Two Days in the Eternal City
Our tiny flight from Ioannina back to Athens looked like this, and I was very anxious it would get cancelled and we'd be stuck...the first flight was at 10:30 am, and the next flight wasn't until 9:30 pm! However, all went well and soon we connected through Athens to Rome and arrived at the St. Regis, which was a truly amazing hotel. We had a huge king-sized bed, a marble bathroom, a welcome gift of gummies and fruits, and a coffeemaker printed with part of the Sistine Chapel. The room also came with a butler named Elena, who was Greek and incredibly friendly (or "aggressively friendly," if you want to use her words). Our room even had a little Murano glass chandelier, and best of all there were no huge scorpions in the bathroom like the one that ran at me in Greece. The Murano glass chandelier in the lobby was made in 1897 and it was massive and gorgeous. There was also an art exhibit throughout the bottom floor, and it was a littl...