Raindrops In Rome

Another World Series game and .......another early morning wakeup. Kind of a bummer that Sanchez gave up that 3 run homer so early in the game. It just seem to take the wind out of the Giants' sails in Game 3. Hopefully, they will get their offense back on track in Game 4. I think Bochy needs to take Burrell out of the lineup. His ABs were not good ones and they haven't been for some time now. The only good thing about the game was that it was played pretty briskly, so I managed to get some sleep after it was over.

We both got up for breakfast that was provided at the conference. We got down there about 30 minutes before they were going to close up, so not many people were still in the room. We did find our friend Danielle there and her baby Mirabelle. Originally, the plan was to grab a quick bite and do a quick walking tour around the area before the group tour in the afternoon. However, we burned about an hour playing with Mirabelle at breakfast because she's is just too cute.

We hit the road for our walking tour under rainy skies. It would rain, but not hard, for a little while...and then stop....and then start again. I kept opening & closing the umbrella every 2 minutes. It was really muggy, so I also kept taking off my jacket. After a while I figured out that it wasn't the mugginess that was making me sweaty, but it was the pace that Judy was setting in this walking tour.  She had an agenda....to get to this foccaccia shop she discovered with her sisters in the Campo di Fiore. I was getting some odd looks from people walking around in the rain with a short sleeved shirt on and carrying my jacket.

One nice thing about the rain is that it kept a lot of people off the streets. Today we were able to see the Spanish Steps as opposed to the pictures I posted yesterday. In short order, we saw the Spanish Steps, walked by the Tiber River, went to the Piazza Navona, and made our way to the Campo di Fiore. Judy was quite disappointed when we arrived and found the shop closed.

We headed back to the hotel by passing the Pantheon & the Trevi Fountain. Apparently, all the people who were at the Spanish Steps yesterday reconvened at the Trevi Fountain. It was wall-to-wall people there. I can't imagine how many people would be there on a sunny day.

We got back to the hotel just in time to join in for the group tour of the city. They took us to a bunch of places including St. Johns' Cathedral, the Colosseum, the Gianacolo, and ended with a whirlwind tour of the Borghese Gallery. By the time we got to the Borghese Gallery, we both were so tired that we really needed to get a coffee and/or a nap.

We got back to the room after the tour for a rest before the group dinner at the hotel. The intention was to rest for a little, but I turned on the TV and found that the 49er game at Wembley stadium was just starting and being broadcast on the local ESPN channel. Oh, well.....so much for that idea. We did go to the nice, cozy dinner for about 150 people and, by the time that was over, we really needed to get some sleep. Good thing that the Giants game starts in only about 2 hours from now.