22/07/2009
Our last day in Lyon and we packed the bags before heading of to the Museum of Deportation (it’s rather old and the curation badly need updating) but interesting none-the-less. Back to catch up with Asher & Pippa for a farewell morning tea with nice pastries in courtyard of Museum Beaux Arts. Nice gardens with Rodin sculptures and a fountain.
At the alloted time we packed up picked up the bags and caught the metro out to the bus stop. Said Au revoir to the youngsters and headed out to the airport. Check in went OK and we had time to have some lunch, but there was a delay with Easyjet that set us back an hour and a half. We had to stand for over 30 minutes (like cattle) waiting between the boarding pass check and the gate! Anyway arrived in Rome safely and caught a bus into town for 4 Euros, a bargain considering I’d paid 8 on the plane! Dang, just when I try and get smart to make things easier, the bus company has a special deal on & didn’t tell Easyjet.
Rome was 10 degrees hotter than Lyon so the bus took a while to cool down and then we decided to walk from the Central Railway station to the accommodation. I had the big pack on and warmed up quite nicely. Did enjoy walking past a sculpture shop that had everything you could want to set up your own Roman Villa. We freshened up at the Convent Le Suore di Lourdes (where we’d booked a room with ensuite) and had a little rest before going for a walk to Spanish Steps (600 meters up the road – Via Sistina) and had a basic meal at a family run restaurant. Then wandered back to Barberini Square to check out the Triton Fountain and raced back to the Covent with 5 minutes to spare at 10:25 as there’s a curfew and they lock the door at 10:30.
