Trip to Italy - Day 20

Friday: First Step Towards Home.  It felt odd getting up without the need to rush out of a hotel.  We took the 12:30 regional train to Rome.  As we'd already booked two nights at the Hotel Luciani, near the Termani, we didn't need to hurry.

I felt a little sad leaving Naples.  It was a fun big, robust, and a little untamed.  It felt weird knowing that I may never see it again.  If I wait as long as the last time I was in Italy, I'll be a hobbling, 71 year old man.  Considering how much of the world there is left to see, chances are I may never get back here.

The train trip was uneventful but, in retrospect, I do see why folks cough up the extra cash for a IC or ES trip from Naples.  The slow trains seem to stop in every single village station.

We checked into the hotel at 3:45 pm.  We walked around quite a lot.  As were were in Rome three nights when we arrived, the city now seems like old hat.  We ate a late dinner and will be in bed by 9:15 pm.