Today was our last day in Rome. We prepared for excessive heat and we were peasantry surprised with a cloudy day. Still warm, but at least it wasn’t bearing down on us like we had been warned about. We visited the Colisseum and the Roman Forum in the morning with a small bus tour following that. The amount of history here continues to amaze us. 

We returned to the hotel for lunch. Justine and I are going to go into gelato withdrawal next week as we are beginning to think that gelato is a meal all on its own. Today we found apricot, raspberry and the fave lemon. 

We went on a walking tour this afternoon to the Spanish Stepps, Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon, which is always a favourite of mine. We have learned to appreciate our fellow travellers for all their gifts, questions, and need to shop. 😊

We finished today with a final group supper of pasta with carbonara sauce, veal (poor little calves😳) and tiramisu. Yum! 

The trip has been awesome and I appreciate the special adventures I was privileged to do with my daughter. Hope she doesn’t mind travelling with someone who doesn’t walk nearly as fast as she does. Justine always wore our step counter and some days would make us walk extra distances to hit her goal of at least 12000 steps. I feel like I’ve been on a “Workout Retreat with Justine”. Come on, Mom – let’s take the stairs is something I heard often. I love my girl and I’m very proud of the young woman she has grown into being – even if she makes me take a gazillion stairs when my ankles are already swollen to giant size. 

We begin our journey home tomorrow and are supposed to arrive in Regina around 6 pm. Ciao!