Travel to Rome

Another early start as the water taxi was collecting us at 8:05 and we were out of bed a little late. It was a foggy day and I did wonder if our flight would be on time, but the fog made no difference to flight times or the wait at the airport and we arrived in Rome at 12:20.  Finding the travel agent in T3 proved a challenge but by 1:30 we were on our way to the Hotel Genova. This was a 4 star hotel and was fairly well situated for what we wanted to do. The first thing was a trip to Piazza Navoa for the Christmas Fair. About a mile from the hotel and lots of pompous marble buildings along the way ( and a Spar!) and I was there. Half the stalls were the usual junk you find at any fair but the rest contained items to be used in Nativity scenes. They started with the basic diamadre and then nativity figures and then other people and animals, I bought a basket of mushrooms the size of a 50p and a watering can with a snowman face on the side to hang on the Christmas tree. Then back to the hotel to collect Maddison for dinner.