So when we arrived in Rome Airport, finding our taxi service to Civitivecchia was easy. We had a wonderful driver who didn’t speak very much English, but was pleasant enough on our drive through the country and to the Port City.
This is to be our accommodation for the night before we board the shop, Norwegian Epic tomorrow morning. Looks lovely right?
When we arrived at our hotel – we were shocked and not in a good way to find that it looked like an abandoned building with overflowing garbage cans, feral cats, rat traps and just a disgusting looking place. The reception area was closed and a sign pointed us to an adjacent hotel to register. Fortunately, our driver was staying with us for this. We registered and then he drove us back to the horrible place thinking that the rooms can be that bad. Mistake – it is absolutely deplorable. We absolutely could not stay there. So we trundled the ½ kilometer with our luggage to the other hotel with the registration desk and told them we will not be staying. After all, the room was freezing and the hallway had dead insects and rat feces in it. The pictures that were on the website must have been taken several years before – cause the place was nothing like what we thought we were booking.
We were able to have dinner in the attached restaurant and it was quite good and our first taste of Italian food. Pam, I had Cacio en Pepe. Not quite as you had it, but the flavour was wonderful. You know I love my pepper!
So no we were able to settle in for the night with beautiful views of the harbour from our room, no rat traps or feral cats. We are ready to see what tomorrow brings!
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