**amy4773**

msmoore27

Hey, I just noticed your new ticker!!

Are you guys really going to Rome in 4 months, 4 days???  Awesome!!  I love love love Rome.   Love the food, love sitting all night in lively outdoor cafes drinking prosecco and then getting the world's most amazing gelato on the way home.  Yum and yum.

Amy4773

Hi Anna!

Yes, I am going to Rome....but Todd is staying home.    I am going with one of his co-workers (I call her his work-wife).  She was planning a trip on her own and Todd asked her if she wanted a travel companion and booked me a trip using airline miles and hotel points!  I feel quite the lucky girl. 

I am SO excited - I've been taking an Italian class for the past 4 weeks so that I don't sound like a complete imbecile.  I'm also reading books on Rome and the story of the Sistine Chapel.  Any input you can give me on my trip would be so very welcome!!!

msmoore27

wow!  what a sweet guy to book the trip for you  .  That sounds fantastic.  How long will you be there for & what part of the city are you staying in?  DH lived in Rome (right outside Vatican City) for several months during college (he studied Latin at the Vatican!) so he knows the city really well.  For my FIL's 60th birthday a few years ago he and my MIL rented an apartment in the city for 3 weeks and we were lucky enough to be invited to join them for part of the time.  We got treated to lots of fabulous restaurants!  I will ask DH and put together a couple of "must-dos".  I just remember the food being other-worldly.  I think Italian is my favorite cuisine.  And the.best.gelato.ever.

Amy4773

I'll be there for 9 days.  This is the hotel where I'm staying:

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/romdt-rome-marriott-grand-hotel-flora/

We tried to pick a Marriott that was centrally located.  Both she & I are using points so it had to be a Marrott....she lives in one just as much as Todd does.  I can't wait to hear about Tim's "must-dos"....I am so excited!