I was bragging to everyone that if,”I could do the three Disney theme parks in a day towing 3 kids and a husband”, then “I could certainly handle Rome in a day taking in all its wonder. Well guess what? We only managed to do 3 things on our tight schedule, squeezing in as much rubbernecking as possible. What a glorious day it was, rain and all.
Our adventure started at 5:30am awakening, day bags packed and an hours drive ahead of us to catch the Eurostar (bullet train) from Florence. The tickets were pre paid and non refundable so we were pressured to catch that early morning train to Rome. We got lost in the buzz of early morning chaotic rush hour and the traffic rotarys were turning us around. Panicking we asked a beautiful twentysomething girl with flowing blonde curls, wearing a white bubble style vest, riding a bicycle for direction. She motioned for us to follow her and blindly we did. She led us directly to the train station. We parked in the station underground parking lot and found a spot immediately. Then it was a mad dash to run through the train terminal like “the Amazing Race” to catch our train. We made it with no time to spare as the train departed 3min after we found our reserved seats. phew!!! We called her our Florentine Angel for without her help we would truly have missed this memorable day ahead of us. It was Divine Intervention I do believe, she made this day possible. She came out of nowhere when we were in need, gave us guidance, made sure we were on the right path and in a blink she was gone.