We were still fresh for the journey....
I've been kinda used to sleeping on airplane seat, but Nic was totally unused to it. The poor guy kept tossing and turning, head bobbing, it was totally uncomfortable for him. But lucky for him, they served Roti Jala, his favourite. Not the most fantastic one, but better than nothing especially since we were going to a land of pasta and pizzas...
Quite sad looking...
The journey took us about 7 hours plus minus, then we reached Dubai. The last time we travelled to Greece, we had already tour the whole airport because we had a freaking 9 hour transit. So this time, we decided to try and catch up on sleep. We had 4 hours to kill. So we tried to sleep abit, then freshen up and had some breakfast.
Now this is what you call food...Chicken Salad with Hot Chocolate for breakkie :)
We then continued on our journey to Rome. Which was another 6 - 7 hours of flying with Emirates. We couldn't wait to touch down in Rome. Too much airplane food and being cramped in the seat was driving my hubby nuts! We finally reached and took a Leonardo Express train to the main station Termini, so that we could journey to Roma Point Hotel which we already booked a night in.
Many others travelled this way too
Okay, the story was...we booked our hotels online after tonnes of research about location, cleaniness, service, value for price, etc. We picked Roma Point Hotel, even though we read about it being far but at a reasonable pricing and then we thought to ourselves, how far can it be? Well it was a managable distance...but according to hubby it is freaking far when you are carrying a 27kg luggage bag dragging it across roads and never ending stairs and not to mention pedestrian bridges. We had to take the Leornado Express train from the airport (which was €14 per pax) to Termini main station. Then we had to take a metro to Flaminio and switch to another train which will bring us to Grotta Rossa. Their metro tix works best if you are staying few days and just buy the 3 day pass or something like that. But we were just there till the next day, so we bought the normal ticket which is €1 per pax and is valid for 75 mins after your first validation. So, yeah, we bought the tix and went to Grotta Rossa.
When we got off the train, we felt so lost, cause it looked deserted and there was a big office / bus station-without buses / open land car park on one side and a highway on the other. We just followed the few people who got off and went through an underground crossing (with never ending flights of stairs). The lift looked super dodgy and I don't think anyone would be able to rescue us if the lift got stuck. Nic ran after this one lady who was going to find her car in the parking area while I waited with the bags. She was so kind to help us locate the hotel by calling them for directions. But we were totally going crazy when we found out where it was. We had to go through the underground crossing again (with that never ending flights of stairs), then walk along the road beside a highway, cross a pedestrian bridge (which smelt like poo and stinking pee), then walk along a street (about 150 metres?) before we reached Roma Point Hotel.
Hubby was so happy to finally reach the hotel
Roma Point Hotel - Room
Roma Point Hotel - Bathroom
The hotel was alright. It was quite clean and spacious but the bathroom had a weird shower though. The shower head was right in the middle, but the sliding doors wouldn't close tight, so when we showered, the water keep flooding the whole bathroom area. But we were just happy to be in a hotel instead of the airplane. So we got changed and went out to Flaminio. The weather was surprising chilly for summer. We walked around Piazza Flaminio and found a restaurant in a little street alley kinda place for our dinner.
My plate of raviolli in pomodoro sauce - bleh only...
Hubby's plate of four cheese pizza - was a little bit tOoooooOOo salty....
We found a book shop on the same street alley selling loads of cool books, comic books, postcards, tin tin stuff, but the weird thing, most of the books were in french! Hmm....Anyway, we headed back to rest before it started turning dark cause the route back to hotel wasn't exactly the safest looking.
So I'm gonna continue day two....when I'm in the mood to blog again! ;)
