Sunday 22nd June 2014
Blog post by the mother
Apologies for the lack of pictures today. There really weren't a lot of great photo moments. I could of course have taken photos of the madness that is the family all trying to get packed and cleaned up ready to leave our lovely Rome apartment - but I just didn't have time!
Joseph, our lovely driver from RomeCabs arrived in good time and was a wonderful source of information on the drive to the airport. For instance, I now know why all the monuments in Rome are covered in scaffolding and are being renovated/cleaned. Apparently the Italian government has passed legislation allowing private companies to sponsor the restoration of famous Italian monuments. In return for an injection of cash the companies have the image rights of their sponsored monument for a set number of years but no advertising on the monument itself. Tod's (an Italian shoe company) are paying 25 million euros to restore the Coliseum and Fendi are sponsoring a 2.2 million euro restoration of the Trevi Fountain. Very interesting!
Arrived at the airport with plenty of time before our flight so the father went shopping for an Italian tie (apparently his sock collection is now complete). Our flight to Hong Kong departed at 12.30pm - see you in 11 hours!
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