We awoke Monday on final approach to the Rome Fiumicino Airport. After landing, we breezed through customs in typical Italian style and headed to the car rental building. After some confusion and negotiation, Lois ended up with a stick-shift Alfa Romeo sedan. The drive back to Foggia was smooth other than some unexpected snow over the pass and a couple stops for soda to keep us awake. We made it back to Foggia around 12:30 and went our separate ways. Lois and Richard remarkably went into work on Monday afternoon, but I headed home and crawled into bed. What was supposed to be a 2-hour nap turned into an 8-hour coma, from which I emerged around 9:00 pm. I ate a light dinner, brushed my teeth, and then slept another 8 hours! I think all the travel finally caught up to me!
Looking back at the trip, I can truly say it was an adventure of a lifetime! While there are other sights that we would have liked to see, I’m pretty sure that we could not have packed anything else into the itinerary. Watching the protests and riots in Cairo this week on the news, we are thankful that we made it out before the chaos erupted. I truly hope that we were not some of the last people to see the Egyptian Museum intact. Before the events of this week, I would have highly recommended a trip to Egypt. For now, I would hold off on any plans until the political situation calms down a bit.
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