Writing Thursday, July 3, 2008 over the Atlantic Ocean
on our flight from Rome, Italy to Newark, NJ, USA

Our dinner for the last night of the tour was special. Even though a six-course meal of meat, rice, pasta, salad, some sort of fowl on potatoes, and tiramisu was not that unusual anymore, the meal was accompanied by professional opera singers who vividly demonstrated their talent and their humor complete with audience participation. The evening was quite enjoyable for all. Before dinner we made the requisite stop at the Trevi Fountain. With about half the number of people there as we had seen on our own a few nights before, the scene was a little less frenzied and we were able to go to the edge of the fountain and throw in our coins. The bus made one more special stop on our way back to the hotel: in front of St. Peter's Square to see the Basilica lit up at night. Our hotel was on the outside of town, so by the time we were dropped off by the bus there were few options besides saying goodbye to our Globus family and calling it a night. Most people were flying back to the United States in the morning, but Dan and I had one more adventure planned.

Continue to Pompeii, Italy