Friday morning, after a great send-off breakfast, we headed towards Siena, then east towards the A1 autostrada. After about four hours, we were back at Rome Airport...

...where we returned our well-used Renault Scenic. We then set off to do a couple of errands at the airport before catching a cab into Rome to meet Jeff's brother Dan and his wife Renee in the flat they had rented for the next week.

Me, upon arrival at Rome Airport.

To our surprise, Jeff ran into our friend and flat-mate Lilli, who was supposed to be travelling by train down to Rome from Brussels, arriving Saturday or Sunday, but unbeknownst to us had bought a plane ticket. She arrived at Rome Airport about the same time we did. What a fun chance meeting!

Jeff and Lilli in front of the Tabacchi store, which carried the item I was looking for; I needed an extra suitcase so I could drag all the Tuscan and Umbrian delicacies I had purchased home.

Arriving at our flat in Rome at Borgo Pio 76, we met up with Dan and Renee.

The flat, just a couple of blocks from St. Peter's, sits on a street with dozens of souvenir shops. I liked the one next door to the flat, named "Italian Remember."

Street scene, Borgo Pio.

A store in the shopping district nearby the flat.