My hotel adventures in Rome

The place I thought I was staying was about half way down this street on the right.  Borgo Pio is a very traditional old area of Rome, just outside of the Vatican and St. Peter's Square.

Relaxing at a street side cafe close to the hotel, waiting to get to my room.

I was taking a break at another cafe when I saw this!  It was really neat seeing them walking to St. Peter's Basilica.



Across the street from my apartment at the new location.

 When I arrived in Rome, I wanted to get to the hotel as soon as I could so I could start exploring.  The Vatican Museum was only open on Saturday, so I planned on spending the day there.  I took a taxi to 64 Borgo Pio, which is the B&B that I was staying.  When the taxi dropped me off, I said where is the B&B, he said I dont' know but this the the address.  The building was like an apartment building in New York City.  I saw the name by beside #14 said Bed and Breakfast, so I started ringing the bell.  Then Corrardo arrived on the sidewalk.  We went up to the room - four flights of stairs later, he told me the room was not ready but I could leave my bag.  He told me to meet him back there at 6 p.m. so I could go to the museum and then come back to my room.  That sounded reasonable.  By 5 p.m. I was tired and ready to rest in my room, so I sat at a little street cafe across from the building and drank a glass of limoncello, it was very good.  Finally at 6:10 p.m. I started ringing the bell for #14, when another resident of the building let me in, so I went back up the stairs and started knocking on the door and ringing the bell.  A guest of the B&B let me in the B&B and called Corrardo on her cell phone.  He finally showed up about 6:30, to tell me that I was at the wrong place.  I had rented something much better, "an apartment".  At that point I was really tired.  I didn't care if I had rented a couch somewhere.  Anyway, I followed him walking about a mile to my apartment, directly across the street from the Vatican Museum - exactly where I had just came from!  I was not near as happy because it was further from where I wanted to be the next morning!  But, I was glad to be able to take my shoes off and rest!  The free internet was a really sorry connection, so I hardly got to talk to Stephen!  I guess my advice is be careful about booking your room on the internet when you go to Rome.   

Once I did get settled for the night, I could hardly sleep because I started worrying about how I was going to get to the airport Monday morning!