On to Florence

After a few hours in Rome, we caught a train to Florence.  We were excited to see the countryside.  Because of where our seats were, it was difficult to take pictures to show it off.  We did see quaint little towns and vineyards and castles on the hill.

Rome, Italy

Wednesday morning, March 18th, we were up really early to catch a flight to Rome, Italy.

Paul had scheduled a airport shuttle to pick us up around 3:45am.  When we went downstairs to wait, we found out that it had come and gone without us.  Apparently we were a couple minutes too late.  Paul had been looking out the window periodically, but never saw it.

So there we were on the streets of Madrid at 4am with no way of getting to the airport.  We walked to the next block, in hopes of finding an early taxi.  Thankfully one came after only a few minutes.  Even though we were bummed about missing the shuttle and being awake that early to catch it, taking the taxi that early in the morning was just as good.  We got there soon and without problems.

We had a couple hour wait at the airport and noticed they do things a bit differently than in the States.  I don't know if I could even describe it necessarily, but it is different. :D

Soon enough we were off!  We were on our way to Italy!!