Breakfast again at the hotel then it was off to Monte Cassino. It's amazing what they have done with the place after it was bombed by the Allies in WWII. It is beautiful and covered in gold. We stopped at the Polish Cemetery and the German one before heading towards Rome. We had lunch in Cassino at the Goa Pub/Pizzaria/Birreria/Paninoteca. Dad had the tourist menu lunch (2 courses plus a drink), Dawn had pizza margherita and I had the pizza quatro formaggio.
We arrived in Rome and headed to our hotel - the Four Points by Sheraton Roma West (http://www.starwoodhotels.com/fourpoints/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1388). I redeemed Starwood points for 1 free room night for myself & Dawn, and 2 nights for Dad. We had rooms 309 and 311. This is about 20 miles from the city as well as 20 miles from the airport. They have a free shuttle that will take you to both places (it drops you off/picks you up not too far from the Piazza Venezia in the city). My cousins from Argentina happened to be arriving that day from Paris so we headed into town to see them (I hadn't seen them since 2001). We took the shuttle in, a taxi then to the Harley Davidson store (for Dawn to buy the shirt for her husband), then onto the Hotel de la Naccione to see the Chaos and the Morinis. We all went out to see the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps (climbed to the top), then had dinner close to the Via Veneto at La Corte dei Leoni. There were an assortment of appetizers, then I had risotto con carciofi (risotto with artichokes) for my main course. We walked back to their hotel then the 3 of us took the 1020pm shuttle back to our hotel - Dawn and I needed to repack as we were leaving the next morning. This was the 1st day/night that the weather was not on our side - it rained on and off.
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