After spending five wonderful nights in Rome, it's time to say arrivederci. We have had a fantastic time -- the Hotel Raffaello has been a wonderful base to explore Rome. We could walk to the train station and to the Colosseum. The weather has been fantastic -- sunny and not too hot with cool nights and mornings. We walked (a LOT), explored, ate great food, and just enjoyed life in the city. But now we're looking forward to a change of pace in Tuscany.
We walked to the Train Station to get our rental car for the next week -- pulling our suitcases along the way and avoiding traffic and throngs of people. Although the rental car desk was located in the train station, we still had to walk another few blocks down the street to the garage where the car was parked. Our car for the week is a Renault Megane and we quickly focused on its most important feature -- the GPS. After spending a few days in Rome, we know why people recommend that you don't drive there. Stop signs seem to be a suggestion and it would appear that scooters and motorcycles always have the right of way. As the GPS voice is male, we've nicknamed him Roberto. He's gotten us off to a good start -- no wrong turns and quickly out of the city and on the autostrade towards Tuscany. I think Roberto and I will be great friends this next week.
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