan both got some sleep.
There was a passport check point in Amsterdam, but no customs anywhere. Once we got our bags, we got in a taxi bound for our apartment. Ethan slept through the taxi ride. The kid can sleep anywhere, and today was reminiscent of when he slept on the floor at the baggage terminal in St. John two years ago. Our apartment is a clean, small loft apartment. The most interesting thing about it is that the laundry is up some stairs on the second floor above the kitchen.
There are quite a few Roman sights to see within a short distance of the apartment. We walked through Piazza Navona, saw the Pantheon (it was closed), checked out Trevi Fountain and walked the Spanish Steps. We took the long route home and saw Piazza del Popolo, which neither Dave nor I had ever seen. Now we are winding down and hoping for some good rest overnight before we head to Vatican City in the morning.
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