Back again – seems like we were just here. Oh, that’s right, we were! Today, instead of wind, we have rain. We really aren’t looking forward to a “sea day”, so we decide to dance through the raindrops and try to get to the castle again. We know exactly where we are going, so it shouldn’t be a big deal. We hop off around 9:30 or so, head straight to the funicular and are walking up to the castle y around 10:15. It’s drizzly and chilly, but not so bad.
Except, well, it’s Tuesday. And guess what? The castle is closed on Tuesday. What? Really? Oh for heavens sake! Well, that’s it for us – 2 strikes, you’re out (or we are, actually). We do manage to take a couple of pictures –while the guy at the ticket booth keeps yelling to me – “Senora, Chiuso!” Yeah, Yeah, I get it, it’s closed!
So, like ground hog day we hoof back down to the funicular, have our cappuccino and wifi in the café where the kids hang out, go back down to the main part of town and just wander. Although, today we are staying out for lunch because I want pizza. Last day, the birthplace of pizza, I’m going for it! And Ed is coming along! LOL.
We find a great little pizza joint, Nardones, but it isn’t open yet, so we walk along the pedestrian streets, window shopping. There are some great buys here if you want sweaters or coats – and of course different stuff. But we’re not in the buying mood – just looking, so we dawdle around until 11:30 when we can go back to Nardones. It’s a cozy little pizza joint with a great tiled pizza oven.
We’re the only ones there – but they are so nice and sweet. We order our beer and wine and pizza – 4 Stagiones for me (tomato, mozzarella, artichokes and prosciutto) and Rustico for Ed (mozzarella, prosciutto and pecorino). Then we just hang, waiting for our food. It’s cozy warm and its fun listening to the owners (we think it’s a family, mom, dad and son) argue and talk and cook. Its also fun watching the deliveries and how the mom treats the delivery guys. Funny!
Our pizzas arrive – and this is what I call pizza! OMG its huge –much bigger than we normally get when here – but oh so good!
It’s so light and crispy and the toppings so fresh, we finish it all (yes, I actually finish the whole thing!). Best last day treat we could ask for!
So, completely sated, we trundle back to the ship to spend the afternoon packing and just hanging out.
And we do just that – until we try to check in for our flights tomorrow and find that our Rome to Munich flight has been cancelled. Lovely! No notice, no phone call, no email – just cancelled! No rebooking, we can’t get the website to load, and we’re just sort of out of luck. Fortunately it is only 3:00 and all aboard is at 5:30. So….off we go, back into town to the little café where we had beer and wine when we were here before – to use their internet for Skype.
That’s a joke. We’re on hold for over 45 minutes and nothing. Just Lufthansa promo’s and thank you for your patience. We’re rapidly losing ours!
So, back to the port, where there is a convenience store that has wifi if you buy something for at least 2E. Ok – a coke. And we get the password and actually get someone to answer the phone, but while I can hear her perfectly, she can’t hear me. Argh!
We give it up. What the heck? We’ll be at the airport early tomorrow and we’ll figure it out then. Heck – there are worse places to be stuck than in Rome!
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