Fine flight with one nice discovery

You'll be amazed to hear that our overscheduled heros were ready for their 5:30am limo to the airport for our 7:30 SFO-Newark-Rome flight.

Kim had just written checks for several bills, but not yet mailed them.  Once inside SFO, and past security, he learned that "after 9/11 all the post boxes were moved outside the airport."  We chatted with a random woman waiting for our flight.  She turned out to be a big traveller, and she recommended the "Paris Sewers" tour.  Sounded pretty cool.  "So, is Newark your final destination?"  Yes.  She readily agreed to mail my bills (all to NoCal addresses) from Newark.  Cool woman: avid traveller, like to stay in hostels, somewhat disheveled, etc.

Otherwise pretty uneventful trip.  But made good use of the time, finally getting a chance to read our Rome guide books. (Lisa: Lonely Planet; Kim: Rick Steves).

Arrived in Rome with plans to take train to Termini and taxi from there to hotel, but allowed ourselves to be talked into taking a shuttle "direct to our door."  But we were taken to two other hotels first, getting a bit of an orientation tour from our driver, which we counted as all to the good.  Exhausted travelers took at least a two hour nap before heading out for exploration.