Casa di Roma

Happily, hotel in Rome has been booked. Once again used the handy cross-pollinate site and we are staying in an apartment in the historic center, near Piazza Navonna (thanks M&M) and the Pantheon. It's called Appartamento Baullari and looks pretty homey http://cross-pollinate.com/info.asp?id=414&kind=2&city=
This apparently will be our view.

I've also discovered, not so happily, that I lack the ability to count higher than the number of fingers and toes that I have. The countdown is actually at 41 days...which is freaking me out a little...especially since I can't seem to decide what exactly I want to do with my last week. So I'm working on revamping the last week's itinerary...AGAIN. Thought I had it nailed down, but apparently not.

Also discovered that there is, in the Archeology Museum in Naples, a room that only can be entered with reservation. Apparently, before the wealthy living in Pompeii were buried, some of the art they had in their houses for the amusement of guests was, shall we say, racy. So I'll definitely be trying to see that :-)